Mnikelo Ndabankulu lives inDurban, South Africa. He was the spokesperson forAbahlali baseMjondolo up until May 2014 and appears in the filmDear Mandela.

He was born in the town of Flagstaff on theWild Coast and now lives in the Foreman Road shack settlement inDurban, which has 7000 inhabitants.^[1][2] In 2013 he appeared in theMail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans.^[3]

Ndabankulu was a founding member ofAbahlali baseMjondolo.^[4][5] He was critical of the impact of theFIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.^[6]

Ndabankulu features prominently in the award winning^[7] documentary feature filmDear Mandela which tells the story of three young activists in Abahlali baseMjondolo.^[8][9][10]

In March 2012Amnesty International recognized his work with the 'Golden Butterfly' Human Rights Prize in a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands.^[11]

• Reclaiming our dignity and voices, by Sokari Ekine, Pambazuka, 2009
• We Want the Full Loaf (not just a child support grant), by Mnikelo Ndabankulu, 2009
• Mzansi Voters: Mnikelo Ndabankulu, by Niren Tolsi,Mail & Guardian, 2009
• Interview with Mnikelo Ndabankulu inThe Guardian (UK), 2009
• Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize, March 2012 (Video)

• Living people
• Shack dwellers
• 20th-century squatters
• South African housing rights activists
• 21st-century squatters

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