Thapelo Molefe
Amnesty International South Africa (AISA) executive director Shenilla Mohamed said the rise in assassinations of Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement [AbM] members highlights the State’s inability to safeguard the activists in KwaZulu Natal.
On Wednesday, Mohamed tabled the organisation’s report on the State’s failure to adequately respond to the various forms of harassment, intimidation, and violence against AbM including allowing complete impunity for the perpetrators.
Eight AbM members, including three children, were slain at eKhenana – an informal settlement established in 2018 in eThekwini, formerly known as Durban – over the course of six months in 2022. And at least five of the eight murdered people were killed because of their activism.
AISA’s investigations found that all three – Nokuthula Mabaso, Ayanda Ngila, and Lindokuhle Mnguni – were either key witnesses in cases of killings of fellow AbM members or the subject of baseless, trumped-up charges such as murder or
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