Mnikelo Ndabankulu lives in Durban, South Africa. He was the spokesperson for Abahlali baseMjondolo up until May 2014 and appears in the film Dear Mandela.
Early life He was born in the town of Flagstaff on the Wild Coast and now lives in the Foreman Road shack settlement in Durban, which has 7000 inhabitants.Mnikelo Ndabankulu by Niren Tolsi, Mail & Guardian, 2008 In 2013 he appeared in the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans.Mnikelo Ndabankulu, Mail & Guardian, 200 Young South Africans, June 2013
Activism Ndabankulu was a founding member of Abahlali baseMjondolo.Mnikelo NdabankuluAbahlali BaseMjondolo: Living Politics, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, September 2022 He was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban. Going Nowhere or Staying Put, Neil Gray, Mute Magazine, November 2009
Dear Mandela Ndabankulu features prominently in the award winningAward-winners at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival documentary feature film Dear Mandela which tells the story of three young activists in Abahlali baseMjondolo.In 'Dear Mandela', South African Slum Dwellers Fight Back, by Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters, 13 August 2012After Mandela, Sean Jacobs, The Nation, 23 June 2013
International Human Rights Award In March 2012 Amnesty International recognized his work with the 'Golden Butterfly' Human Rights Prize in a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands.Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize, March 2012
References
External links 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 in The Guardian (UK), 2009 Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize, March 2012 (Video)