Louisa Motha

Louisa Motha
Born
Motala Heights, Durban, South Africa
CitizenshipSouth African
OccupationActivist
OrganizationAbahlali baseMjondolo
Known forAnti-eviction activism; Abahlali baseMjondolo movement

Louisa Motha is a South African activist. She was co-ordinator of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement for a number of years beginning in 2004. She lives in the Motala Heights shack settlement in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa.

Motha became friends with fellow activist Shamita Naidoo when they met washing their clothes in the river.

She is particularly well known for organising against evictions and was a strong critic of the Slums Act. She also started a women's gardening group called the Motola Diggers.

Activism

She has participated in campaigns against forced evictions and has advocated for improved housing conditions for residents of informal settlements.

She has also spoken out against housing policies affecting informal settlements, including the KwaZulu-Natal Slums Act.

References

  1. ↑ Gunby, Kate (2007). "You'll Never Silence the Voice of the Voiceless: Critical Voices of Activists in Post-Apartheid South Africa". Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 115. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Gangster Landlord Continues Campaign of Intimidation with Local Police Support, LibCom, 2008
  3. ↑ All Charges Dropped Against the Pemary Ridge Thirteen, Interactivist, 2009[permanent dead link]
  4. 1 2 Pithouse, Richard (26 March 2014). "An Urban commons? Notes from South Africa". Community Development Journal. 49 (suppl 1): i31–i43. doi:10.1093/cdj/bsu013. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Symbol of Hope Silenced, Daily News, 2009
  6. ↑ UN Habitat Report on the Slums Act, 2008
  7. ↑ https://academic.oup.com/cdj/article/49/4/558/289799
  8. ↑ https://academic.oup.com/cdj/article/49/4/558/289799