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Last year in December, AFRA reported the progress in building 104-year-old Zabalaza Mshengu a house. (Read about Mshengu https://afra.co.za/2017/05/16/struggle/). We also appealed to the public to continue to make donations to the Mshengu Building Fund. We are very grateful to the public for the support and donations they have continued to make towards this cause. The […]
In July 2017, AFRA urged you to join us in dedicating your time and energy to bring some comfort and dignity to 103-year-old Zabalaza Mshengu and assist us in building him a room after we found him in a dire condition during a visit. You can read his story here, and help us spread the […]
MSUNDUZI Municipality and two other municipalities have to start prioritising the rights of farm occupiers and labour tenants. A court order to this effect was granted in June last year. However, Msunduzi applied for leave to appeal the order and because of this it was frozen. The order was also granted against the uMgungundlovu District […]
Musawenkosi Cabe, NewFrame A Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling has found that municipalities were in breach of the Constitution in not providing labour tenants and farm occupiers with essential and basic services. December 2015: Zabalaza Mshengu outside his home on Edmore Farm. Mshengu died on 13 August 2018 before this year’s court ruling in July. (Photograph by […]
Zabalaza Mshengu, 103-year-old labour tenant In January 1914 a strong, healthy baby boy was born to Bhekisisa Mshengu and his wife on a farm in Ashburton, not far from the Provincial Capital City of Pietermaritzburg. The region fell within what was then the Natal Province, which on the 31 May four year earlier had been […]
A massive thanks to all that donated towards the Mshengu fund! Thank you to everybody who contributed their time and made donations towards improving the life of uMkhulu uMshengu. Today we were joined by the LRC and DRDLR to handover blankets and foodstuffs to him and his family. Among the people that heeded to our […]
Every year we celebrate Mandela Day with 67 minutes dedicated to an action honouring the spirit goodwill typified by our former President. AFRA, as a land rights NGO, focuses on uplifting the lives of farm dwellers and workers by ensuring their rights to land are being realised. We would like to appeal to you to help […]
Zabalaza Mshengu is iconic of the plight of many thousands of labour tenants across South Africa. We have told his story before, and we will continue to do so until the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) fully implements the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, and upholds the rights of our citizens. A luta continua!
By Donna Hornby 3 April, 2015 His name means Struggle, and despite turning 101 in January, Zabalaza Mshengu is still struggling to get government to process his legal claim to the land where he hopes to live out the time he has left. From his derelict home on a commercial farm near Ashburton, Mshengu points […]