title: Zodwa Nsibande
text: # Zodwa Nsibande
  
  Zodwa Nsibande was the General Secretary of the Abahlali baseMjondolo youth league in 2009. She was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban.
  
  In 2006 she was badly burnt in a shack fire. In 2009 she had to go into hiding following threats and attacks against her and various other Abahlali baseMjondolo leaders.
  
  ## Interviews with Zodwa Nsibande
  
  * Reclaiming our dignity and voices, Sokari Ekine, Pambazuka, September 2009
  * Interview with a South African housing activist about recent struggles in Durban. Simon Saunders, Morning Star, September 2009
  * 'Getting electricity was so exciting', The Guardian (UK), 2011
  
  ## Articles by Zodwa Nsibande
  
  * Serving our Life Sentence in the Shacks (with S'bu Zikode)
  
  ## Online Films Featuring Zodwa Nsibande
  
  * A Living Politics (in Howick) by Elkartasun Bideak, 2009
  * From the Shacks to the Constitutional Court by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, 2008
  * A Place in the City by Jenny Morgan, 2008
  * Dear Mandela by Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, 2008
  * The Right to Know: The Fight for Open Democracy in South Africa by Ben Cashdan, 2007
  * Breyani & the Councillor by Sally Gilles and Fazel Khan, 2006
  