On May 14, Abahlali baseMjondolo traveled from the shacks of Durban to South Africa’s Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. In a landmark case they argued that a provincial law known as the ‘Slums Act’ violates the constitution. They were joined at the court by the Anti-Eviction Campaign, the Landless Peoples Movement, the Rural Network and AbM Western Cape. This is a mobile update from Christopher Nizza and Dara Kell, who are in South Africa on their first production shoot for the feature documentary film ‘Dear Mandela’. Music by Cupha Mbonambi. Sleeping Giant 2009
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