Housing Activist Killed in South Africa

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A memorial service for Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize, activist and treasurer of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s (AbM) eNkanini branch in Gauteng, South Africa, February 19, 2026. © 2026 Noma Masiko-Mpaka/Human Rights Watch Two unknown assailants shot and killed housing rights activist Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize on February 12. Treasurer of the eNkanini branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a shack dwellers' movement that has faced significant threats and violence from both state and non-state actors, Mkhize was killed while visiting a friend near Midrand in Johannesburg.Abahlali…

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