Louisa Motha was co-ordinator of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement for a number of years beginning in 2004. [1] She lives in the Motala Heights shack settlement in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa. [2] [3]
Motha became friends with fellow activist Shamita Naidoo when they met washing their clothes in the river. [4]
She is particularly well known for organising against evictions [5] and was a strong critic of the Slums Act. [6] She also started a women's gardening group called the Motola Diggers. [4]
Louisa Motha was co-ordinator of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement for a number of years beginning in 2004. [1] She lives in the Motala Heights shack settlement in Pinetown near the city of Durban in South Africa. [2] [3]
Motha became friends with fellow activist Shamita Naidoo when they met washing their clothes in the river. [4]
She is particularly well known for organising against evictions [5] and was a strong critic of the Slums Act. [6] She also started a women's gardening group called the Motola Diggers. [4]