From South Africa to Israel – apartheid as a tool of European colonial oppression

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

8 November 2026
Media Advisory:

“From South Africa to Israel – apartheid as a tool of European colonial oppression” - S’bu Zikode national tour

We are delighted to announce this national tour of Aotearoa New Zealand by S’bu Zikode which began yesterday.

S’bu Zikode, cofounder and current leader of Abahlali baseMjondolo, is here in Aotearoa New Zealand to speak at a Federation of Socialist Societies event in Dunedin on 13/14 November and is touring the country as part of this visit. (S’bu previously toured here in 2011 as part of the 30th anniversary of the 1981 Springbok tour)

“From South African to Israel – apartheid as a tool of European colonial oppression” is the theme of his tour where he will be speaking about:

Abahlali baseMjondolo and the struggle for economic justice in post-apartheid South Africa.
How apartheid is implemented in Palestine compared to the experiences of black South Africans and the significance of Nelson Mandela’s famous quote "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians"
The role of South Africa in taking accusations of Israeli genocide to the International Court of Justice.

The details of his public speaking engagements are here https://www.psna.nz/tours

Additional background on S’bu Zikode
S’bu Zikode is cofounder and current President of Abahlali baseMjondolo (the shack-dwellers movement), the largest popular movement to have emerged in South Africa after apartheid.

Here is an inspiring interview given by S’bu in April 2024 with gives insight into his life and the movement-building he is engaged with Abahlali baseMjondolo.

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/repression-is-always-a-lesson/

We hope the New Zealand media will be interested in interviewing S’bu Zikode. Please contact PSNA below to arrange a time to meet him.

John Minto
National Campaign Co-ordinator
PSNA
campaigns@PSNA.nz