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Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize @ the Movies That Matter festival
Mnikelo Ndabankulu was the spokesperson for Abahlali baseMjondolo up until May 2014. He is a founding member of the movement.
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- Mnikelo Ndabankulu is awarded the GOLDEN BUTTERFLY prize the Movies That Matter festival
- Dear Mandela
- International Human Rights Award
- References
He was born in the town of Flagstaff on the Wild Coast and now lives in the Foreman Road shack settlement in Durban. In 2013 the Mail & Guardian included him in its list of 200 young South Africans.
He was critical of the impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on shack dwellers in Durban. He resigned from Abahlali on 13 May 2014 citing undemocratic practices in the movement and unhappiness with its decision to vote for the Democratic Alliance in the 2014 national elections.
Dear Mandela
Ndabankulu features prominently in the award winning documentary feature film Dear Mandela which tells the story of three young activists in Abahlali baseMjondolo.
International Human Rights Award
In March 2012 Amnesty International recognized his work with the 'Golden Butterfly' Human Rights Prize in a ceremony at the Hague in the Netherlands.