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Official page. amandla.mobi is a movement of over 900,000, mostly Black women, working to build a more just people-powered Mzansi. Batho. Hlanganani. Tlakukani

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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 5h
Come join us on Saturday, 17 October at 14:30, at The Forge. RSVP here: awethu.amandla.mobi/events/book-.... #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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Book Discussion - The Anatomy of Hate by Revati Laul
The Anatomy of Hate’ by Revati Laul explores India’s 2002 Gujarat violence, when people were attacked based on caste, gender and religious identity. In the book, Laul investigates how a combination of...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 5h
Recognised as one of South Africa's leading public interest lawyers, Nomzamo Zondo continues to influence constitutional jurisprudence through strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and public engagement.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 5h
where she leads strategic litigation and advocacy aimed at protecting the rights of marginalised and vulnerable communities across the country.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 5h
Joining us for the book discussion is Nomzamo Zondo, a distinguished South African human rights lawyer and public interest advocate dedicated to advancing constitutional rights and social justice. She serves as the Executive Director of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) ..
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 5h
[BOOK DISCUSSION]: ‘The Anatomy of Hate’ looks beyond violent acts to the conditions that allow violence in society to take hold, with important lessons for South Africa, where hate and violence are being used to distract from our challenges.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 9h
Read more on the 20 Years of SASSA short series by @GroundUp_News here: groundup.org.za/article/sass.... #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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SASSA at 20 years: 73% of pensioners receive a grant
Grant has helped reduce poverty, but it is being stretched to maintain households
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 9h
Pensioners have held several protests over the years calling for the grant to be raised. In 2025, Western Cape pensioners told Parliament the grant does not cover food, rent, electricity and other essentials. They asked to raise the grant to R5,000 a month, and to raise it by at least 6% yearly."
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 9h
Currently valued at R2,400-R2,420 a month, the grant is being used not only to support older people, but also to feed extended families and cover transport, healthcare and other household expenses...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 9h
[Social Grants]: "Nearly three in four older people in South Africa receive an old age grant. Researchers say the grant has helped reduce poverty among older people, but it is being stretched by rising living costs and growing care needs.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 11h
there is an evermore need for accessible, empowering, and safe spaces that recognise the complex and translate it into something that can be held. #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 11h
Discontent with the disconnect between academic theory and lived experience, Deminkha pivoted from academia to communications and community engagement, where they found that in an age of overconsumption and overwhelm,...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 11h
In response to their belief in justice and connection rooted in empathy, they became a creative to create work that was both disruptive and healing, a researcher to shed light on what was misrepresented, and an activist to use their voice to challenge the systems of inequality.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 11h
[2026 Campaigner Fellowship]: Meet the fellows - Deminkha Pillay Deminkha is an intersectional activist, a decolonial researcher, a multimodal creative, a sibling, a daughter, a student, and a friend.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Add your name to the petition here: awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/pe.... #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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PEPs4Youth: Fund and Scale Youth Employment Programmes
Public Employment Programmes have proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms for bridging the unemployment gap, yet the government continues to cut the budget for Youth Employment Programmes. H...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🟢 Committing to at least 1 million funded work opportunities annually for young people 🟢 Having accountability measures, including publicly available targets, timelines, and progress reporting on youth employment outcomes.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Help call on the government to scale Public Employment Programmes by: 🟢 Ring-fencing Public Employment Programmes budget 🟢 Designing a multi-year funding framework that provides stability
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Public Employment Programmes have proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms for bridging this gap, connecting young people to meaningful work while delivering tangible value to communities.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
[Petition]: Fund and Scale Youth Employment Programmes Mzansi continues to face widespread unmet social and economic needs. Many young ppl are looking for work, and the issue is not a lack of willingness, but a lack of sustained investment in systems that create and expand pathways into employment.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Losing the grant had the opposite effect: the average recipient’s probabilities of job search fell by 7.2 percentage points and the probability of employment by 2.9 percentage points." Read more here: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026.... #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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SRD grant is not keeping people out of work, evidence shows
New research challenges the idea that South Africa’s SRD grant discourages people from seeking work. The evidence suggests cash support can help people look for jobs, but lasting employment still depe...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They found that receiving the grant increased the probability that people would look for work by 3.4% points. The probability that they would attempt to start a business increased by 1.5 percentage points. These effects meant that the probability of employment increased by 2.2 percentage points...
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SRD grant is not keeping people out of work, evidence shows
New research challenges the idea that South Africa’s SRD grant discourages people from seeking work. The evidence suggests cash support can help people look for jobs, but lasting employment still depe...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
[SRD Grant]: "Researchers Tim Köhler, Ben Stanwix and Haroon Bhorat at the University of Cape Town’s Development Policy Research Unit examined the grant’s effects on employment and job-seeking, using survey data from 2021 and 2022.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Help demand that the Nutrition Society of South Africa (NSSA) and the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA) ban big food companies from sponsoring or exhibiting at future congresses or events. Add your name to the petition here:
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
But big food companies like PepsiCo, Unilever, and Danone are sponsoring and exhibiting at the nutrition congress. These companies produce ultra-processed foods (UPF), which pose a major threat to nutrition and health.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
[FOOD JUSTICE]: Ban Big Food from the Nutrition Congress The Nutrition Congress is an event that brings together nutrition experts from across South Africa and beyond to present research and discuss practical solutions to global health challenges. awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/ba...
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BAN BIG FOOD FROM THE NUTRITION CONGRESS
The public looks to health professionals and practitioners to act in the public interest. What message does it send to the public when we give food businesses a platform to legitimize and promote ultr...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"I imagine a world where Black women are free and safe, and where they are able to take part in the creation of policy." She said #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
offer a transformative framework for reclaiming public policy in South Africa and throughout the world, particularly across the critical pillars of climate justice, education, and gender equity.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Kgaogelo is a rural woman weaving together intersectional ecofeminism, memory, travel, and care to reclaim belonging, practice mindfulness, and...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
[2026 Campaigner Fellowship]: Meet the fellows - Kgaogelo Matlatle
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For me, care is more than an act of devotion. It is a living legacy, a radical gift of hope so that our children, and all children, inherit a world worthy of their dreams.” #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I believe a better, safer, and more beautiful world is not a distant fantasy, but something we must dare to imagine together, speak into existence, and build with our own hands.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“I have learned to see the experiences of ordinary people not as isolated struggles, but as stories that can reveal what needs to change and give us the courage to demand something better.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
it begins with listening, asking better questions, understanding the systems that shape our lives and recognising the power people have when they come together.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
[2026 Campaigner Fellowship]: Meet the fellows - Refilwe Ndzeku Refilwe is a mother deeply dedicated to her family, care work, and her community. She believes that change does not begin with having all the answers...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Time and Date: 14:30 for 15:00 on Saturday, 17 October 2026 Venue: The Forge, 87 de Korte Street, Braamfontein RSVP by Friday, 16 October via the registration link: awethu.amandla.mobi/events/book-.... #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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Book Discussion - The Anatomy of Hate by Revati Laul
The Anatomy of Hate’ by Revati Laul explores India’s 2002 Gujarat violence, when people were attacked based on caste, gender and religious identity. In the book, Laul investigates how a combination of...
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Come join us for a timely conversation with the author, Revati Laul, and Nomzamo Zondo ( @SERI_RightsSA ) and Professor Noor Nieftagodien (WITS), moderated by Koketso Moeti (amandla.mobi).
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amandla.mobi – Independent, community advocacy organisation that seeks to build a more just and people-powered Mzansi.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'The Anatomy of Hate' looks beyond violent acts to the conditions that allow such brutality to take hold, with important lessons for South Africa, where hate and violence are currently being mobilised in response to the country’s many challenges.
amandla.mobi
amandla.mobi – Independent, community advocacy organisation that seeks to build a more just and people-powered Mzansi.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
[BOOK DISCUSSION]: 'The Anatomy of Hate' by Revati Laul explores India’s 2002 Gujarat violence, people were attacked based on caste, gender and religious identity. In the book, She investigates how politics, prejudice, economic frustration, and social pressure can turn anger into hate and violence.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Inspired by stories from and about African women, she believes that storytelling can be a tool to connect, initiate important conversations in our communities, and inspire the change we are so passionate about. #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Livhuwani has previously interned at SECTION27, was one of the literacy ambassadors at the World Literacy Foundation in 2024 and volunteers her time at Politics4Her as a communications officer.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
[2026 Campaigner Fellowship]: Meet the fellows - Livhuwani Malelelo Livhuwani is a gender justice activist and writer based in Johannesburg. Passionate about women’s rights, equality and feminism, Livhuwani’s work has appeared on Mail & Guardian, Migrant Women’s Press, Daily Maverick and others.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Inspired by stories from and about African women, she believes that storytelling can be a tool to connect, initiate important conversations in our communities, and inspire the change we are so passionate about. #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Livhuwani has previously interned at SECTION27, was one of the literacy ambassadors at the World Literacy Foundation in 2024 and volunteers her time at Politics4Her as a communications officer.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If enough of us come together, we can send National Treasury a clear message that they must put people before profit. Add your name to the petition: awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/al...
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Alcohol is destroying communities, increase the alcohol tax
Please add your name to this petition to demand that the Treasury save our communities and make alcohol less accessible by increasing the alcohol Tax. #IncreaseExciseOnAlcohol
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Alcohol misuse burdens our public health system and increases social welfare costs. Alcohol tax can be used to help fix the damage that alcohol causes. Meaning that more money can be put in the public services purse to help deal with the harm that alcohol causes.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
[Petition]: Demand an increase in alcohol tax Right now, the National Treasury is considering how to tax alcohol for the next 10 years. This will mean increased taxes to reduce consumption and harm from alcohol. But the alcohol industry is fighting back to protect its profits.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The 5 fellows will spend the next few months being trained and equipped with campaigning skills and tools so that we can better support amandla.mobi members like you to win more campaigns for justice. We look forward to working with them to build people-power in their communities.
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amandla.mobi – Independent, community advocacy organisation that seeks to build a more just and people-powered Mzansi.
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
[Meet the fellows]: We are super excited to announce our 2026 Campaigner Fellows: Deminkha Pillay, Kgaogelo Matlatle, Livhuwani Malelelo, Refiloe Ndzeku, and Rotshidzwa Marole. The five fellows will spend the next few months being trained and equipped with campaigning skills. #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CC: South African Government The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa National Treasury RSA #TogetherForJustice ✊🏾
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amandla.mobi @amandlamobi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If social grants were funded properly, and the Basic Income Grant (BIG) implemented, many women would gain the financial freedom to leave abusive relationships and still have financial means to survive.
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