Oriel Monongoaha Explained

Oriel Monongoaha was a South African activist. In the 1940s, Monongoaha became a squatter leader in Orlando West, like Schreiner Baduza in Alexandra township and Abel Ntoi in Pimville.[1] After land invasions occurred, he helped to protect them against eviction and at the Tobruk camp took on a juridical battle, hiring two law firms and four lawyers.[2] Observing the United Party's attempts to repress squatting he commented it was like a farmer trying to rid his land of birds: "he chases the birds from one part of his field and they alight in another part".[3]

References

  1. Book: Lissoni . Arianna . One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories Today. . 2012 . Wits University Press . Johannesburg . 978-1868145737.
  2. Book: Shapiro . Karin A. . Manning . Patrick . Brown . Joshua . History from South Africa: Alternative visions and practices . 1991 . Temple University Press . Philadelphia . 9780877228486 . 71.
  3. Book: Morris . Michael . Apartheid: An Illustrated History . 2012 . Jonathan Ball Publishers . Cape Town . 978-1920289416.