List of social movements in South Africa

There are a number of high-profile independent social movements in South Africa. The majority have a particular focus on the housing crisis in the urban areas but others range from focusing on HIV/AIDS, working conditions, unemployment, access to service delivery and issues of democracy, transparency and accountability.

This is a partial list of social movements in South Africa:

• Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shackdwellers movement based in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
• The Landless People's Movement, based in Gauteng
• The Mandela Park Backyarders based in the Western Cape
• Sikhula Sonke women's farmworkers union based in the Western Cape
• The South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement based in Durban, KZN and in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape
• The Treatment Action Campaign, based in the Western Cape but with branches elsewhere in the country
• The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, based in the Western Cape
• The Poor People's Alliance, a national alliance of grassroots movements
• Equal Education based in the Western Cape and Gauteng
• The Social Justice Coalition based in the Western Cape
• InkuluFreeHeid Organisation, based in Gauteng with chapters elsewhere in the country.