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Civil Society

There are a number of prominent civil society organisations based in ethekwini. These include: Abahlali baseMjondolo (shackdwellers') movement which has over 10,000 members, the Diakonia Council of Churches, the Right2Know Campaign, the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance and the South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement.

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    “Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.”
    —Joseph Ratzinger (b. 1927)