Just under 40% of all protests take place in shack settlements.
It represents rural people and people living in shack settlements in cities.
The movement claims to have around 25 000 active supporters and 10,000 card-carrying members in over 64 different shack settlements.
Fire is a serious hazard in shack settlements in South Africa.
In 2010 the movement claimed to have around 25,000 active supporters in 64 different shack settlements of which just over 10 000 were paid up card carrying members.
The movement has also campaigned for the provision of basic services to shack settlements.
Fire is a significant hazard in tight-knit shack settlements.
It has been argued that after the judgment the state abandoned its plans to eradicate shack settlements by 2014.
He has also done work on shack settlements in Latin America.
Electric and telephone poles can be seen crisscrossing even the tin shack settlements that sprawl across the landscape.