Our organization was founded in 1999 to address massive issues of unemployment, democratic control and social injustices and in a non-sectarian manner. Botshabelo Unemployed Movement (BUM) aims to serve, both the rural and peri-urban poor communities of our province. Botshabelo, meaning “a place of refuge”, is a large township set up by the then apartheid government 45 km east of Bloemfontein, Free State province,
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Cry of the Xcluded:
- Press Statement: Energy Poverty Assembly hosted in eMalahleni Civic Theatre
- Cry X and Back2Work condemns the police assault on comrade Mike, the killing of community safety patrollers and the ongoing violence in Vrygrond
- Cry of the Xcluded Western Cape mourns the death of Zane Poole
- No Budget for the People! No Budget Without Us!
- STATEMENT: The Cry of the Xcluded opposes Eskom’s proposed electricity tariff increase 
- Press Statement: Cry of the Xcluded and the Assembly of the Unemployed Says NO to Retrenchment of Workers at Mercedes-Benz South Africa
- Press Statement: Cry of the Xcluded and the Assembly of the Unemployed Says NO to Retrenchment of Workers at Mercedes-Benz South Africa
- STATEMENT: We urge the GNU to implement policies that address the root causes of youth unemployment and economic inequality!
- STATEMENT: We urge the GNU to implement policies that address the root causes of youth unemployment and economic inequality!
- Cry X and BUM Stand in Solidarity with Fishing Communities in Court Battle Against Shell