Following comments made by Deputy Police Minister Bongani Mkongi in Khayelitsha on 23 April 2017, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) has initiated the following actions: 1. We have instructed our legal representatives at the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) to write to the State Attorney In response to comments from the SJC’s General-Secretary Phumeza Mlungwana on a…
DetailsThe South African Police Service (SAPS) is in contempt of court for failing to file responding papers in a court case brought against them. The court case in question was launched by the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Equal Education (EE) and the Nyanga Community Police Forum (CPF). The case was launched to address the irrational…
DetailsApplication launched to compel Police Minister and Police Commissioners to file responding papers in SAPS resourcing case On 12 December 2016, legal representatives for the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Equal Education (EE) and the Nyanga Community Police Forum (Nyanga CPF) (the applicants) filed a chamber book application in the Equality Court. This application has been…
DetailsFull text of the memorandum from the Social Justice Coalition and Ndifuna Ukwazi to the National Prosecuting Authority, Public Protector, and South African Revenue Service, delivered at a march in Cape Town on 1 November 2016 IF WE ALLOW STATE CAPTURE, THE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY WILL BE LOST Millions of people go hungry every day,…
DetailsOn Tuesday, 1 November, we are marching against state capture. While we face a deepening crisis of inequality and economic exclusion, criminals and factions are doing everything in their power to capture the state. If we allow the state to be captured, it will not only worsen the crisis, but make it impossible to overcome. The fight against…
DetailsThis afternoon, 26 September 2016 at the Social Justice Coalition’s (SJC) Policing and Social Justice Dialogues, Major General Brand, the SAPS Khayelitsha Cluster Commander, will publicly be signing a Community Policing Commitment. In 2014 the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry made 20 key recommendations to improve safety and policing in the area. Recommendation 1 – the…
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