SJC 21 GRANTED LEAVE TO APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION

Magistrate rules that law under which SJC activists were convicted could be unconstitutional Yesterday in the Cape Town Magistrates Court, Magistrate Fredericks granted leave to appeal for 10 SJC activists convicted earlier this year of contravening the Regulation of Gatherings Act (RGA). In September 2013 SJC activists had chained themselves outside the Civic Centre, the…

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SJC HOLDS ELECTIVE AGM:

  READ MORE ABOUT THE STORY OF OUR WORK OVER THIS YEAR This past Saturday 4 July 2015, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) held its 7th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Site C New Hall in Khayelitsha. Three hundred delegates representing all of our branches along with several partner organisations, came together to discuss,…

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City chooses not to invest in informal settlements

by SJC Deputy General Secretary Dustin Kramer as published on GroundUp OPINION The City of Cape Town says infrastructure for water and sanitation cannot be installed in 82% of informal settlements because the land is not suitable. Yet the City’s own data tells a different story, writes Dustin Kramer. On 29 May the Mayor will…

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