SJC To Hold Four Marches For Improved Policing in Khayelitsha – Saturday, 6 October 2012

SUPPORT THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INVESTIGATING PROBLEMS WITH POLICING IN KHAYELITSHA! SJC ORGANISES FOUR MARCHES IN ONE DAY FOR IMPROVED POLICING IN KHAYELITSHA & FOR INCLUSION OF CAPE TOWN’S POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY JOIN US IN KHAYELITSHA, 6 OCTOBER 2012, 10h00 – 12h00 In August 2012 the Commission of…

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SJC Demands Policy & Plan for City of Cape Town’s Informal Settlement Janitorial Service

Assessment of Sites Indicates Service Never Fully Functional & Recently Ceased to Operate Altogether A primary demand of the SJC’s Campaign for Sanitation has been for the introduction of a janitorial service to maintain all communal flush toilets in the Cape Town’s informal settlements.  These toilets currently cater for at least 200 000 residents.  One toilet can…

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SJC Statement on Marikana Tragedy

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is angered by recent violence at Lonmin’s Marikana Platinum mine in North West Province, which has left 44 people dead over the past two weeks.  Of particular concern is the incident that took place on Thursday 16 August 2012, in which 34 strikers were shot dead and 78 others were…

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Crime Experts Support SJC Call for Commission of Inquiry

Article by Gareth Newham (Programme Head – Crime and Justice Programme, Institute for Security Studies) Appeared on Institute for Security Studies website, and the Cape Times newspaper on 31 July 2012 Recent events in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape have highlighted how the failures in the criminal justice system in general, and policing in particular,…

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