Report – Evidence at Khayelitsha Police Commission of Inquiry, 30 March 2014

Please find attached a three-page report issued jointly by the Social Justice Coalition, the Treatment Action Campaign, Ndifuna Ukwazi, Equal Education and the Triangle Project. The report draws on some of the testimonies that have been heard at the Commission over the past week. Today and tomorrow the Commissioners will hear evidence from the two highest-ranking SAPS officials…

Social Justice Coalition Press Alert:

CITY COMMITS TO DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES Commitment follows over two years of ongoing engagement and protest by SJC and affected communities  ____________________________________________________________________________ City hosts summit on janitorial services following arrests of SJC members and supporters On Friday 28 February 2014, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) attended a summit hosted by the City of…

Reports – Evidence at Khayelitsha Police Commission of Inquiry, 18 & 21 Feb 2014

Please find two reports issued jointly by the Social Justice Coalition, the Treatment Action Campaign, Ndifuna Ukwazi, Equal Education & the Triangle Project. The first report details testimonies including those of Lieutenant Colonel Barend Swart (Detective Commander at Lingelethu West) and Brigadier Zithulele Moses Dladla (Station Commander at Khayelitsha, Site B).  Report on Commission Evidence – 18…

Social Justice Coalition Press Alert: CITY OF CAPE TOWN MUST ACT TO IMPROVE SAFETY

The dire lack of services and infrastructure in Khayelitsha impacts directly on the most basic rights to dignity and security of the person. Through at times harrowing testimony, the O’Regan/Pikoli Commission of Inquiry has heard that residents of Khayelitsha’s informal settlements lack the most basic of services and experience disproportionately high levels of crime and…