This is an unabridged version of an article by the SJC’s Gavin Silber and Mandla Majola, which appeared in The Times Newspaper on 26 April 2011 The brutal murder of Andries Tatane by Police during a protest for access to water in Ficksburg is symbolic of the inequality, poverty and injustice that continues to haunt…
DetailsPress Statement – For Immediate Release On Wednesday 27 April South Africans will celebrate Freedom Day – a day which this year commemorates seventeen years since we queued patiently to vote in our country’s first democratic elections. Much has changed over this time, but many of our poorest citizens continue to wait for the delivery…
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Khayelitsha Toilet Queue-16 April 2011
DetailsThe tragic and shocking death of Meleke Andries Tatane at the hands of Police in Meqheleng – a township bordering Ficksburg – brings to light the increasing incidence of brutality and abuse of power in the South African Police Service (SAPS). Captured on video and later broadcast on SABC, members of SAPS repeatedly and brutally…
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In two weeks time South Africans will celebrate Freedom Day – a day which commemorates seventeen years since we queued patiently to vote in our country’s first democratic elections. Much has changed for the better over this time, but many of our poorest citizens continue to wait for the delivery of basic services to reinforce…
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The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) will be circulating a petition as well as staging a protest outside Parliament in Cape Town on Tuesday 8 March 2011 at 12h00, to call for an investigation by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) into alleged corruption by National Police Chief Bheki Cele and Minister of Public Works Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde.
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