On 30 May, City of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille delivered her final 2017/18 budget speech to council where she mentioned some amendments made from the draft budget. These “amendments” were in relation to budget allocations to informal settlements and backyard dwellers. The Mayor lied. Specifically, Mayor De Lille’s comments on supposed amendments to…
DetailsOn 30 May 2017 Social Justice Coalition (SJC) activists were physically and rather forcefully removed from council during the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT) special budget meeting while silently and peacefully protesting in the public gallery. SJC activists that were part of this protest felt violated when they were manhandled by the CoCT’s VIP protection…
DetailsFollowing 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,…
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