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…
Please find below 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 details some of the testimonies that have been heard at the Commission this week, including those of Colonel Andrew Tobias (former Detective Commander at SAPS Harare), Colonel Gert…
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…
Please find attached a report issued jointly by the Social Justice Coalition, Treatment Action Campaign, Ndifuna Ukwazi, Equal Education & Triangle Project. The report details the evidence provided by Colonel Michael Reitz, Station Commander of Lingelethu West police station on 13 February 2014. Report on Commission Evidence – 14 February 2014
Please find attached a four page report issued jointly by the Social Justice Coalition, Treatment Action Campaign, Ndifuna Ukwazi, Equal Education & Triangle Project. The report details some of the evidence that has been heard at the Commission this week including that of two retired high-ranking SAPS members, General Glenn Schooling and Mr Martin Leamy…
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…
The Commission of Inquiry has completed its first two week of public hearings. Residents, practitioners and academics have placed powerful evidence before the Commission. The Commissioners, evidence leaders, counsel for all parties, the media and hundreds of residents have heard about the constant fear and lack of safety experienced in Khayelitsha. They have heard about…
A STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING SAFETY AND JUSTICE IN KHAYELITSHA AND BEYOND The 21st January 2014 was a momentous day for safety and justice for Khayelitsha. The O’Regan/Pikoli Commission of Inquiry (“the Commission”) officially began its first public phase of work. Tasked with investigating allegations of poor policing and a broken relationship between the community of…