CoCT budget is anti-poor, exclusionary and leaves township and informal settlement citizens in the dark

On 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…