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SJC Facilitates Knowledge Exchange in Nompumulelo
In November 2012, five SJC members travelled to Nompumulelo in the Eastern Cape for the first leg of a “knowledge exchange” with the Nompumulelo Safety Forum (NSF). The “knowledge exchange” was initiated by the Open Society Foundation of South Africa – a funder of both the SJC and the NSF. The NSF is comprised of…
Cape Times Slams “National Disgrace” of Sanitation Crisis
On 14 November 2012 The Cape Times newspaper published a scathing editorial on sanitation in Cape Town and South Africa more broadly. This follows a feature article in the same edition which uncovers the dangers of using toilet facilities in Khayelitsha’s informal settlements, and local government failure to ensure the service works as it should. …
SJC To Host “People’s Commission of Inquiry” into Crime in Khayelitsha on Steps of Cape High Court If O’Regan/Pikoli Commission is Delayed
In August 2012 the O’Regan/Pikoli Commission of Inquiry was established to investigate allegations of ineffective policing and breakdown in relations between the police and the community in Khayelitsha. Its establishment followed sustained campaigning and advocacy by the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and partner organisation over a number of years and the lodging of a formal…
Commission of Inquiry into Policing in Khayelitsha: Press Alert November 7 2012
7 November 2012 Please Tweet using #CoI and #Mthethwa Download a pdf of the statement here. PRESS ALERT: O’REGAN/PIKOLI COMMISSION OF INQUIRY: MINISTER MTHETHWA’S ACTION – MORALLY UNTENABLE, FACTUALLY FLAWED, LEGALLY UNSUSTAINABLE POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY MUST NOT COME BEFORE SAFETY & LIVES On average every day in Khayelitsha one person is murdered, two people are sexually assaulted…
SJC To Challenge Attempt To Stop O’Regan/Pikoli Commission In Court
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE: RESPONSE TO POLICE CHALLENGING O’REGAN/PIKOLI COMMISSION OF INQUIRY The press conference will be held at: Ndifuna Ukwazi, 47 Strand Street, Wednesday 7 November at 13h00 All media are invited In November 2011 our organisations lodged a formal complaint against the Khayelitsha police citing ineffective policing and a breakdown…
Minister Mthethwa in Denial: Disingenuous Challenge To O’Regan/Pikoli Commission
Mthetwa To Go To Court In Attempt to Stall Commission of Inquiry into Policing in Khayelitsha On 29 October 2012, the O’Regan/Pikoli Commission of Inquiry (CoI), tasked with investigating problems with policing and crime in Khayelitsha, conducted its first hearing. Activists and members of the Social Justice Coalition, Treatment Action Campaign, Equal Education, Triangle Project…
Two SJC Activists Arrested and Charged
Allegations That Vigilante Justice Claims Another Life in Mfuleni On Sunday 14 October 2012 two SJC activists – Angy Peter and Isaac Mbadu – along with two other Mfuleni residents were arrested and later charged with the kidnapping and murder of Mr. Siphiwo Mbevu (note: this is the name we have on record but the…
SJC To Hold Four Marches For Improved Policing in Khayelitsha – Saturday, 6 October 2012
SUPPORT THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INVESTIGATING PROBLEMS WITH POLICING IN KHAYELITSHA! SJC ORGANISES FOUR MARCHES IN ONE DAY FOR IMPROVED POLICING IN KHAYELITSHA & FOR INCLUSION OF CAPE TOWN’S POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY JOIN US IN KHAYELITSHA, 6 OCTOBER 2012, 10h00 – 12h00 In August 2012 the Commission of…
SJC Demands Policy & Plan for City of Cape Town’s Informal Settlement Janitorial Service
Assessment of Sites Indicates Service Never Fully Functional & Recently Ceased to Operate Altogether A primary demand of the SJC’s Campaign for Sanitation has been for the introduction of a janitorial service to maintain all communal flush toilets in the Cape Town’s informal settlements. These toilets currently cater for at least 200 000 residents. One toilet can…