The SJC welcomes Minister Cele’s candid admission that poor, Black police precincts across the country (not just those in the Western Cape) are in fact not getting the resources they deserve and need. We also welcome his admission that the solution isn’t necessarily more police, but instead is a rational reallocation of South Africa’s already…
In appealing these declarations the state will only delay the equitable delivery of services to poor, Black people. The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is angered and disappointed by the decision of the Minister of Police, the National Police Commissioner and the Western Cape Police Commissioner to appeal the Equality Court judgment delivered in favour of…
A victory for poor, Black communities confronted by high rates of contact and violent crime as Court rules that the allocation of police resources by SAPS is unfairly discriminatory On Friday, 14 December 2018, Judge Dolamo of the Equality Court, Western Cape Division, made a ground-breaking judgment (attached) that has considerable consequences for poor, Black…
On Friday, 14 December 2018 at 11h30 the Western Cape High Court, sitting as an Equality Court, will deliver judgment in the police resources court case brought by applicants the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Equal Education (EE) and the Nyanga Community Police Forum (Nyanga CPF). The court will decide whether the South African Police Service…
On Friday 17 August 2018 members of the SJC10 will hold a press conference with the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Right2Know (R2K) and Equal Education (EE) at the Cape Town Civic Centre. We believe the Regulation of Gatherings Act (RGA) in its current form is regressive and a hindrance to the democratic principles enshrined in…
A Story of DelaysA tale of a complicated journey of delays and time wasting The SJC, Equal Education and the Nyanga CPF filed papers in the Equality Court to compel the SAPS to reallocate human police resources in an equitable manner that does not discriminate against poor, Black communities. Litigation was a last step…
People have nowhere to go and are in need of homes. They are denied their dignity and the government refuses to listen to them. They no longer have homes, but also have no way to hold the City responsible and regain the homes they have lost. Andiswa Kolanisi, the first applicant in the case against…
Dear Mr President, Your morning walks could get you a criminal record. Yes, this is absurd. Yes, this is unconstitutional. But that is the law. According to the Regulation of Gatherings Act, which the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) has challenged, you can be criminalised for your healthy lifestyle morning walks with more than 15 people…
On Human Rights Day, Wednesday 21 March, activists from the Social Justice Coalition, Reclaim the City, the District Six Working Committee and Ndifuna Ukwazi will march to demand that they take bold steps to break with the past and advance the human rights of residents in this city struggling to access land, security of tenure and decent housing. 2018…
On 14 and 15 February 2018 the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Equal Education (EE) and the Nyanga Community Police Forum (Nyanga CPF), the applicants, will be back in the Equality Court in Cape Town in our case against the Minister of Police and the National Police Commissioner. At the heart of the matter is the…