On Tuesday, 1 November, we are marching against state capture. While we face a deepening crisis of inequality and economic exclusion, criminals and factions are doing everything in their power to capture the state. If we allow the state to be captured, it will not only worsen the crisis, but make it impossible to overcome. The fight against…
This afternoon, 26 September 2016 at the Social Justice Coalition’s (SJC) Policing and Social Justice Dialogues, Major General Brand, the SAPS Khayelitsha Cluster Commander, will publicly be signing a Community Policing Commitment. In 2014 the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry made 20 key recommendations to improve safety and policing in the area. Recommendation 1 – the…
Court rules in favour of Nyanga CPF to join police resourcing case Today, 23 September 2016, the Equality Court handed down an order that paves the way for the Nyanga CPF to join the case brought by the SJC and EE on the allocation of police resources. The order, in principle, states that the Nyanga…
Court judgment to impact on the relationship between the South African Police Service and Community Police Forums On Friday 23 September 2016 a judgment that will have bearing on the ability of communities to hold the South African Police Service accountable will be handed down. At 9h30 tomorrow in the Equality Court (sitting at the…
COURT HEARING TOMORROW RE: POLICE RESOURCE ALLOCATION CASE & THE RIGHT OF COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES Tomorrow, 20 September 2016, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is set to oppose the application of the Nyanga Community Police Forum (Nyanga CPF) to intervene in an Equality Court court case seeking the fair allocation of police…
Implementation of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry Recommendation 12 – A Response to the Western Cape Government 1. On 25 August 2016 over 500 members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Equal Education (EE) and partner organisations marched to the Western Cape Provincial Legislature to deliver a memorandum to the Premier. 2. At the heart of this matter, as…
SJC & EE Memorandum – Youth Gangs (25 August 2016)
MARCH FOR YOUTH & LEARNER SAFETY! Tomorrow, 25 August 2016, marks the second anniversary of the release of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry’s (the Commission) final report. The Commission sat in 2014 and was a groundbreaking process that uncovered deep, systemic issues with policing not only in Khayelitsha, but across the country. It laid the…
Over the past year the Social Justice Coalition’s (SJC) Safety and Justice Programme has been monitoring and offering support to victims and their families in five cases in Khayelitsha involving Gender Based Violence (GBV) and/or violence against children. Given the high levels of GBV, the low levels of reporting and few convictions in reported cases,…
SJC launches court case against the City of Cape Town over failures in sanitation provision in informal settlements Today, 1 July 2016, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) will launch a court case against the City of Cape Town over its failure to fulfil the right of access to sanitation to poor, Black and marginalised residents…