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Social Justice Coalition and Ndifuna Ukwazi dismayed by acts of vigilantism...

On 8 July 2015 another act of vigilantism was committed in Site C, Khayelitsha. A young man was killed and two others were severely beaten and burnt and remain in a critical condition in hospital. The...

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SJC CONDEMNS ANDILE LILI’S CALL TO VIGILANTE JUSTICE

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) condemns recent statements attributed to ANC Provincial Executive member Andile Lili in which he is quoted as saying that ‘criminals must be killed immediately and...

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PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE PROGRAMME OF ACTION AGAINST DISGRACEFUL RESPONSE...

Date:              12 August 2015 Time:             11h00 Venue:           Plein Street outside Parliament, Cape Town NATIONAL SAPS RESPONSE TO KHAYELITSHA COMMISSION REPORT AN ATTACK ON THE DIGNITY OF...

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Minister Nhleko is failing the people of Khayelitsha and the police: We...

Everyday in Khayelitsha people are robbed, raped and murdered. Everyday in Khayelitsha people are deprived of their right to life, safety, bodily integrity, justice and equality. On 25 August 2014 the...

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Memorandum from the Social Justice Coalition, Equal Education and Ndifuna Ukwazi

Memorandum SJC, EE and NU (25 August 2015) – full text available here 25 August 2015 Att: Mr Nathi Nhleko Minister of Police Cc: Mr Francois Beukman Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police Mr...

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SJC & NU – MINISTER NHLEKO: WE DEMAND CONCRETE COMMITMENTS & DECISIVE...

21 September 2015 JOINT STATEMENT BY THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COALITION AND NDIFUNA UKWAZI MINISTER NHLEKO: WE DEMAND CONCRETE COMMITMENTS & DECISIVE LEADERSHIP AFTER A YEAR OF DELAYS!   Minister...

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SJC & NU’S response to the 2014-2015 crime statistics

STATS REFLECT CONTINUED FAILINGS OF POLICE & SOCIETY AS A WHOLE TO ADDRESS CRIME AND VIOLENCE On Tuesday this week the Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, and the National Commissioner of...

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Osi’s Place Tragedy: An owner’s negligence and non-compliance and the failure...

The final hearing relating to the liquor license of Osi’s Tavern in front of the Western Cape Liquor Authority (WCLA) is now scheduled for 16 October 2015 when the tavern’s residential neighbours will...

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Police Minister’s commitment to the people of Khayelitsha and the Commission...

On 25 September 2015 the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) received a reply from the Minister of Police’s Chief of Staff in response to our memorandum of 25 August 2015 addressing...

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Osi’s Place Tragedy – Government now needs to be held accountable

Eight young women died in Osi’s Place tavern in Khayelitsha in the early hours of 28 June this year. The youngest was just 15 years old. Yesterday on 29 October the Western Cape Liquor Licensing...

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PRESS STATEMENT: SJC Welcomes Introduction of Draft National Sanitation...

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) welcomes the introduction of a Draft National Sanitation Policy gazetted by Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane on 12 February 2016, and currently open...

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SJC PRESS ALERT: MARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR SINOXOLO MAFEVUKA

In the past week people living in South Africa and specifically in Cape Town were told “a tale of two cities”. In this tale the differing responses from the South African Police Service (SAPS) to the...

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SINOXOLO MAFEVUKA MEMORANDUM TO KHAYELITSHA SAPS

The memorandum being delivered to Major General Brand (Khayeltsha Cluster Commander) and Colonel Raboliba (Harare Station Commander) today by the Social Justice Coalition regarding the case of Sinoxolo...

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Press Statement: SJC and EE launch case against Police over allocation of...

Today, March 30, 2016, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and Equal Education (EE) have announced that they will be taking Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko and the acting National Commissioner of...

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SJC objects to irrational sale of City land in Khayelitsha

22 April 2016 Att: Mr Thulani Madikane (City Manager’s Office) Re: Objection to sale of portions of erf 564, Khayelitsha Forward 1. The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is a democratic, public benefit...

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SJC press statement: City of Cape Town’s planned sale of erf 564 in...

The City of Cape Town is planning to sell public land to private developers that should be used for essential policing services for the Khayelitsha community. On 24 March 2016 the City issued a...

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PRESS STATEMENT: Informal settlement residents to march and hand deliver 3000...

Photo by David Harrison Today, 29 April 2016, Khayelitsha residents, together with the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) will hand over individual submissions on the City of Cape Town’s 2016/17 draft...

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SJC submission on Draft National Sanitation Policy

SJC Submission on Draft National Sanitation Policy 11 April 2016

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Press Statement: Social Justice Coalition to march and deliver sanitation...

Tomorrow, 24 May 2016, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) will march and deliver a petition with demands to the City of Cape Town. This is ahead of Mayor Patricia de Lille’s 2016/17 budget speech in...

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Opinion piece: Discrimination against poor and working class (mainly black)...

The City of Cape Town passed a budget of just over R41 billion in a flawed process that discriminates against its poor and working class residents. On 15 April 2016 I wrote on GroundUp: Whose voices...

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