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Right to protest: SJC calls on govt to protect communities’ right to be heard
The Social Justice Coalition led the march from Hanover Street in District Six to Parliament on Tuesday.
In December, the Equality Court found the system unfairly discriminates against black and poor people.
Notywala was arrested at the Cape Town Civic Centre last week during a peaceful protest for water, flushing toilets and electricity in informal settlements.
The Social Justice Coalition's Notywala has been charged with contravening the Regulation of Gatherings Act.
The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) says that it is angered by what it calls the police's violent response to peaceful protesters.
The coalition's Dalli Weyers says judgment on the allocation of police resources in the province is a massive victory.
The apex court on Monday upheld the ruling of the High Court that found it unconstitutional for a group of people to be criminally charged for convening a peaceful demonstration without notifying the authorities.
Social Justice Coalition laid criminal complaints against Richard Bosman and mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith.
The figures for the 2016/2017 period showed murder had increased by 1.8% while sexual offences and the number of reported rape cases had both decreased by over 4%.
Last week, Police Minister Bheki Cele again reiterated that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will not be deployed to Western Cape communities.
Hundreds of activists from across Cape Town marched in the CBD for land.
The SJC and Equal education marched to Parliament to highlight the lack of police resources in high crime areas.
Civic groups, the SJC and Equal Education, along with the Nyanga CPF want Parliament’s police committee to fulfil its role in overseeing a revision of the way police resources are allocated.
A mob killed three suspected criminals in the Marikana informal settlement earlier this week.
Angry residents necklaced the men in the Marikana informal settlement on Tuesday.
The SAPS has put in a request to upgrade and extend the police station in Muizenberg at the tune of R100 million.
A local pressure group has accused the police minister & SAPS management of not caring about the safety & security of the poor.
The Social Justice Coalition believes criminal activity will be addressed if more police resources are placed in affected areas.
The SJC & other groups took the SAPS to court over its apparent failure to address staff shortages in poor communities.