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  • FILE: The Social Justice Coalition led Khayelitsha residents in a protest march. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN.

    SJC: Police management using delay tactics in court battle over resources

    The SJC & other groups took the SAPS to court over its apparent failure to address staff shortages in poor communities.

    1554 days ago
  • The Social Justice Coalition led Khayelitsha residents in a protest march. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN.

    SJC: Unsurprising CT townships reflect high crime stats

    The 2016 crime stats show seven of the WC precincts on the worst ten list for murders.

    1692 days ago
  • The Social Justice Coalition led Khayelitsha residents in a protest march. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN.

    SJC: Youth gangs still an issue in Khayelitsha

    Last week, parents forced the closure of Bulumko High School following a series of gang fights.

    1701 days ago
  • Sinoxolo Mafevuka body was discovered in a communal toilet in Khayelitsha. Picture; Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    SJC vows to fight for more policing & security in informal settlements

    The group says government needs to address the poor infrastructure in all the areas within the township.

    1706 days ago
  • File picture: EWN.

    'Using a portable toilet strips me of my dignity'

    The SJC has given the city three months to provide a plan for adequate sanitation services.

    1753 days ago
  • FILE: People taking part in a protest against poor sanitation run away from a water cannon and stun grenades fired by members of the South African Police Services in Cape Town. Picture: AFP.

    The City of CT taken to court over sanitation in informal settlements

    The SJC says the city unfairly discriminates in the provision of sanitation services to informal settlements.

    1753 days ago
  • Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN

    Patricia De Lille slammed over 'anti-poor' budget

    Patricia De Lille delivered her proposed R41 billion budget for the 2016/17 financial year today.

    1793 days ago
  • Khayelitsha residents marched to the civic centre in Cape Town to handover a memorandum on 24 May 2016. Picture: Natalie Malgas/EWN.

    SJC threatens legal action in fight for proper sanitation

    The civil rights group says it will resort to legal action if the mayor fails to meets to their demands.

    1793 days ago
  • SJC activists march to the Cape Town Civic Centre to hand over a memorandum on the city's budget. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN.

    City of CT to face court action if continues with unfair budget allocation

    The SJC claims the city plans to spend only R15 million on 204 informal settlements in that period.

    1818 days ago
  • SJC activists march to the Cape Town Civic Centre to hand over a memorandum on the city's budget on 29 April 2016. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN.

    SJC activists to hand over memorandum to de Lille

    The SJC’s Axolile Notywala says most of the grievances are over poor sanitation.

    1819 days ago
  • FILE: The Social Justice Coalition organised a march in the wake of Sinoxolo Mafevuka's murder to highlight policing issues in Khayelitsha on 15 March 2016. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN.

    Appeal for police bosses to keep Khayelitsha promise

    The Social Justice Coalition says the community has been waiting for years for another police station.

    1834 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Nathi Nhleko giving an update on the Nkandla Project during the media briefing at Imbizo Media Centre in Cape Town on 28 May 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    SJC & Equal Education take police minister to court

    The NGOs are accusing Nhleko of not taking the recommendations of the Khayelitsha Inquiry seriously.

    1848 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Nathi Nhleko. Picture: GCIS.

    Nhleko’s visit to Khayelitsha described as ‘fruitless’

    Social Justice Coalition says it’s disappointed that the minister has not addressed their concerns.

    2013 days ago
  • FILE. Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has blamed the national police commissioner and police minister for the delay in implementing the recommendations of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry. Picture: EWN.

    ‘SAPS, WC govt responsible for policing in Khayelitsha’

    The SJC says both the SAPS & local govt have a role to play in ensuring efficient policing.

    2084 days ago
  • Vusi Pikoli. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    SJC lauds Pikoli's role as WC police ombudsman

    It hopes Vusi Pikoli’s appointment will ensure better service delivery & keep police in check.

    2369 days ago
  • Judith February. Picture: Supplied.

    Between the lines

    Judith February says the City of Cape Town is failing the homeless, the poor and the vulnerable.

    2387 days ago
  • Among those in the dock is well-known human rights activist Zackie Achmat.

    SJC members appear in court

    The 21 accused are charged with convening an illegal protest outside Cape Town’s Civic Centre.

    2389 days ago
  • FILE. The SJC is looking into the guilty verdict handed to an activist in connection with the murder of a thief. Picture: RSC Inc.

    Shock after Khayelitsha activist found guilty of premeditated murder

    Angy Peter was yesterday convicted along with her husband and two others for necklacing a thief.

    2394 days ago
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