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Parliament secretly passed new code of conduct without public comment
25 March 2025 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...UniteBehind director Zackie Achmat. This is the latest development in the activist group’s lengthy litigation over the code. In 2022, #UniteBehind laid official complaints urging the ethics committee ...
Political will needed to save lives amid USAID funding cuts, say activists
20 March 2025 | ARTICLE
By Liezl Human
...UniteBehind, Triangle Project, and the People’s Legal Centre, met on Wednesday to discuss the looming health crisis as a result of the stoppage of USAID funding. The decision by US President Donald Tr...
PRASA and City rail agreement finally gets going
26 February 2025 | ARTICLE
By Steve Kretzmann
...UniteBehind requested a copy of the Plan from the City, but got no response. This is detailed in a letter dated 7 February from #UniteBehind attorneys to the City, demanding the plan be supplied by 11...
Makhubele decision shows the best and the worst of South Africa
15 January 2025 | ARTICLE
By GroundUp Editors
...UniteBehind lodged a complaint with the JSC against her in January 2019. But there were issues with Judge Makhubele securing legal representation paid for by the state and it was only in October 2020 ...
Judge Makhubele guilty of gross misconduct
12 January 2025 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...UniteBehind. Part A: she sat as a judge at the same time that she was chair of the PRASA interim board. Part B: she had also involved herself in state capture in connection with matters involving the...
PRASA finally signs rail deal with City of Cape Town
12 December 2024 | ARTICLE
By Sandiso Phaliso
...UniteBehind and the City has finally yielded results. But #UniteBehind believes the plan does not go far enough. The City of Cape Town and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) have signe...
Key Disability Bill should not be rushed
3 December 2024 | ARTICLE
By Benjy de Kock and Khanyo Mantshi
...UniteBehind. Leticia Mbuka, Sechaba Lerotoli, Nomathemba Siyolo, Othandwayo Rangula and Marlon Lawrence from Disability Revolution, and Nontsasa Ndalwentle from #UniteBehind, also contributed to this ...
Stones thrown at trains in Cape Town
31 October 2024 | ARTICLE
By Sandiso Phaliso
...UniteBehind has supported a call for more security along the railway lines where there’s been a spike in stone-throwing in recent weeks. About 16 Gibela trains, also known as the “Blue Trains”, have ...
Many Cape Town stations are closed to wheelchair users
4 October 2024 | ARTICLE
By Sandiso Phaliso
...UniteBehind told GroundUp it had recently conducted a review of PRASA’s capacity to accommodate people living with disabilities and found that most train stations were entirely inaccessible for people...
Three of four Shosholoza Meyl train routes halted indefinitely
3 October 2024 | ARTICLE
By Sandiso Phaliso
...UniteBehind believes the problems with long distance train services are a direct result of corruption at PRASA over the years. Going nowhere slowly Shosholoza Meyl, which handles PRASA’s long distance...