Brief
Marikana evictions: bail hearing postponed
Twelve men arrested for public violence, among other charges, while resisting evictions in Philippi East have been incarcerated for more than a week. Their case was again postponed at the Athlone Magistrates Court this morning. The accused will now remain in custody until 12 September, when their bail application will be heard.
Daneel Knoetze
Brief | 1 September 2014
Eight months without electricity: Valhalla residents protest
Residents of 8th Lane in Valhalla Park protested along Robert Sobukwe Drive after being without electricity for eight months despite Mayor Patricia De Lille making them firm pre-election promises.
Armand Hough
Brief | 27 August 2014
Mfuleni constable too sick to testify in Peter case
The case against activist Angy Peter and four others including her husband was postponed on 14 August as the Mfuleni detective constable was “too sick” to testify.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 15 August 2014
Sound advice for Women’s Month
Community outreach programmes will be a focus of Women’s Month in parts of the Western Cape affected by a high incidence of violence against women and children, provincial police commissioner Arno Lamoer has said.
Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 5 August 2014
Treatment Action Campaign in a tavern
People should view taverns as part of the community, where young people can meet to enjoy themselves, and not as enemies, community activists told a meeting at the weekend of the Kuyasa branch of the Treatment Action Campaign.
Munda Kula
Brief | 5 August 2014
Case against Nomzamo residents to be transferred to Regional Court
The case against ten Nomzamo (Lwandle) informal settlement residents, who were arrested during violent clashes between police and the community in June, has been postponed.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 1 August 2014
Judgment next week in Ses’khona case
Judgment will be delivered on 18 July in the case of Andile Lili and six others charged after the “poo protests” in the city in June 2013.
Pharie Sefali
Brief | 11 July 2014
After seven murders in two weeks, Manenberg residents march for peace
About 100 residents marched through the streets of Manenberg today in the hope of putting a stop to the gang violence that has claimed seven lives in two weeks.
Zintle Swana and Thembela Ntongana
Brief | 2 July 2014
I’m worth twice what I earn, says NUMSA member
Over 4,000 National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) workers stopped working and hit the streets of Cape Town city centre to demand a 12% wage increase effective from today.
Thembela Ntongana and Zintle Swana
Brief | 1 July 2014