More than 300 people marched in the Cape Town city centre today to demand better sanitation in informal settlements.
Pharie Sefali
News | 25 June 2013
Last Friday, 27 civil society organizations signed a letter directed at Ms Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service. The organisations requested more time to comment on the Green Paper on Policing that Ms Irish-Qhobosheane published last week.
Camila Osorio
News | 25 June 2013
Immigrants who protested outside Kraaifontein Police station on Thursday 20 June claim that police officers assigned to the Wallacedene area yelled offensive statements at them. They also gave harrowing accounts of how they lost their livelihoods.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 June 2013
Shit is at the centre of Cape Town's recent political conflict. Today the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is marching to the Mayor's office and the Human Rights Commission to demand improvements to the City's sanitation programme. But what is it all about? With so many players and issues within issues as well as poo being thrown at politicians, it's understandable if you're confused. So here is a simple Q&A that tries to explain Cape Town's sanitation battles.
Amelia Earnest
News | 25 June 2013
This is a response by the Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Roads and Stormwater to an article published on GroundUp by Martin Eichhorn.
Brett Herron
News | 19 June 2013
The struggle between Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, and activist organisation Equal Education, is getting nasty. The Department has accused EE of using whites to mislead black people and EE has accused the Department of racism. EE held Youth Day marches on Monday 17 June in Cape Town and Pretoria. The marches were part of EE’s campaign to get Minister Motshekga to publish a policy on minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure.
Thandile Majivolo
News | 19 June 2013
Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) held, what it says is the first youth radio award in Cape Town on 16 June.
Pharie Sefali
News | 19 June 2013