Civil Society
The week in activism
This week we look at Sonke’s call on government to support an important medical trial and the court ruling in the Limpopo foreign traders’ case brought by Lawyers for Human Rights.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 2 October 2014
Khayelitsha residents welcome SJC social audit report
The community of BM Section in Khayelitsha came out in their numbers to listen to the report by the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) on sanitation services in the township.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 1 October 2014
Ernest Sonnenberg, Mayco member for Utility Services, responds to SJC
It is deeply ironic that the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), which has appointed itself the guardian of the dignity of the most vulnerable in our city, would rather grandstand, utilise social media platforms, and have lengthy report back sessions rather than work with the City to directly improve the lives of residents.
Ernest Sonnenberg
News | 1 October 2014
Another Abahlali baseMjondolo member assassinated
Shortly after returning to KwaZulu Natal from the Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) Western Cape relaunch, Thuli Ndlovu, a branch chairperson in the shackdwellers’ movement, was gunned down in her shack.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 1 October 2014
TAC plans fundraising drive as crunch time looms
Even though the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) faces the possibility of closing down due to a lack of funding, it says there is no need to worry yet.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 1 October 2014
Media reports on protest action lack depth and context — media monitor
Palls of thick smoke hung over the N2 mid-September 2014, after protesters from the farming town of Grabouw, some 20 kilometres from Gordon’s Bay, barricaded the national highway with burning tyres. Rubber bullets flew and canisters of teargas exploded as the police met protesters head on.
Mandy de Waal
Analysis | 30 September 2014
TAC workshop highlights domestic violence
Khayelitsha community members voiced their concerns on how the police deal with gender-based violence such as rape.
Joyce Xi
News | 30 September 2014
Background to SJC activist Angy Peter case
Social Justice Coalition activist Angy Peter and her co-accused, husband Isaac Mbadu, Christopher Dina and Azola Dayimani, will know their fate after nearly two years on trial when Judge Robert Henney deliver his judgment today. The four were charged for the kidnapping and murder.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 30 September 2014
Abahlali baseMjondolo relaunches in Western Cape
Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Western Cape branch relaunched at the Sweethome Farm informal settlement on Saturday. Re-elected chairperson Siyamboleka James spoke to GroundUp about the movement’s hopes to expand in the city, to renew negotiations with council for accountable service delivery, and about why there is no prospect of them working with Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement.
Daneel Knoetze
Brief | 29 September 2014