This week in political activism we look at calls for help from Grahamstown, the plight of coal communities, a symposium on gender equality, and documenting the struggles of four informal settlements in South Africa.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 27 August 2014
The City's Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services writes that the electrification project at Agstelaan in Valhalla Park has been halted for periods of time due to excessive and highly dangerous gang violence in the area.
Councillor Ernest Sonnenberg
News | 27 August 2014
Detective Constable Stanford Muthian acknowledged on Tuesday during the Angy Peter trial that he had not conducted his own investigation into the murder.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 27 August 2014
Siyabonga Kalipa speaks to two female boxers. They will confront each other in the ring at OR Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha on the weekend of 30 August.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 27 August 2014
The Khayelitsha commission of inquiry into policing has made many important recommendations to the National Minister of Police. Here is a summary.
Adam Armstrong
News | 26 August 2014
Police stations in the parts of Cape Town which bore the brunt of apartheid are the most seriously understaffed, the Commission of Inquiry into Policing in Khayelitsha found.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 26 August 2014
The SA Police Service must “take urgent steps” to eradicate discriminatory behaviour towards foreigners and gay people, the Commission of Inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha has said.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 26 August 2014
The South African Police Services (SAPS) in Khayelitsha do not meet the obligations set out in the Domestic Violence Act when dealing with cases of domestic violence.
Barbara Maregele
News | 26 August 2014
Residents of Khayelitsha queried some of the recommendations made by the Khayelitsha commission of inquiry into policing. Others did not understand exactly what the commission has recommended.
Pharie Sefali
News | 26 August 2014
Tygerberg Hospital has confirmed that a man injured during clashes with Public Order Police in Philippi East on 22 August had sustained a bullet wound to his right leg.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 26 August 2014
None of the witnesses to murder victim Rowan Du Preez’s alleged deathbed statement were asked to swear that their statements were true, the investigating officer of the case told the court on 25 August.
Simone Haysom
News | 26 August 2014
The organisations that originally called for the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha have welcomed as a “victory for justice” the commission’s findings and recommendations.
Barbara Maregele
News | 26 August 2014
The Commission of Inquiry into Policing in Khayelitsha has identified “serious, overlapping (policing) inefficiencies”.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 25 August 2014
17 people appeared at Athlone Magistrate Court on 25 August on charges of public violence related to the Marikana informal settlement evictions last week. The accused faced charges ranging from stoning police vehicles and private cars to arson, including torching a car, setting alight a shop and looting.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 25 August 2014
Most women’s dreams of playing sports comes to an end when they get married and have children. Insaaf Baatjies of Silversands, Kuilsriver, who used to play soccer, decided to take up refereeing when she couldn’t play anymore.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 25 August 2014
Bishop David Russell, who died last week aged 75, was deeply rooted in this land, participating fully in its trauma and its transformation.
Francis Wilson
News | 25 August 2014