Emotions ran high in the Cape Town Magistratesâ Court on Wednesday as Social Justice Coalitionâs(SJC) general secretary, Phumeza Mlungwana, was cross-examined about last yearâs protest on the steps of the Cape Town Civic Centre.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 8 October 2014
Protests are a way to be heard and not just an event, Social Justice Coalition general secretary Phumeza Mlungwana told the Cape Town Magistratesâ Court on Tuesday.
Mary-Anne Gontsana and Lea Bork
News | 7 October 2014
Yesterday the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) published a social audit of the state of municipal public toilets in Khayelitsha. Councillor Ernest Sonnenberg responded. This is a reply by the SJC's Axolile Notywala and Dustin Kramer to Councillor Sonnenberg.
Axolile Notywala and Dustin Kramer
Opinion | 2 October 2014
Information concerning contracts signed by local authorities should be much more freely available, says Social Justice Coalition spokesman Axolile Notywala.
GroundUp staff
News | 2 October 2014
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
One in four of the Khayelitsha public toilets, which are supposed to be cleaned by the City of Cape Town's janitorial services, is not working, a social audit by the Social Justice Coalition has found.
GroundUp staff
Feature | 1 October 2014
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
For months Philippi residents have been living with blocked drains that have flooded the roads. The City Council says the sewers are blocked because residents throw rubbish, including buildersâ rubble, into the drains.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 30 September 2014
Arrive in Smithfield from any direction and the first official board one sees announces: âMohokare declares war on wasteâ. The chief weapon in that war is a platoon of temporary workers hired under governmentâs Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) administered by local municipalities.
Carmel Rickard
News | 16 September 2014
On 13 September Equal Education marched in Johannesburg for decent school sanitation in Gauteng. Brad Brockman, the organisation's General Secretary, explains the campaign.
Brad Brockman
Opinion | 16 September 2014
Every month since January, Khayelitshaâs refuse collectors and street cleaners in QA and PJS Section go in large groups to camp outside the supervisorâs office so they can get what is due to them.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 15 September 2014
This week in activism we cover the symposium on torture hosted by the Wits Justice Project, the march by Equal Education for better sanitation for schools in Gauteng, and the âWhat if Womenâ challenge by WHEAT.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 11 September 2014
An unbearable smell lingers in the air of RR Section to the point where you can taste it. This is the daily struggle for Khayelitsha residents who live next to overflowing drains and toilets that still remain unfixed by the City of Cape Town.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 8 September 2014
Itâs an hour before snack time at the Sophumelela Day Care centre in Site C, Khayelitsha, and one of the toddlers has indicated to his teacher that he needs to use the toilet.
Barbara Maregele
News | 19 August 2014
âThere is no privacy, you are asked in front of everyone what your baby's HIV status is. It is dirty and the staff is very disrespectful in the way they speak to patients. I donât go to that clinic anymore; itâs been a year now. Because of their treatment I did something I shouldnât have done, I tested my child for HIV myself, because I too work at a clinic.â
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 14 August 2014
The trial of 21 Social Justice Coalition (SJC) members continued in the Cape Town Magistrates' Court today. The group are charged with unlawfully attending and convening a protest in September last year.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 24 July 2014