9 AUGUST 2016 – Women’s Day 2016 calls for reflection, for quiet reflection amid the noise of our healthy and boisterous democracy. This Women’s Day we need to pay tribute to those who walked ahead – women like Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa, Sophia Williams De Bruyn and thousands Continue Reading
PRESS ADVISORY: PEOPLE’S CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY ON 16 APRIL 2016 Johannesburg – A broad initiative of Civic organisations, faith based-organisations, social movements and activists, born on the steps of the Constitutional Court on 6 April 2016 united us to host the People’s Consultative Assembly for Democracy on Saturday 16 April in Soweto. Continue Reading
NGO STATEMENT ON HELEN SUZMAN FOUNDATION RAID 22 March 2016 On Sunday afternoon the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) offices in Parktown, Johannesburg were the target of a military-style raid. Those conducting the raid clearly knew what they were looking for: computers and other documentation relating to the programmatic work of Continue Reading
No Reconciliation with Corruption! Nelson Mandela Bridge at 10am – Noon Wednesday 16th December Monday 14 December, 2015, Johannesburg: The Unite Against Corruption (UAC) campaign confirms that the peoples’ gathering on Nelson Mandela Bridge is going ahead. We call upon all those affected by corruption to support the demand that #ZumaMustFall, whether by his Continue Reading
Democracy is about more than just voting. It’s about how we participate in our society, how we exercise our constitutional rights, including our right to protest and the freedom we have to express ourselves. It’s said by some that those who chose not to vote in elections lose their right Continue Reading
At a media briefing in Johannesburg civil society organisations came together in a show of unity to express their outrage at the unacceptable levels of corruption in our country, and its impact on the sector’s work in communities. The group highlighted the need to take decisive action through the Unite Against Continue Reading
Civil society and labour join forces to fight corruption and issue appeal for inclusive coalition to reject all corruption Massive marches planned to the union buildings and parliament on Wednesday 19 August On 27 May 2015 President Jacob Zuma misused the Presidency’s budget vote in Parliament to laugh off the Continue Reading
Press statement: Civil society organisations address media on the ongoing raids targeting foreign nationals Johannesburg, 12 May 2015 – The recent spate of xenophobic attacks and the subsequent crackdown of Operation Fiela-Reclaim (“clean sweep”), in a show of institutional xenophobia, have occurred during Africa month in which Africa Day – Continue Reading
The following organisations are founding members or have endorsed the anti-xenophobia march on 23 April 2015 Partners and endorsing orgs 13h00 22 Apr FOUNDING COALITION African Diaspora Forum Awethu! A People’s Platform for Social Justice Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in SA Corruption Watch Doctors Without Borders Equal Education Continue Reading
Media Alert | Press Conference Emergency Coalition announces People’s March Against Xenophobia 19 April 2015 Johannesburg – The recent xenophobic attacks that have gripped South Africa have shamed the country, and sent shockwaves far beyond our borders. The attacks present a picture of South Africans to the world that suggests Continue Reading
STATEMENT: South Africa is Ferguson; Ferguson is South Africa Johannesburg, 27 November 2014 – The below organisations stand in solidarity with the family and loved ones of Michael Brown and those bereaved, angered and in danger in Ferguson and across the United States. The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Continue Reading
25 June 2014, On 16 and 17 May 2014, reports emerged about the purchase of a new vehicle for the MEC for Health in the North West Province. The vehicle was reported to have cost R940 000 and to have been paid for using money in cost centres dedicated to Continue Reading