"All Shall Be Equal Before The Law" by Faith47
At this week’s meeting facilitated by Zackie Achmat from TAC, a protest march for justice and safety in the township of Khayelitsha was organized to happen in front of Western Cape Provincial Parliament on 4 October 2011 from 12 – 2pm.
We ask for assistance to mobilise the Khayelitsha community- please can anybody who can offer transport or contribute towards transport costs kindly contact Joel Bregman (Social Justice Coalition) on 0727690100.
“Crime continues to increase in Khayelitsha and its criminal justice system is in crisis with more than 300 murders in 2010. The rates of sexual assault and violent crime including murder and assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm (GBH) have increased in the past year. The true scale of crime is hard to know as many crimes are heavily underreported. In order for positive changes to be made, the extent and scope of the problem needs to be established.”
The organisers and we, the people, call on the MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato, to institute an independent investigation and complete what his predecessor has not.
There will be a press conference on the 29 September 2011 at 12pm at the Ndifuna Ukwazi offices, Room 203, 47 Strand Street, Cape Town.
Our demands and examples of poor investigation into brutal crimes such as lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana’s murder can be viewed on the Facebook event. Click here to go to the Facebook event.
Please wear a purple ribbon in solidarity no matter where you are on the day of this event.
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