Equal Education members rally against educational inequality

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Over 2000 Equal Education (EE) members will be marching to the Western Cape Provincial Legislature on Friday 31 October, where they will hold a rally against educational inequality. Speeches describing a wide range of challenges facing schools will be made by “Equalisers” from across the Cape Peninsula, and ...

Hidden Hunger in South Africa: The faces of hunger and malnutrition in a food-secure nation

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Oxfam have launched a report titled Hidden Hunger in South Africa: The faces of hunger and malnutrition in a food secure nation. The report hopes to inform people about the rise of hunger within South Africa, and shows that although South Africa is supposedly a food-secure nation, 1 in 4 ...

The TAC faces funding crisis - Needs your help!

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The TAC recently released a statement responding to media claims that they “face closure”. Although the organisation is in severe financial distress, the TAC’s Lotti Rutter stated that they are “not facing imminent closure”. However, if the funding required (R30 million) is not raised by February 2015, they “will have ...

Joint call for real Arms Deal accountability

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More than 30 local social justice organisations have issued the following joint call for real Arms Deal accountability:

Joint call for real Arms Deal accountability

  • Dissolve the Arms Procurement Commission!
  • Launch a full and transparent criminal investigation!
  • Prosecute all implicated in wrongdoing!

The 1999 Arms Deal represents up to R70 ...

Equal Education: March for proper toilets and sanitation in Gauteng schools

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Equal Education will be marching to the offices of the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) to demand better school sanitation for students.

EE Gauteng started its sanitation campaign in October 2013 as a result of a sanitation crisis in Tembisa. They have also worked with similar poor school sanitation in ...

Petition to the SABC and e-tv: screen Miners’ Shot Down

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With the second anniversary of the Marikana massacre approaching, members of the public and those affected by the tragedy are calling for a public screening of “Miners Shot Down”, a documentary by Rehad Desai.

On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service opened fire on a crowd of striking ...

Equal Education: Fundraising concert with Vusi Mahlasela and Friends

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Equal Education, a community and membership-based organisation that advocates for quality and equality in the South African education system, is hosting a fundraising event - “Say Africa! Say Education! A night with Vusi Mahlasela and Friends”- on 24 August 2014 at 6pm at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.

The ...

Call to action: Say NO to SANRAL’s e-toll secrecy

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The Right2Know Campaign is one of the organisations challenging SANRAL’s attempt to hide information about its proposal to put e-tolls on the N1 and N2.

This relates to a legal dispute between SANRAL and the City of Cape Town over the proposed e-tolls. Key information about SANRAL’s plans has been ...

ODAC: Dasnois' Litigation Campaign

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The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) is campaigning to raise money to fund litigation support to Alide Dasnois, the former editor of the Cape Times, for unfair dismissal. Dasnois has been dismissed as an employee of Independent Newspapers and was removed from her post as editor of the Cape Times ...

SJC, NU and EE condemns Lwandle evictions

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On 2 and 3 June 2014 a few hundred residents of Lwandle, near Strand in Cape Town, watched their homes being demolished by Sanral.

The Social Justice Coalition, Equal Education and Ndifuna Ukwazi have released a joint press statement condemning Sanral for evicting Lwandle residents who have been living ...

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