With only a brief report at hand it appears that the constitutional court has done far more than was expected w Continue reading
Category Archives: human rights
City council tells Concourt that it was ‘convenient’ to remove traders from Johannesburg city centre
Johannesburg traders head for constitutional court
Court hears of torture claims of Radovan Krejcir
Le Monde diplomatique on Louisiana’s profitable prisons
Bad day for constitution when judge rules that traders eviction from work place is not urgent
Miners cheated out of parts of pension and other compensation
Exchange with Marius L Fransman (on Faceboook), leader of the ANC in the Western Cape, asking when I would come and campaign there
Marius L Fransman: Prof, when you coming to help with campaign in WC, Continue reading
Greg Nicolson reports on atmosphere in and around traders action against Johannesburg council.
This is Gcina Malindi,SC, one of the trialists in a UDF treason trial of the 1980s, now a leading advocate. the words are that of Greg Nicolson summarising
‘Advocate Gcina Malindi represented the respondents and decided not to respond to the real issues. Instead, in a sleepy speech, he argued the technicalities of urgency. He said the traders had ample time to launch a court action since the effects of Clean Sweep were being felt in October. They were simply trying to waste the court’s time, he argued, and even asked the traders to pay the municipality’s legal costs, a request Judge Monamo responded to by saying the traders have no money. “If the older people can do something wrong then the younger people will follow because they learn from that,” the judge advised.
Malindi said that the traders are out of work is nothing new in South Africa. “There can never be an appropriate time to act,” he counselled. If it’s not at Christmas time, it will be when children are starting school.’
Joburg city lawyers use cynical arguments to deny urgency of evicted hawkers claims
Let us hope that Krejcir torture claims are properly investigated
A climate exists that can easily lead one to ignore the torture claims of Radovan Krejcir. Continue reading
Johannesburg seeks to expand its cleansing with preparation of apparently unconstitutional law
Joburg street traders in limbo
Bekkersdal as microcosm of wider social crisis by Jay Naidoo
Bill evokes ‘stooges of apartheid’ by Niren Tolsi
Unprecedented third round of hearings in North-West reject TCB. People ask whether they are being pummelled with consultations till they agree.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/11/22/bill-evokes-stooges-of-apartheid
National Council of Provinces ignores rural voices on Traditional courts bill
Frank Meintjies, SACSIS article on time for solidarity with human victims of ‘clean out’ of Johannesburg
Advocacy for women’s land rights-plotting way forward by Frances Ann Eberhard and Tara Weinberg,
Land question in South Africa with Nomboniso Gasa, Leon Louw, Songezo Zibi and Monty Narsoo (Helen Suzman Foundation panel)
In a period of shameful acts, Johannesburg ‘cleansing’ must be one of the most disgraceful episodes of our time
When the Johannesburg Council removed traders from the pavements of the inner city, Continue reading
Raymond Suttner 