Cape Town Justifies Evictions
Daneel Knoetze The City of Cape Town has invoked a series of court interdicts and orders to defend its role in the evictions of shackdwellers in Philippi East. The land occupation has grown since last week. City Law Enforcement resumed the demolition and removal of shacks on a plot off Symphony Way yesterday, […]
A Week in the Life of the JSC
In April 2014, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) met in Cape Town to interview candidates for appointment as judges. As he has done for most of the JSC’s sessions since 2009, Chris Oxtoby was there to observe what happened. It was Oscar Pistorius season – as the trial resumed following a postponement, so the […]
EFF Mining North West Votes
One week before Julius Malema launched the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Marikana in October 2013, red berets were prominent on the streets of the small town. In the surrounding villages the atmosphere was electric, filled with excitement, expectation, impatience. It had been almost 14 months since 34 miners were killed and 78 injured […]