On the eve of South Africa’s Freedom Day, Action Society is disturbed and disgusted following the attack of 19 women who were forced to strip naked and perform sexual acts on two men in a Khayelitsha church. The incident occurred at the Blessings Zion Church over the Easter weekend. Action
Action Society this past week celebrated the success of two cases it had been overseeing. Yamkela Sikhafungana’s attacker was found guilty and sentenced for severely beating her in July last year. Her then-boyfriend, Silulami Madikizela, locked her up and attacked her because she had visited a friend’s place and wanted
A missing four-year-old girl was found murdered in the Western Cape’s Paarl this afternoon. The case against a man who raped a 17-year-old girl from Kimberley while he pretended to be a doctor was postponed to the end of October. This past week, a 36-year-old woman was burnt alive by
“The minister of police, Bheki Cele, is blatantly lying – yet again – in saying the Constitution needs to be changed to allow devolution to provinces,” said Ian Cameron, director of community safety at Action Society. Cele told residents in Khayelitsha yesterday that police devolution to the provincial level
Action Society wants to congratulate the South African Police in the Western Cape for its arrest and consequent court appearance of Yanga Endrey “Bara” Nyalara, one of the province’s most wanted criminals. “We trust that the arrest of Bara will lead to many other arrests of criminals who are
Action Society has been mandated to assist with yet another gender-based violence (GBV) murder – this time in Khayelitsha. A loving mother of two, a sister and activist Nosiphiwe James will be missed by her family and friends after she was allegedly killed by her boyfriend with a screwdriver in
“Hopefully some justice can now be done for Nosiphiwe James (29), a mother of two children that died in her sister’s arms in Taiwan on 8 May after being brutally stabbed with a screwdriver,” said Ian Cameron, Director of Community Safety at Action Society. Cameron said, “We would like
Cele’s political deceit leaves Cape Town bloody; solutions are simple, kingpins must be eliminated “For crisis control in an attempt to stop further bloodshed of innocent people, a specialised task force must be brought in with no community ties to target crime bosses and to sweep the region. If it
Without police devolution, Khayelitsha’s murder plague will never end The community of Khayelitsha is yet again in shock, after six people were gunned down in the Site C area. In recent weeks there have been a number of multiple murders in the province’s largest township. It is the
Action Society acts in the interest of the public through active advocacy for policy change. We work within the community to fight for a reformed justice system, holding government accountable for failing to protect South African citizens.
