Action Society has been approached by members of various units in the South African Police Service (SAPS) who informed us that they are experiencing significant problems with their radio communication systems. According to Ian Cameron, Director of Community Safety at Action Society, the problem is a national one and it
Action Society believes that Police Minister Bheki Cele is sending good police officers to their deaths in the Western Cape as many areas are consumed by gangsterism. Outnumbered, understaffed, and under-resourced, these brave officers don’t stand a chance in the worst affected areas such as Delft, Gugulethu, and Khayelitsha. Even
Bheki Cele is missing in action in Delft, after years of empty promises. The community lost five children in four incidents on RED Sunday, 10 September 2023. This brings the murder count in Delft for September to 16. “Bheki Cele is missing in action while the Delft community is bleeding
Action Society welcomes the sentencing of a pastor for molesting a six-year-old girl in Atlantis in the Western Cape. Aubrey Jooste was sentenced to imprisonment in the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court this week. Jooste initially faced a charge of rape and indecent assault; however, he was acquitted of the rape charge.
The Langa Police Station in Cape Town is not taking the dangers involved with gender-based violence seriously enough. Action Society has been mandated to assist a woman whose attacker received bail while she was still in the hospital recovering from the ordeal he put her through. The 37-year-old woman’s ex-boyfriend
A senseless revenge attack left a young woman disabled, wheelchair-bound, with severe brain damage, yet, her assaulter was out on bail the next day. Action Society will now monitor the case of Sivenathi Toto, 23, from George, Western Cape. Toto was assaulted in an alleged revenge attack in August 2022.
More than a year after her murder, the murder case of Candice Robertson cannot continue as the investigation is not completed yet. Action Society today supported Candice’s family at court on what would have been her 40th birthday. The suspect, Ettiene van der Merwe, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates
Action Society is demanding the two men who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted 19 women at a Khayelitsha church on Easter Sunday do not receive bail. The churchgoers were forced to strip naked and perform sexual acts on the men at the Showers of Blessings Church in Taiwan in Site
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
Minister Bheki Cele admitted in Parliament today that South Africa has only a 0,7% conviction rate for mass murder for the 2021/22 financial year. This confirms everything Action Society has been saying about his and the entire criminal justice system’s complete failure to execute its sole duty. “It is no
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.
