Sonke Gender Justice Archives - Voice of the Cape

Gender NGO wants ‘remedial’ action against Mamabolo, Malema

Lobby group Sonke Gender Justice wants "appropriate remedial steps" to be taken against ANC MP Boy Mamabolo and EFF leader Julius Malema for their "politicisation" of gender-based violence (GBV) during Tuesday's debate on the State of the Nation Address. In a statement released on Wednesday, Sonke condemned "in the strongest sense of the word, the politicisation of gender-based violence". While Malema was speaking at the debate, his one-time friend, Mamabolo, […]

20 February 2020

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Pollsmoor remand facility still at 174% capacity: SGJ

Some progress has been made in reducing overcrowding at Pollsmoor’s awaiting trial facility but there is much more to be done, says Sonke Gender Justice in a response to the Department of Correctional Services’ action plan on problems at the prison. The action plan was ordered by the Western Cape High Court after Sonke, represented by Lawyers for Human Rights, took the government and the head of Pollsmoor’s remand facility […]

3 May 2017

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Showdown over Pollsmoor’s ‘appalling’ conditions

Government and the head of Pollsmoor’s remand facility are being taken to court on Monday in an attempt to compel to them to address the “appalling” conditions at the centre. Sonke Gender Justice, represented by Lawyers for Human Rights in the Western Cape High Court, believes detainees are “routinely, and on a continuing basis, deprived of basic amenities to which they are entitled to by law”. These include exercise, nutrition, […]

1 December 2016

Sonke Gender Justice

Gender NGO wants ‘remedial’ action against Mamabolo, Malema

Pollsmoor remand facility still at 174% capacity: SGJ

Showdown over Pollsmoor’s ‘appalling’ conditions

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