For the past 2 weeks, residents of Marievale Community in Gauteng have been violently and illegally evicted from their homes by the SANDF. Several families, including a family with a four day old baby,...
There is a special independent body that deals with complaints against the police, called the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). If you feel that the police have abused their power, through assault, torture, death,...
It has been 115 days since Ivory Park resident, Samuel Mabunda died after being beaten with a crowbar and kicked by members of the Red Ants Security. Ekhurhuleni Metro Police, who were on the...
Five years after the Marikana Massacre, 17 strike leaders, including Mzoxolo Magidiwana and Tholakela (Bele) Dlunga, who many know through Miners Shot Down, are facing serious public violence charges, linked to the strike. The National...
Ex-Transnet workers to picket outside Transnet depots and offices in Durban From Monday 10 July, R2K KZN will join ex-Transnet workers on a mass roll of pickets outside various Transnet depots and offices in protest at Transnet’s...
On the 30 of June 1991, South Africa’s infamous 1913 Land Act was repealed by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act. The end of this horrific pre-apartheid law was a milestone in...
The community of Ivory Park with the assistance of R2K Gauteng have lodged a formal complaint with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) against the Red Ants Security, Relocation & Eviction Services for...
URGENT MEDIA ALERT: Ex-Transnet workers demand to be reinstated! On Wednesday, 7 June 2017, Hundreds of ex-Transnet Rehabilitation, Maintenance and Emergency (RME) and Transnet National Ports Authority employees will be marching to the Transnet...
R2K is appalled to learn that Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC), an Australian mining company is suing a West Coast community activist and two Centre for Environmental Rights attorneys for defamation. We view this as...
With the nationwide crisis of grant payments, SASSA have flouted their responsibilities to the poorest and most vulnerable in the country. SASSA have gambled with the livelihoods of 17 million people! They must ensure...
