Strome lewende water

Dit het begin as ’n druppel in die hart van ’n jong gevangene… Haat het Stefaans Coetzee se hart omring, soos donker wolke wat neerdruk en die lug verswaar. “[Ons]…het…’n ou swart vrou, wat voor die kafee op die stoep gelê en slaap het, gegryp. Een van die seuns het haar aan die voete getrek … Read more

Attack on the Casual Workers’ Advice Office in Germiston – how you can help

CWAO office arson attack

Khulumani learned with deep concern of the Monday 2 September 2019 attack on one of our partners with whom we have been pursuing the Unpaid Benefits Campaign – the Casual Workers’ Advice Office in Germiston, Johannesburg. The GroundUp article describes what happened in the afternoon and evening of last Monday. We cannot imagine who could … Read more

Khulumani Attends the #KeepItConstitutional Launch at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg

mural with bill of rights grafitii

 On 26 July 2019, Khulumani Support Group attended the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR)’s launch of the #KeepItConstitutional Animation Series at the Constitutional Court.  The series uses animated characters to educate high school learners about constitutional rights. Hot topic issues, from land and education, to religious and political rights, are all explained in relation to … Read more

Khulumani’s New Board Asserts their Governance and Strategic Leadership of Khulumani Support Group towards Ending the Struggle for Power and Control of the Organisation – 24 July 2019

Khulumani Support Group unequivocally rejects the findings of the so-called “disciplinary hearing” of its national director held by deposed former board members on the 28th of May 2019. The individuals pursuing this illegitimate action were removed from their positions at a constitutionally mandated AGM held on the 27th of April 2019, and thus do not have any authority within Khulumani Support Group, or to act on its behalf.

South Africa mourns the passing on 16 January 2019 of one of its Truth Commissioners, Mr Hugh Lewin

MR HUGH LEWIN TRC Commissioner

An edited Tribute to Hugh Lewin, by his lifelong friend, Paul Trewhela. Hugh Lewin died peacefully yesterday, 16 January 2019, at his home in Killarney,
Johannesburg. He was a person of exceptional good-ness. He sought for no high office, and never trumpeted his name. He always did what he thought was right, no matter what the cost.