IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (Cape High Court, Cape Town) Case No. 21600/12 In the matter between: MINISTER OF POLICE NATIONAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE THE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE FOR THE WESTERN CAPE THE CIVILAN SECRETARIAT FOR THE POLICE SERVICE COLONEL M F REITZ BRIGADIER Z DLADLA COLONEL T RABOLIBA First Applicant Second Applicant Third Applicant Fourth Applicant Fifth Applicant Sixth Applicant Seventh Applicant and THE PREMIER OF THE WESTERN CAPE THE MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY, WESTERN CAPE THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN THE HON. JUSTICE C O'REGAN N.O. ADVVPPIKOLI N.O. THE SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION First Respondent Second Respondent Third Respondent Fourth Respondent Fifth Respondent Sixth Respondent
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (Cape High Court, Cape Town)
Case No. 21600/12
In the matter between:
MINISTER OF POLICE
NATIONAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN
POLICE SERVICE
THE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH
AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE FOR THE WESTERN C A P E
THE CIVILAN SECRETARIAT FOR THE POLICE S E R V I C E
COLONEL M F REITZ
BRIGADIER Z DLADLA
COLONEL T RABOLIBA
First Applicant
Second Applicant
Third Applicant
Fourth Applicant
Fifth Applicant
Sixth Applicant
Seventh Applicant
and
THE PREMIER OF THE WESTERN CAPE
THE MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR
COMMUNITY SAFETY, WESTERN CAPE
THE CITY OF C A P E TOWN
THE HON. JUSTICE C O'REGAN N.O.
A D V V P P I K O L I N.O.
THE S E C R E T A R Y TO THE COMMISSION
First Respondent
Second Respondent
Third Respondent
Fourth Respondent
Fifth Respondent
Sixth Respondent
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ADV T SIDAKI Seventh Respondent
WOMEN'S LEGAL CENTRE Eighth Respondent
THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COALITION Ninth Respondent
SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT
I the undersigned
ABDURRAZACK ("ZACKIE") ACHMAT
hereby affirm and say
1. I am an adult male resident at A536 St. Martini Garden, Queen Victoria
Street, Cape Town. I am fifty years old.
2. The facts contained herein are true and correct and are within my
personal knowledge unless the context indicates otherwise.
3. I have been a political activist since the age of 14. I was a co-founder
and Director of the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality,
Director of the AIDS Law Project, and a co-founder and chairperson of
the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). I have been co-opted to Equal
Education's (EE) National Council. EE is an organisation dedicated to
realising the right to decent, quality education for all. I am not deposing
to this affidavit on behalf of these organisations which have their own
interests and decision-making processes.
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4. I am employed full-time at Ndifuna Ukwazi Trust (Nil) as its Director.
NU is a public benefit trust providing legal and social research support
to organisations such the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) which seek to
promote democracy through active citizenship. NU is one of the
organisations which lodged the complaint that led to the First
Respondent ("the Premier") appointing the O' Regan Commission of
Inquiry.
5. Since 16 June 2008, when I was one of the co-founders of the Social
Justice Coalition (SJC), I have been active in its campaigns, research
and education work. I have been co-opted to the SJC Secretariat and
Executive Council.
6. Currently, my primary task in the SJC is to support Mandla Majola,
Angy Peter, Joel Bregman and others on the Criminal Justice Task
7. This affidavit is structured in the following way:
7.1 Brief remarks on crime in Khayelitsha and who must speak
7.2 Background to my involvement in the call and complaint for a
Commission of Inquiry into Khayelitsha policing and its interface