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SERI
@SERI_RightsSA
Socio-Economic Rights Institute of SA (SERI). Research | Advocacy | Public Interest Litigation. securing a home -- making a living -- expanding political space
Johannesburg, South Africa
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    SERI
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    Feb 27, 2025
    [JOINT STATEMENT] Why are South African classrooms and children becoming fast food billboards?
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    Institute for Economic Justice
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    Feb 27, 2025
    JOINT STATEMENT | Schools are becoming fast food billboards! McDonald's-branded desks aren’t charity—they’re fast food marketing targeting children. The @DBE_SA must protect children, not sell them to Big Food. Read the statement here 👉🏾iej.org.za/joint-statemen…
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    SERI
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    May 16, 2023
    [PRESS STATEMENT] SERI condemns unlawful raids and war on the poor by @CityofJoburgZA Acting Mayor, Kenny Kunene. We call upon the City to rectify its course and refrain from unlawful conduct. | bit.ly/3M9lGHd
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    SERI
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    Jul 23, 2021
    [PRESS STATEMENT] SERI condemns the warrantless raids conducted the @SAPoliceService under operation “show your receipt”. | bit.ly/3wZoOM7
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    SERI
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    Aug 16, 2018
    [MARIKANA] We remember Mgcineni “Mambush” Noki (32) who was shot 14 times & killed by the police on this day, 6 years ago. Mr Noki was from Twalikhulu, Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 & was a leader of the strike |#NeverAgain | #RememberMarikana | #Marikana
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    SERI
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    Aug 31, 2023
    [PRESS STATEMENT] City of Johannesburg’s wake up call: fire at Usindiso Shelter for Women and Children SERI urges the City to take this unfortunate event as a wakeup call to proactively improve the conditions in the buildings it owns and manages... | shorturl.at/aru34
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    SERI
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    Oct 25, 2021
    [PRESS STATEMENT] Constitutional Court confirms Mashaba’s inner city raids unconstitutional. In its judgment, @ConCourtSA found that the raids of the residents’ homes were egregious & showed no consideration for their rights to privacy & dignity | bit.ly/3Ccr06p
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    SERI
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    Nov 19, 2020
    [BREAKING] Today @ConCourtSA handed out an order declaring the exclusion of #DomesticWorkers from #COIDA as unconstitutional. The declaration of invalidity applies retrospectively to provide relief to other domestic workers who were injured or died at work prior to ­­this order.
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    SERI
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    Aug 1, 2022
    [PRESS CONFERENCE] Today at 13:00, SERI will hold a press conference on the @CityofJoburgZA's incitement of violence against SERI & its staff following last week's High Court order involving the unlawful prohibition of informal trade. Details here | bit.ly/3cXexvB
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    SERI
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    Aug 6, 2024
    [PUBLICATION] today SERI is launching a new women's spaces publication offering a gendered analysis of family homes in South Africa. Access the full publication in the link below | tinyurl.com/ycxjneez
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    SERI
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    Jun 24, 2024
    [PRESS STATEMENT] Cape Town homeless judgment: a victory for voices of hundreds of unhoused in their litigation | tinyurl.com/mr4yusbk [1/3]
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    SERI
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    Jul 12, 2022
    [PRESS STATEMENT] Yesterday, the Jhb High Court dismissed PRASA’s application to cease informal trade at Park Station | bit.ly/3PjKyf9
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    SERI
    @SERI_RightsSA
    Jul 11, 2024
    [JOB OPPORTUNITIES] SERI seeks to hire a researcher to join our team. Applications to be submitted by Monday 29 July 2024. See link below for details. | tinyurl.com/nhe3sxyu
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    SERI
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    Aug 6, 2018
    Thobile Mpumza (26) was from Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 & was fired in May 2011 after participating in a strike. He was volunteering at Lonmin during the strike in 2012. He was shot 13 times by the police | #MinersShotDown | #NeverAgain
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    SERI
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    Mar 21, 2017
    This #HumanRightsDay, remember the lives lost to state brutality. #RememberSharpeville #RememberMarikana