Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests
Vehicles torched and shack dwellers tear-gassed as Philippi East residents demand services from the City of Cape Town
By Velani Ludidi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 24 June 2019
“It’s been five years now and not a single house is finished,” says East London resident
Some residents have moved into incomplete houses after the site was abandoned by contractors in 2015
News | 24 June 2019
GROUNDVIEW: Julius Malema’s attack on the judiciary is self-serving
Our courts are not without problems but they have done as much as any arm of the state to realise the Bill of Rights
GroundView | 24 June 2019
About 400 newly qualified nurses without jobs in Limpopo
Department of Health says there is no money to hire additional staff
Brief | 24 June 2019
Investigation into Esethu Mcinjana arrest “almost finalised” say police
A month later, police have not yet returned Mcinjana’s house keys to her
Brief | 24 June 2019
Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic
Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 21 June 2019
Judge says roadside May family are “authors of their own fate”
Courts make inhumane decisions based on legal facts and are not in touch with our people on the ground, says farm workers’ rights organiser
News | 21 June 2019
Mother can’t afford to bury her son, found dead days after police arrested him
“There is no evidence that his death was due to police action” says IPID
By Vincent Lali
News | 21 June 2019