Evicted student: All I could save was my backpack and ID
The only things college student Sisanda Mbayi could save before her shack was demolished last month were her backpack and ID, the ministerial inquiry into the Nomzamo (Lwandle) evictions heard yesterday.
Barbara Maregele
News | 1 August 2014
Parking marshals, unpaid for months, march on government
Around sixty of the CBD's parking marshals, who to have been "on strike" since October last year, marched on Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's offices at the provincial legislature yesterday.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 31 July 2014
29 foreign-owned shops targeted
A 37 year old Somali, Ahimenet Jamel was shot in his shop in Masiphumelele last Friday in an attempted robbery, bringing to at least 29 the number of attacks on foreign-owned shops in the Western Cape in the last three weeks.
Zintle Tia Swana
News | 31 July 2014
So long and thanks for all the fish
Clans living near Kosi Bay have used an ancient fish trapping system to create a livelihood for themselves and their families for centuries. But as population pressure rises, increasing the twin stressors of poverty and unemployment, how long will the fragile balance between humans and nature provide a bountiful catch? Mandy de Waal travelled to uMhlabuyalingana for GroundUp. Jon Pienaar took the photographs.
Mandy de Waal and Jon Pienaar
Feature | 31 July 2014
One-legged weightlifter aims for Paralympics
Half of Ntsikelelo Mdladlana's leg was destroyed in a shack fire in 2007.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 31 July 2014
Inequality: Why Isaacs is half right and half wrong
Gilad Isaacs makes valid criticisms of Mike Schussler’s arguments on inequality, but he makes a number of mistakes of his own, writes Jeremy Seekings.
Jeremy Seekings
Opinion | 30 July 2014
Evicted resident breaks down at Lwandle inquiry
Xoliswa Masakala broke into tears at the ministerial inquiry into the Lwandle evictions today as she was asked to comment on two pictures of herself which were published in the media. In one of the pictures, she is seen with her breasts and upper body completely exposed and the rest of her clothes appear torn.
Barbara Maregele
News | 29 July 2014
Robertson Abattoir was “hell”
The case of 39 Robertson Abattoir workers who say they were dismissed for complaining about 18-hour days was back in court today after a 20 month delay.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 29 July 2014
Long walk to education
Ambition without education is like a boat on dry land. Many young learners in Nqutu, KwaZulu Natal know this well. To make sure they realize their dreams everyday they walk for hours to receive an education that may help them have a brighter future.
Sandile Ndlovu
Opinion | 29 July 2014