This week we have reports on Abahlali baseMjondolo and the Phillipi settlement named after Marikana, a new book by SERI, Greenpeace and fracking and facts and fibs in the President’s state of the nation speech as explained by Africa Check. Also, the SJC and others have published a report on the Khayelitsha Inquiry into policing.
Compiled by Brent Meersman
News | 19 February 2014
A group of five Gugulethu women studying at UCT are hitting the big time with their marimba music.
Pharie Sefali
News | 19 February 2014
Simon Estes Music High School in Wynberg, which was closed down on the first day of term, is fighting a last-ditch battle to survive.
Pharie Sefali
News | 19 February 2014
“An Open Opportunity Society for All” is the idea which underpins the Democratic Alliance’s vision for South Africa.
Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 19 February 2014
The 2014 national and provincial elections are around the corner. You will have the chance to vote for the national assembly and your provincial legislature. What is a provincial legislature and how does it work? In this sequel to our article on holding local government accountable, Fergus Turner explains.
Fergus Turner
News | 19 February 2014
The curse of spin and speculation is well and truly upon us. It could hardly be otherwise, with a major strike on the platinum mines underway, a general election looming and the labour movement facing the biggest crisis in its history.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 18 February 2014
It is with disappointment that I read your piece ‘Red tape blocks Khayelitsha small businesses’.
Garreth Bloor
Opinion | 18 February 2014
Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron has published a new book, Justice: A Personal Account. It is a forceful defence of the rule of law and South Africa's Constitution.
Edwin Cameron
News | 18 February 2014
Brigadier Zithulele Moses Dladla dealt with only three murders the last year he was stationed at Wynberg Police Station. When he was subsequently transferred to Khayelitsha Police Station, he saw four murders in his first weekend.
Adam Armstrong
News | 18 February 2014
The report on the six villages in Sicwenza who have been without running water for seventeen years … Read more
The massacre in the Marikana informal settlement, where eight people were executed in cold blood, i… Read more
I have my own issues with how the Durban High Court operates, specifically with regard to missing f… Read more
Whatever the conservation pressures in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Constitution does not perm… Read more
If ever there was reason for our National Government to threaten Expropriation without compensation… Read more
