Klipheuwel is an informal settlement about 10km north of Durbanville. It seldom gets any news coverage. GroundUp's photographer, Masixole Feni, spent time in the area.
07 January 2016
Hout Bay mother describes Boxing Day tragedy.
07 January 2016
Residents of Pine Road informal settlement want houses but fear high rents.
News | 7 January 2016
Most students at Belgravia, Thandokhulu and Athlone high schools were thrilled with their results. In Masiphumelele students were relieved after a tough year.
By Barbara Maregele and Thembela Ntongana
News | 6 January 2016
Victims of the Masiphumelele fire that left thousands homeless marched with the sun shining on their faces to the office of ward councillor Felicity Purchase today.
News | 18 December 2015
South Africa is one of the most unequal nations in the world, and despite having the highest GDP on the continent, it boasts poor health indicators and faces a high burden of disease, both communicable like HIV and non-communicable like diabetes; high rates of violence and injury and mortality.
Kathryn Stinson and the Writing Group for the People’s Health Movement South Africa
Opinion | 18 December 2015
“I am sick and tired and wish I could be resettled to another country. They should not treat people like animals,” says a man trying to renew his refugee status. He is one of many complaining about the service at Home Affairs on Cape Town's foreshore.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 18 December 2015
Most people take hours, days or never to solve the Rubik's Cube. This is not the case for 15-year-old Lonwabo Mvovo who has recently been awarded the top spot in South Africa for completing the puzzle blindfolded in minutes.
Barbara Maregele
News | 17 December 2015
As the festive season approaches, many poor families are visiting moneylenders for help in the endless challenge of making ends meet. Some will give up their IDs and even bank cards.
Siyavuya Khaya
News | 17 December 2015
Only 5% of women and 8% of men feel “totally safe” in Khayelitsha, according to a survey of about 500 residents conducted by Rape Crisis.
Barbara Maregele
News | 17 December 2015
From the horrors of the Free State health system to student protests and the demands for President Zuma to fall, here is a collection of some of GroundUp's finest photos and stories from 2015.
17 December 2015
Mfuleni community clinic turned away some patients on Friday as staff went to an end-of-the-year function.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 15 December 2015
Andile Tumana, Executive Director: Kingdom Change Agents Movement, responds to statements made by Councillor Benedicta van Minnen, Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, about who represents the residents of Klipheuwel.
Andile Tumana
Opinion | 15 December 2015
Alice Wamundiya comes from a background where the importance of education is emphasised. When she settled in South Africa after her family fled the Rwandan genocide, she decided to help other refugees and asylum-seekers with their education.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 December 2015
Wolwerivier residents and Ndifuna Ukwazi activists tracked down the City Council's Benedicta van Minnen at Camps Bay beach today after she was not available to meet them at the Civic Centre.
Barbara Maregele
News | 14 December 2015
The South African Presidency should be a site to advance the struggle for social equality, for the righting of historic crimes against black people, for jobs, houses, healthcare and education, for human rights globally and at home. This struggle can no longer be lead by a person as compromised, divisive and ineffective as President Jacob Zuma. He must be recalled by the ANC.
Tshepo Motsepe
Opinion | 14 December 2015
The longer they take, the more the staff can steal. I've heard stories of Cape Town senior citizens… Read more
Why doesn't the government employ young people who finished university at SASSA offices? Or childre… Read more
I have experienced exactly the same thing: long queues out in the cold and being turned away with m… Read more
We all waited at Wynberg yesterday with queries. By 3pm we demanded to see a person in charge. A ma… Read more
I am trying to apply for an old age grant from the Velddrif satellite office where I received my fo… Read more