Durban police refused to open a case for a Zimbabwean man

A 38-year-old Zimbabwean man claims he was assaulted by a metro police officer in Durban and two Durban police stations refused to open an assault case.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 4 August 2014

Long walk to healthcare

Langa residents are complaining about the distance they have to walk to Bonteheuwel to access basic health care.

Thembela Ntongana

News | 4 August 2014

Firgrove residents want their land back

Two thousand residents removed forcefully from Firgrove, Somerset West, between 1971 and 1975 under the apartheid Group Areas Act, want their land back. ā€˜Blacks’ were moved to Mfuleni and ā€˜coloureds’ were moved to Macassar.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 4 August 2014

Case against Nomzamo residents to be transferred to Regional Court

The case against ten Nomzamo (Lwandle) informal settlement residents, who were arrested during violent clashes between police and the community in June, has been postponed.

Barbara Maregele

Brief | 1 August 2014

Tightrope walker says he was pushed off wire by city official

A Zimbabwean tightrope walker and musician claims that a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer pushed him off his tightrope in April, and that Camps Bay police have failed to respond.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 1 August 2014

Last night a community beat up two men, while the police watched

Two men in Nyanga were beaten very badly by about 50 members of their community, including children, after they were accused of housebreaking in the street they live in. The police stood and watched as they were beaten.

Pharie Sefali

News | 1 August 2014

Nationalising the mines is not socialism

Nationalise the mines. That is a demand taken up loudly in recent months by the Economic Freedom Fighters. It is a demand long made by many in the labour movement and it has been given added impetus with the Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) deision to dispose of, or close down, some of its older underground mines.

Terry Bell

Opinion | 1 August 2014

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