A disturbing video taken with a cell phone shows a man being beaten up brutally in Khayelitsha. It was placed in evidence at the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry yesterday.
GroundUp Staff
News | 5 February 2014
The Khayelitsha Commission has heard testimony about refugees and their vulnerability to violence and exploitation.
Adam Armstrong
News | 5 February 2014
Kgebetli Moele burst on to the literary scene with Room 207 (Kwela, 2006). That success was followed by The Book of the Dead (2009), a deeply shocking novel whose protagonist deliberately sets out to infect as many people as he possibly can with HIV.
Kgebetli Moele
News | 4 February 2014
The hopes of thousands of asylum seekers in the Western Cape have been dashed by Director General (DG) of Home Affairs (DHA) Mkuseli Apleni.
Brent Meersman
News | 4 February 2014
Zwelinzima Vavi, the suspended General Secretary of COSATU, was present at the Khayelitsha Commission today. He will submit an affidavit to the Commission.
Adam Armstrong
Brief | 3 February 2014
The Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry has entered its third week. Its aim is to investigate the allegations that SAPS have been inefficient in their policing of Khayelitsha and that there has been a breakdown in police-community relations.
Adam Armstrong
Opinion | 3 February 2014
This is a shortened transcript of a witness testimony given at the Khayelitsha Commission last week.
Transcript from Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry
News | 3 February 2014
Vague ideas of transformation are all the rage these days. Take the latest bun fight in Davos, for example. The annual gathering of the grandly named World Economic Forum (WEF) that ended last weekend met under the heading: “The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business.”
Terry Bell
Opinion | 31 January 2014
While testifying today at the Khayelitsha Commission, a witness stated she believes the officer investigating the murder of her son accepted a bribe to stop his investigation.
Adam Armstrong
News | 30 January 2014
This article has been withdrawn due to problems with it that we are unable to address. GroundUp apologises.
Pharie Sefali
News | 30 January 2014
Funeka Soldaat told the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry how she had been raped by a group of young men because she is a lesbian. She testified that she is a survivor of "corrective rape".
Adam Armstrong
News | 29 January 2014
This week we cover Corruption Watch, the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry and protests over the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.
Brent Meersman
News | 29 January 2014
Hundreds of asylum seekers who have been living in Cape Town for more than five years and have renewed their documents more than twelve times are now undocumented. They may lose their work. They no longer have access to health, education, and bank accounts. And they are vulnerable to arrest, detention and deportation.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 January 2014
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has condemned the suspension of Terry Bell's Inside Labour column that ran in Business Report for about 18 years.
GroundUp Staff, Terry Bell and COSATU
News | 29 January 2014
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