Employees of Cash Paymasters Services (CPS) are fed up with their working conditions. The company handles the reissuing of the new social grant cards for the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).
Mihle Pike
News | 16 January 2013
This documentary explores the complex race dynamics of the Coloured community of Cape Town. It is the personal experience of a young Coloured woman with questions about her race and the socio-political context in which it exists.
Janine Fortuin
Feature | 16 January 2013
Most Xhosa and Sotho boys in the Western Cape will go for their initiation during the festive season. We spoke to two.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 16 January 2013
Ganief Stellenboom is a 20 year-old striker from Salt River who has just moved from Blackpool in Salt River to Milano United in Grassy Park.
Margo Fortune
News | 16 January 2013
The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's premier club football knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance to compete with clubs from the top league.
Margo Fortune
News | 16 January 2013
Two Zimbabweans who went home for the festive season explain how it was more challenging than they imagined, both financially and crossing the border.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 16 January 2013
With one man confirmed dead in De Doorns as well as further allegations of police brutality and coercion on the one hand and striker intimidation on the other, the ongoing farm worker protests continue in the Western Cape wine and fruit-growing region.
Kate Stegeman
News | 16 January 2013
It took less than five minutes for Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso, to hand down judgement that an application for an interdict by police minister Nathi Mthethwa, against the commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha was dismissed with costs.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 15 January 2013
Tensions between the De Doorns community and the police flared into open confrontation, as day one of the now thrice resumed strike turned into a running battle between striking workers and the police.
Ben Fogel
News | 10 January 2013
Charred ruins of beds, microwaves, washing machines, fridges, corrugated iron, asbestos and other shack building materials are strewn across the BM section of Khayelitsha.
Nathan Geffen
News | 3 January 2013
A Zimbabwean man who lost an eye when police fired a rubber bullet towards him during the De Doorns farm worker protests is suing the South African Police Service (SAPS) for damages. 25 year old Passmore Mandhlaami, a Good Hope farm employee, said he was caught in the crossfire. He was not participating in the strike.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 19 December 2012
52 year old Portia Mahlatshana from Nyanga is fighting to get her home back.
Tessa Gooding
News | 19 December 2012
Valhalla Park Entertainers was started in 2002 by Gertrude Square, a community worker from the area. She has been helping youth and seniors in her community for over thirty years.
Margo Fortune
News | 19 December 2012
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) wants 38 year old Janice (not her real name) from Kewtown to pay back R25,760 in grants she received.
Margo Fortune
News | 19 December 2012
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