27 November 2014
Andaleeb Rinquest remembers the moment she accepted, with certainty, the imminence of her own death.
Daneel Knoetze
The criminal justice system had failed by releasing Rowan du Preez, the court heard yesterday in the trial of Angy Peter and three others for du Preez\xe2\x80\x99s murder.
Johnnie Isaac
Lack of mattresses, a leaking roof, lack of hot water and insufficient access to medical treatment: Pollsmoor\xe2\x80\x99s facility for awaiting trial prisoners has been slammed by civil society organisations for what they call \xe2\x80\x9cseveral concerns regarding conditions of detention at the facility.\xe2\x80\x9d
Mary-Anne Gontsana
The increase in minimum wages for domestic workers of R1 an hour is not enough, says Myrtle Witbooi, general secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU).
Thembela Ntongana
Lulamile Witbooi lost his legs in a train accident in 1991. Today he runs the \xe2\x80\x9cCorner Market\xe2\x80\x9d, a thriving fruit and vegetable shop in Zwezwe, Khayelitsha.
Joyce Xi
This week, witnesses began testifying in the sentencing hearing of Angy Peter, Isaac Mbadu, Azola Dayimani and Christopher Dina.
Johnnie Isaac
At least 40 Zimbabwean informal traders fear they may lose their livelihoods after delays in getting informal trading permits from Fezeka City Council offices in Gugulethu.
Tariro Washinyira
Mahlubandile Mdingi lay dead for seven hours on a street corner in Bardale extension, Mfuleni, before the health department\xe2\x80\x99s pathology services took his body away.
Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp staff
Thirteen workers from a farm in Philippi have accused their employer of contract breaches, unfair dismissal and abuse. But farm owner Edgar Meyer denies the allegations, and says that the proper dismissal process was followed.
Thembela Ntongana
The Helderberg Street People\xe2\x80\x99s Centre (HSPC), a soup kitchen for the poor in Somerset West, has been given notice by the City to quit its premises by 31 January 2015.
Katy Scott
On Thursday, residents of Marikana informal settlement\xe2\x80\x99s Rolihlahla Park section welcomed a Western Cape High Court postponement of an eviction hearing. The court ordered that the City of Cape Town compile an audit of the households living on the erf in question to determine who will need emergency temporary accommodation if an eviction order is granted.
Daneel Knoetze
On Thursday, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba announced that Zimbabweans intending to travel home for the festive season will be able to do so even if their permits have not been issued.
Tariro Washinyira
Opinion: Learning from the mistakes of others, and being aware of the basis of those mistakes, helps us not to repeat the same errors. This is something to which those individuals, groups and unions now agitating to move South Africa onto a new political trajectory via a trade union supported political party would do well to pay heed.
Terry Bell