Articles for Pharie Sefali
Nyanga community members beat up alleged child rapist
Last Thursday a twelve-year-old girl was raped in Nyanga, allegedly by her neighbour, in front of her grandmother.
Pharie Sefali
News | 5 May 2014
Nyanga residents angry after power cuts
Residents of Crossroads and Nyanga have slammed Eskom for not giving them any notice of power cuts which lasted several hours yesterday. But Eskom says the cuts were unplanned and residents could not be notified in advance.
Pharie Sefali
News | 30 April 2014
Celebrate Freedom Day? No thanks, I’d rather drink
While celebrations took place all over the country this week, some young people in Cape Town’s townships chose to spend Freedom Day another way.
Pharie Sefali
Opinion | 30 April 2014
UCT students grill political parties
Representatives of political parties got a grilling from UCT students last night at a debate on the university campus.
Pharie Sefali
News | 24 April 2014
Nyanga residents attack suspected TV thief
Nyanga residents are looking for a 20 year old man accused of stealing a plasma TV from his neighbour and said to be a rapist and a gangster.
Pharie Sefali
News | 23 April 2014
Elections: what people are saying
GroundUp spoke to people about the elections, asking whether they would vote, who they would vote for and why. This is the first of a series GroundUp will be running.
Mary-Anne Gontsana and Pharie Sefali
News | 16 April 2014
Murder in Ceres: gay people are not safe, says activist
Activist Kenith Abrahams, who was a friend of David Olyn, a gay man murdered in Ceres three weeks ago, says gay people in the community do not feel safe.
Pharie Sefali
News | 15 April 2014
Party supporters embarrass their leaders at Khayelitsha election debate
On April 10, an election debate convened by Equal Education and Ndifuna Ukwazi in Khayelitsha with the DA, EFF, Agang and Cosatu, was disrupted by unruly party members.
Pharie Sefali
News | 11 April 2014
Election Special: EFF promises to double social grants if elected
In the third of three interviews ahead of the May elections, GroundUp asked Veronica Mente, the coordinator of EFF in the Western Cape, some questions.
Pharie Sefali
News | 11 April 2014