This week we look at Sonkeās call on government to support an important medical trial and the court ruling in the Limpopo foreign tradersā case brought by Lawyers for Human Rights.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 2 October 2014
For months Philippi residents have been living with blocked drains that have flooded the roads. The City Council says the sewers are blocked because residents throw rubbish, including buildersā rubble, into the drains.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 30 September 2014
Adoption of children across the the old apartheid categories is on the increase, according to the Department of Social Development. There were 936 such adoptions in the last three years. GroundUp unpacks some of the issues on what the department calls ātrans-racialā adoption.
Thembela Ntongana and GroundUp staff
News | 29 September 2014
This week we look at a settlement on a land reform matter by Legal Resource Centre, a SWEAT dialogue to commemorate National Heritage Day, and Sonkeās call on government.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 25 September 2014
Western Cape Network for Community Peace and Development (WCNCPD) will hold a Peace Day Event at the Gugulethu Sports Complex on Friday from 9am to 12pm.
Thembela Ntongana
Brief | 17 September 2014
On Tuesday at a media briefing in Cape Town on the implementation of the new immigration regulations, Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba announced that the regulations will stay despite them having created much anxiety.
Tariro Washinyira and Thembela Ntongana
News | 16 September 2014
Filing income tax manually at a South African Revenue Service (SARS) branch can be a dayās mission, involving hours of travel and standing in a queue.
Johnnie Isaac, Joyce Xi and Thembela Ntongana
News | 15 September 2014
This week in activism we cover the symposium on torture hosted by the Wits Justice Project, the march by Equal Education for better sanitation for schools in Gauteng, and the āWhat if Womenā challenge by WHEAT.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 11 September 2014
This week in political activism we look at Sonke Gender Justiceās call for government to take urgent action on hate crime, charges laid by TAC against senior health officials in Bloemfontein, and the launch of an urgent intervention on behalf of Marikana residents.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 4 September 2014