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Khayelitsha entrepeneur spots a gap in the market

GroundUp spoke to Sipho Mfengwana, owner of Faku Tasty Chicken in Khayelitsha.

Mihle Pike

News | 12 December 2012

High crime rate in Netreg and Bonteheuwel scares the community

Netreg and Bonteheuwel residents say they are terrorised by the high crime and killings rates in their communities. Police investigations into crime are hard to carry out since no one is brave enough to act as a witness or provide evidence.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 12 December 2012

Brad Wexler talks about sacrifice and the ups and downs of making it in the football world

Brad Wexler is a 19 year-old midfielder who is turning professional.

Margo Fortune

News | 12 December 2012

Gugulethu’s campaign for a healthy lifestyle

Gugulethu Square was abuzz on Saturday as almost 1,000 people showed up at the launch of the Siyagyma-SA campaign.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 12 December 2012

Professor Gary Maartens on public health in the Western Cape

Following GroundUp's report last week of the public meeting in Khayelitsha on health, HIV/AIDS and TB service delivery, we spoke to Professor Gary Maartens about public healthcare in the townships of the Western Cape.

Tessa Gooding

News | 12 December 2012

Groups to protest in support of inquiry into police

Tomorrow the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) will host a People’s Commission of Inquiry outside the Cape High Court as a protest in support of the Commission of Inquiry into Khayelitsha policing.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 12 December 2012

Iziskhothane: Priceless!

News | 12 December 2012

Nyanga hip hop band rises “like a rose out of concrete”

Generation X is a hip hop group from Zwelitsha in Nyanga, Cape Town.

Nokubonga Yawa

News | 5 December 2012