A memorial service was held in Khayelitsha stadium on 21 March for the victims of the Hex River bus accident on 15 March 2013.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 27 March 2013
For the past three years, education activist organisation, Equal Education, has been campaigning for the adoption of a policy called the Minimum Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 20 March 2013
Should citizens be able to choose their MPs? This is the question that was posed by the "My vote counts" campaign yesterday evening at the Central Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 27 February 2013
BREAKING NEWS: This morning, residents of Crossroads protested and burned tyres in protest against a housing project.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 23 January 2013
Getting a social grant is not for slackers. You have to be up early in the morning.
Margo Fortune
Brief | 16 January 2013
The Khayelitsha police stations held an event on 13 December to give Christmas presents to Soyisiso Nofemele's rape victims. He is currently serving eleven life sentences for raping twelve children, murdering one of them and abducting another. The victims are between two and nine years of age.
Mihle Pike
Brief | 19 December 2012
About 500 people gathered outside the Cape High Court last week Thursday opposing Minister of Police Nathi Mthetwa’s application to stop a Commission of Inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha from continuing.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
Brief | 19 December 2012
GroundUp TV produces documentary inserts based on individuals, groups or organisations based in your community. Our first series will feature people living in and around Richards Bay, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. Watch the show on CTV Wednesdays at 19h45, 1KZN TV Wednesdays at 19h15, and Bay TV on Tuesdays at 18h15 starting 11 December.
GroundUp Editor
Brief | 5 December 2012
Right2Know held a candlelight vigil outside Parliament on 22 November in protest against the Protection of State Information Bill.
Kate Stegeman and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 28 November 2012
Here are photographs of a Golden Arrow bus that crashed into and destroyed someone's shack on Mew Way Road, Khayelitsha.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 28 November 2012
The Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU) is preparing for a general strike from 4 December.
Tessa Gooding
Brief | 28 November 2012
Grejimo Gates is 22 year old. For him, being a car guard at Town Centre in Mitchell's Plain is his business.
Margo Fortune
Brief | 14 November 2012
Metro FM held their latest Sunday Soul Sessions event at Ruitersvlei wine farm near Stellenbosch on 4 November.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
Brief | 7 November 2012
Bulelwa Mbomela is in her 60s. She is the grandmother of Phumlani Mbomela who is 19 years old. Phumlani dropped out of school when he was in grade seven and he never went back.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 24 October 2012
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has announced a customised draft plan for each school recommended for closure.
GroundUp staff
Brief | 17 October 2012
Radio Zibonele, a community radio station in Khayelitsha, organised a fun run for Khayelitsha residents on Saturday 6 October.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 10 October 2012