Brief
Shacks demolished following miscommunication
About 20 Mfuleni residents were forced to demolish their shacks that they had erected after occupying open land in the township.
Mary-Anne Gontsana and Masixole Feni
Brief | 18 August 2015
Body of second drowned Hout Bay fisherman found
More than a week after he drowned, the body of Hangberg fisherman Faizel Lee was recovered on Saturday morning. Lee had been catching crayfish close to the Hout Bay fishing settlement. His father, Igsak, made the discovery opposite Duiker Island, near to where fellow fisherman Clint Jacobs’ body was found on 7 August. The two men drowned after going to sea in a wooden rowboat the evening before.
Kimon de Greef
Brief | 17 August 2015
Police deny immigrants right to appear before a magistrate
On 13 August 2015, Potchefstroom police station cells security officer Buisanang Malefane told GroundUp on the phone that Malvern and Hamilton Mugwagwa, who are in their custody, have no right to appear before a magistrate because they are unlawfully in the country. They were arrested on 5 August 2015 at a roadblock in Potchefstroom on their way from Cape Town back to Zimbabwe.
Tariro Washinyira
Brief | 14 August 2015
“Arrest rapists and murderers, or community will impose the death sentence on them,” says community leader
About 150 Khayelitsha residents marched along Lansdowne Road on Monday before gathering and praying at the scene where Bongiwe Ninini (20) was murdered on 17 July.
Vincent Lali
Brief | 28 July 2015
New law to curb illegal debt deductions
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development are about to submit a new Magistrates' Court Amendment Bill in a bid to curb “illegal” garnishee orders.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 23 July 2015
Top cops try to reassure Khayelitsha community
On Saturday at a meeting convened by police at Siviwe Primary School in Khwezi Park, police pleaded with the Khayelitsha community not to resort to vigilantism.
Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 July 2015
One of the world’s oldest toys is a township craze
Spinning tops have been around for years and this is one of the toys that has been keeping township kids busy for decades, especially during school holidays.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Brief | 1 July 2015
Cape Town’s Congolese shun independence celebrations
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks 55 years of independence today but many Congolese who fled to Cape Town say there’s nothing to celebrate since the country is at war and the government does not reflect the will of the people.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 30 June 2015
De Waal Drive residents’ option to stay on, for now
On the weekend, some tenants at the De Waal Drive flats received notices that they can stay on, provided they pay their rentals going forward. In this latest message to the residents, the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements has asserted a softer approach than it had done in the past. The change has been welcomed.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 23 June 2015