Brief
Calm returns to Ocean View after violent protests
Calm has returned at Ocean View following violent protests, which erupted on Thursday over the Mountain View Housing Project.
Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 2 June 2014
Kaprino’s Express hosts live music
On Friday night, musicians Saalim Ismail, Itu Kubeka and Jarrad Racket shared their music at an intimate dinner with family, friends and fellow entertainers at newly-opened Kaprinos Express in Green Point.
Dumisani Dabadini
Brief | 15 May 2014
ANC hands out t-shirts to voters in queues - parties cry foul
GroundUp witnessed ANC officials handing out t-shirts to people waiting to vote in Mfuleni. This happened at several polling stations. ANC officials actively canvassed voters to support the ANC.
Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 7 May 2014
IEC official fired in Mfuleni
An Independent Electoral Commission official working at the ward 108 voting tent in Mfuleni has been dismissed after disappearing for more than an hour without reporting.
Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 7 May 2014
NEHAWU protests in City
About 1,000 to 1,500 members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union marched through town on 27 March to the offices of the Western Cape government.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 27 March 2014
Tense student protest outside False Bay College
Students protested outside the Khayelitsha Campus of False Bay College this morning. A crowd of about 300 people blocked access to the main gate. Police attended the scene.
Adam Armstrong
Brief | 20 February 2014
Vavi attends Commission - will submit affidavit
Zwelinzima Vavi, the suspended General Secretary of COSATU, was present at the Khayelitsha Commission today. He will submit an affidavit to the Commission.
Adam Armstrong
Brief | 3 February 2014
Over 40 degrees but not a heat wave in Upington
Temperatures in Upington in the Northern Cape have risen to over 40 degrees. But it’s still not an official heatwave for this scorching hot part of the country.
Selby Nomnganga
Brief | 28 January 2014
Commission tours police stations and crime hotspot
It was a scorching hot day in Khayelitsha today, as the Commission of Inquiry into policing, led by Justice Kate O'Regan and Advocate Vusi Pikoli, got underway.
Adam Armstrong
Brief | 22 January 2014