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African Bank: no rescue plan for borrowers
The Reserve Bank came to the rescue of African Bank when it collapsed in August 2014. But there’s no rescue plan for borrowers, many of whom are repaying loans which experts say are contrary to the National Credit Act.
Mandy de Waal
Feature | 11 May 2015
Detainee tells of shocking conditions for awaiting trial prisoners
After numerous organisations wrote to the Department of Correctional Services, raising their concerns about the bad conditions in the awaiting trial section of Pollsmoor prison, GroundUp exclusively spoke to a detainee in that section, who says nothing has changed.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 7 May 2015
Mfuleni dancers quickstep into top spots
A group of young ballroom dancers from the Mfuleni Dance School are well on their way to waltzing into the Western Cape's top junior ranks this year.
Text by Barbara Maregele. Photo by Masixole Feni.
Feature | 7 May 2015
UCT and transformation part four: the academic staff
The racial composition of lecturers and researchers at UCT is one of the most heated topics of debate when it comes to the university’s transformation. In the fourth article in our series, we report the statistics and arguments concerning transformation of UCT’s academic staff.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 5 May 2015
“Sometimes I only manage to make R10 a day just to put bread on the table, - 17-year-old boy
When you’re 14 years old, your parents normally take care of you. But Sivuyile Sibhozo from Site C Taiwan Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha has been taking care of his brother and grandmother for the past three years.
Nombulelo Damba
Feature | 23 April 2015
UCT and transformation part three: the debate over what is taught
What should and what should not be taught at our universities? The demands of the Rhodes Must Fall students include calls for major changes to the content of courses at UCT. In the third article in our series we report on some of the debates over what students are taught.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 23 April 2015
UCT and transformation part two: the students
Is the University of Cape Town (UCT) transforming? In this, the second article in our series, we look at how the student body is changing.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 16 April 2015
Riders of the trains
Whiteboy and Tupac are chilling on a bench in New Canada station before their usual high-octane commute to school. Whiteboy, aged 18 and in grade 11 at a former model C school in Jozi, wears a striped T-shirt, shorts and brown suede shoes. He’s smoking Dunhill Courtleigh blends. His “macala” (friend) Tupac is a year younger, with short hair, neat in school rig and black toughees (school shoes) with red laces, high as a kite on weed, with sleepy red eyes. Their excited schoolgirl fans can’t wait to see the action.
Mosa Damane
Feature | 9 April 2015
Looting in Khayelitsha: EFF blamed but denies involvement
There was chaos in Khayelitsha on Wednesday with battles between police and residents occupying land, and shops being looted. Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Khayelitsha have distanced themselves from the looting, but residents say it was led by people wearing EFF T-shirts and berets.
Text by Nombulelo Damba. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Feature | 9 April 2015