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No place to bring up a child
Pheliswa Cekiso, 28, was two months pregnant when she was evicted from her shack in Lwandle. In December she gave birth to a healthy boy. But the Nomzamo community hall where she lives is no place to bring up a child, she says.
Zintle Swana
News | 5 February 2015
“We can’t smile for passengers when there is pain in our hearts” - MyCiTi bus driver
MyCiTi bus drivers say they will not go back to work until the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) is recognised by Transpeninsula Investments (TPI). The strike that started yesterday continued today, with a picket outside TPI's depot.
Kevin Elliott
News | 5 February 2015
Struggle for justice receives financial boost
A new fund worth $25 million (R284 million) was announced at the District 6 Museum in Cape Town today. It will support organisations that are working to “advance constitutionalism”.
GroundUp Staff
News | 5 February 2015
How xenophobic violence turned Joseph Tau’s life upside down
“I heard a loud noise from the looters outside the supermarket,” recalls 76-year-old Joseph Tau. “I could hear footsteps on the roof and knew they were coming for us."
Mosa Damane
News | 4 February 2015
Sisulu drafting amendments to eviction laws
Minister for Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu is in the process of drafting amendments to eviction legislation, in line with the report of the commission of inquiry into the Lwandle evictions last year.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 4 February 2015
Most Mfuleni tent children back at school
Arrangements have been made to accommodate most of the Mfuleni learners who were using a tent as a school, according to the Western Cape Department of Education.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 4 February 2015
Assault at Home Affairs
People watched in shock inside the Khayelitsha Home Affairs on Monday morning as a man was beaten and thrown outside by what appeared to be a Home Affairs employee.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 3 February 2015
Owls to be used to rid homes of rats
Philippi residents say there is just no getting rid of the rats terrorising them in their homes. But the City of Cape Town has a plan to introduce owls to solve the problem.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 2 February 2015
Indlela uDJ osakhasayo waseKhayelitsha awavelisa ngayo eyona ngoma ithandiweyo enyakeni
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo akukho mntu wayenokucingela ukuba uDJ osakhasayo waseKhayelitsha angavelisa enye yeengoma ezinkqenkqeza phambili zika-2014: ‘uKoze Kuse’.
NguZethu Gqola
News | 30 January 2015