Gugulethu Square was abuzz on Saturday as almost 1,000 people showed up at the launch of the Siyagyma-SA campaign.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 12 December 2012
Following GroundUp's report last week of the public meeting in Khayelitsha on health, HIV/AIDS and TB service delivery, we spoke to Professor Gary Maartens about public healthcare in the townships of the Western Cape.
Tessa Gooding
News | 12 December 2012
Kayla Kim Meiring is the founder of Fro, a company that started off selling vintage clothing but now sells Meiring's own homespun popular clothes.
Margo Fortune and Nokubonga Yawa
News | 5 December 2012
Township beauty pageants are extremely popular. On Saturday Sexee Simplicities ran a pageant in Du Noon. But are these competitions sexist and demeaning or do they actually empower women?
Mihle Pike and GroundUp staff
News | 5 December 2012
Anele Yawa is a proportional representative councillor in Uitenhage. In August he spent nine days in prison. He alleges his only crime was to do his job.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 5 December 2012
Asylum seekers in Cape Town are struggling because their First National Bank (FNB) accounts have been frozen. The bank insists on seeing unexpired asylum documents every three to six months to keep bank accounts active. Many asylum seekers have to wait up to six months for their documents to be approved by Home Affairs and end up not being able to provide the documents FNB insists upon.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 5 December 2012
Bloemfontein Celtic won the Telkom Knockout for the first time on Saturday when they beat Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0. GroundUp interviewed Celtic's 21-year old left wing from Athlone, Lyle Lakey.
Margo Fortune
News | 5 December 2012