Economy
Khayelitsha entrepeneur spots a gap in the market
GroundUp spoke to Sipho Mfengwana, owner of Faku Tasty Chicken in Khayelitsha.
Mihle Pike
News | 12 December 2012
Young Mowbray fashion designer sells clothes on Facebook
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
Farm workers prepare for general strike
The Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU) is preparing for a general strike from 4 December.
Tessa Gooding
Brief | 28 November 2012
Young entrepeneur delivers medicines in Khayelitsha
Sizwe Nzima is just 21 years old but he has already co-founded a business called Iyeza Express that delivers chronic medicines by bike to patients who are unable to stand in long queues at clinic pharmacies.
Mihle Pike
News | 21 November 2012
Altercation highlights farm tensions
An argument between a farmer and two employees has spiralled out of control. The story shows the kinds of problems fuelling the current farm tensions in the Western Cape.
Tessa Gooding and Margo Fortune
News | 21 November 2012
Farmer accused of cutting electricity and food credit to break strike
Seventy employees at Leeuwenkuil Farm refused to work for five days until five of their colleagues were reinstated, according to the Commerical Stevedoring Agricultural and Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU).
Tessa Gooding
News | 21 November 2012
“This project has changed our lives in a big way. We now have the opportunity to work and run our own businesses.”
Township is a non-profit organisation that is creating jobs and providing opportunities for people living in Cape Town’s townships.
Janine Fortuin
News | 21 November 2012
Groot Constantia workers complain of unfair treatment
Its fine wines are known around the world and the City Sightseeing bus takes regular journeys through its beautiful grounds beneath Table Mountain. But the community who live and work at Groot Constantia estate say that the charitable trust that owns the farm pays female vineyard workers less than their male counterparts. They also accuse management of reducing their benefits.
Tessa Gooding
News | 14 November 2012
Scuffles breaks out in Delft over SASSA meal vouchers
Hundreds of residents queued outside Delft library last week Wednesday in the hope of receiving one of 25 SASSA meal vouchers.
Mihle Pike
News | 14 November 2012