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Behind the political posturing and defensiveness are people with genuine unfilled needs
None of the big political parties are showing the kind of leadership that is needed when it comes to housing.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 29 August 2012
Service delivery failures: we need leadership not opportunists
I live in a house in Nyanga township in Cape Town. But before 1994 I lived in Nyanga Bush in a tent, then a plastic shack, then a corrugated iron shack.
Vuyiseka Dubula
Opinion | 8 August 2012
My Vote Counts campaign launched
This past Saturday, 28 July, saw the launch of the ‘My Vote Counts’ campaign. The event took place at the District Six Museum in Cape Town and was attended by more than 40 social activists, all of whom participated in their personal capacities. The occasion was marked by speeches from veteran activist Zackie Achmat, director of Cape Town-based social justice organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi, and well-known cartoonist Jonathan ‘Zapiro’ Shapiro.
Fritz Schoon
Opinion | 1 August 2012
Gay and lesbian activists protest Holomisa’s call for review
Last Wednesday, gay and lesbian rights organisations handed a memorandum to the ANC Western Cape representative, Songezo Mjongile.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 July 2012
Of transitions, nonsense and historical distortions
“What the country now needs is growth with social justice. And this will require the state to play a major role in creating the conditions and dictating the policy direction of economic growth.”
Terry Bell
Opinion | 4 July 2012
White youth as part of a larger community
This is a speech given by journalist Waldimar Pelser at an Ndifuna Ukwazi seminar on 16 June.
Waldimar Pelser
Opinion | 27 June 2012
Political advisors must stay away from tenders
The authors argue that the recent findings by the Public Protector on the Western Cape Communications tender are not a storm in a teacup.
Fatima Hassan and Greg Solik
Opinion | 27 June 2012
Nyanga housing delays anger residents
"Every time we think we are getting somewhere, we just go right back to square one." These are the words of Thembisa Maso, a KTC resident and mother of three who has been waiting for her house to be completed.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 June 2012
How immigrants are scammed at Maitland Home Affairs
GroundUp received several allegations that bribes are commonplace at Maitland Refugee Reception Centre. We decided to investigate.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 May 2012