R2 million. Thatâs how much sport supplement company Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN) wants consumer activist Harris Steinman to pay for calling its owner, Albe Geldenhuys, a âscam artistâ, âliarâ, âquackâ, âfraudâ and âsnake oil salesmanâ.
GroundUp Staff
News | 16 September 2015
âI have some very vivid memories of when I was really young, say four or five years old, my grandmother would dress me in womenâs clothing and say, âLook at my granddaughterâ, but also in a playful way,' says Sandile Ndelu, a transgender woman, who is a law student at UCT.
Ashleigh Furlong
Feature | 15 September 2015
Parental leave has been a trending topic this year, both globally and in South Africa. Corporations, especially global tech companies, have been making headlines as they announce expanded maternity and paternity leave: From Virgin Managementâs announcement that parents can now receive up to a year of paid shared parental leave, to Netflix announcing a year of paid maternity and paternity leave.
Czerina Patel
Analysis | 11 September 2015
“Not only does this place stink, pigs eat here as well, making the place smell even more," says Sakhumzi Kholisile of Khayelitsha informal settlement in Duncan Village, East London.
Siphesihle Matyila
News | 10 September 2015
France location in Pietermaritzburg has faced a water crisis for months. Yet, say residents, water is left to leak from broken standpipes in this area and the nearby areas of Dambuza and Machibisa.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 9 September 2015
After recovering from a difficult labour, Nolitha Kamana went to look for her baby in the hospital wards, only to find the child in the mortuary. Her story is one of scores collected by the Treatment Action Campaign highlighting problems in maternity and obstetrics units in Cape Town. GroundUp's Mary-Anne Gontsana spoke to some of the women.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 9 September 2015
Andiswa Nkuphe lives with her eight siblings. Their house is a shipping container. Despite good school results and ambitions of becoming a nurse, she has to take care of her siblings, because their mother has been sick for almost two years and she's been in hospital since January this year.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 8 September 2015
Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron and his law clerks have published a scathing report of Pollsmoor Prison after visiting the remand centre — where awaiting trial prisoners are kept — and the women's centre on 23 April. Some of their findings are consistent with those reported by GroundUp in May.
GroundUp Staff
News | 4 September 2015
Janitors employed by the Buffalo City municipality in East London to clean toilets say they are forced to pay for cleaning materials and gloves from their own salaries.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Feature | 3 September 2015
Rubbish is piling up in front of peopleâs homes in Barcelona informal settlement near Gugulethu and the airport in Cape Town. Residents showed their displeasure this morning by dumping rubbish on the N2.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 2 September 2015
The proposed closure of Oceanaâs Hout Bay Fishmeal and Fish Oil Facility is worrying people of Hangberg, where many employees live.
Ashleigh Furlong
Feature | 2 September 2015
The Medicines Control Council has for many years been severely criticised for the exceptionally long time it takes to register a medicine. It is not unusual for a medicine to become available in Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States years ahead of its appearance in South Africa.
Henry M. J. Leng and David Sanders
Analysis | 31 August 2015
Several hundred mothers, pregnant women, men and activists marched to the provincial legislature and parliament on Thursday to highlight problems accessing quality maternal and obstetric care in the Western Cape.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 August 2015
Civil society groups have called for the revival of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on HIV & AIDS.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 27 August 2015
The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) has been at the forefront of two campaigns in recent years: improved toilet provision and better policing in Cape Town's townships. GroundUp did an in-depth interview with the organisation's Axolile Notywala.
GroundUp Staff
News | 21 August 2015
Residents in Khayelitsha came out in their numbers at the weekend to celebrate the donation of a wheelchair and food parcel to a father and daughter who have epilepsy.
Pharie Sefali
News | 12 August 2015