The Angy Peter case resumed on Monday with a brief but significant submission from Nobuntu Sifuba, a member of the Street Committee in the area where Rowan Du Preez lived.
Adam Armstrong
News | 27 May 2014
It’s just before 7pm and the dining hall of the Haven Night Shelter in Green Point has filled with people--most waiting to get their first meal for the day.
Barbara Maregele
News | 27 May 2014
Many poor communities are still not getting adequate access to free basic services. This is despite the government’s set of policies aimed at helping municipalities to provide these services.
Koketso Moeti
News | 26 May 2014
State prosecutor, Advocate Phistus Pelesa, continued to cross-examine Dr Almin Steyn in the Angy Peter trial on Thursday.
Adam Armstrong
News | 23 May 2014
Two recent events brought the question of decriminalisation of sex work into the public eye. The first was the leaking of a draft policy document developed by Amnesty International advocating for decriminalisation of both the buying and selling of sex.
Ayesha Krige and Marlise Richter
Opinion | 23 May 2014
Dudley Lee died at the age of 68 on 21 May in Victoria Hospital. He successfully sued the Minister of Correctional Services because he became ill with tuberculosis (TB) while awaiting trial in Pollsmoor prison.
GroundUp Staff
News | 23 May 2014
Dr Elmin Steyn testified in the Angy Peter trial yesterday that it was “extremely unlikely” that someone in Rowan du Preez’s condition would have been able to “have a long and complicated conversation” in which he identified his assailants.
Adam Armstrong
News | 22 May 2014
The founder of Suphumelela Day Care in Khayelitsha is hoping city officials will provide portable toilets for the creche children, who have been using buckets for a year.
Barbara Maregele
News | 22 May 2014
Forensic specialist Dr David Klatzow testified yesterday in the Angy Peter murder trial. The court is currently hearing a “trial-within-a-trial” which will determine whether it was possible for the murdered man, Rowan du Preez, to have made his dying declaration, as the state alleges.
Adam Armstrong
News | 21 May 2014