Roegchanda Pascoe and her younger brother have watched through the window of their home as rival gangs fought with each other day in and day out. But Pascoe says she doesnât see herself living anywhere but Manenberg.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 18 September 2013
The Neil Aggett Memorial lecture was delivered by Jay Naidoo at Kingswood College, Grahamstown on 13 September 2013.
Jay Naidoo
Opinion | 17 September 2013
The Baxter Theater hosted the second annual Hip Hop Kasâlam Spaza awards on 14 August to celebrate this unique hip hop genre. Hip Hop Kasâlam provides a platform for young rappers to perform in their indigenous languages and the vernacular.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 17 September 2013
An obsession with spinach makes a good baker -- that at least applies to 25-year-old Lufefe Nomjana.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 11 September 2013
According to the Albinism Society of South Africa one in 4000 people is born with albinism. Living with albinism is an ongoing challenge against prejudice.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
Brief | 11 September 2013
Ikapa Dance Theatre is a non-profit arts organisation established in 2007 by Theo Ndindwa, Tanya Arshamian and founding member Mbulelo Ngubombini. The organisation focuses on identifying and developing talent among children from the townships around Cape Town.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 10 September 2013
An old container once used as a library could be brought back to life in Gugulethu. 100 books have already been donated.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 10 September 2013
Spaza music is an expression of black, urban, hip-hop music. It originated among the youth in townships around South Africa.
Pharie Sefali
News | 4 September 2013
âThe Arch soup kitchen was my second home. I feel sad that this is my last time to eat here. The loving, warm, dedicated staff, a guaranteed meal even when it is raining, makes the Arch unique from all other soup kitchens in Cape Town,â said Richard Thomas, a homeless man.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 3 September 2013
On Monday 19 August 2013, Open Shuhada Street hosted a talk with Yehuda Shaul from Breaking the Silence about their latest book -- Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiersâ Testimonies from the Occupied Territories: 2000 â 2010.
Jonathan Dockney
News | 22 August 2013
The Spier Arts Academy offers a three year, full-time apprenticeship focusing on mosaic art and includes tuition in drawing, art history and business skills - enabling apprentices to jumpstart their creative careers and run their own successful enterprises.
Rachel Kelly
Brief | 20 August 2013
Last week Thursday, Womenâs Hope Education and Training Trust (WHEAT) launched a book called âEvery Scar tells a storyâ. The book is the compilation of writings by eight beneficiaries of WHEATâs first writing workshop, which took place in April 2013 in Kleinmond.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 14 August 2013
On Sunday 11 August, young people from different parts of Cape Town gathered together at Ragazzi Bar in Loop Street to celebrate womenâs month.
Pharie Sefali
Brief | 14 August 2013
Free tickets to watch an intriguing international collaborative production.
Pharie Sefali
Brief | 7 August 2013
Last year GroundUp ran a story about the Helderberg Street Peopleâs Centre (HSPC), a soup kitchen in Somerset West. They were being forced to close down. The situation âhas since gotten worseâ according to chairman of the centre, Ian Greer.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 24 July 2013
We interviewed a small cross-section of South African society about Mandela Day. Some of the answers were surprising.
Pharie Sefali
News | 24 July 2013