Sport
Khayelitsha netball star to play in UK
A Khayelitsha woman has been spotted by English netball talent scouts and will play in the United Kingdom (UK) league on a four months contract.
Michael Nkalane
News | 14 January 2015
South Africa gets its first chess grandmaster
Kenny Solomon from Mitchell's Plain has become the first South African to attain the coveted chess title of grandmaster.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 7 January 2015
Scrum over quotas to transform rugby
South African rugby represents the “rainbow failure”, says rugby writer Mark Fredericks, and quotas will not help.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 18 November 2014
Khayelitsha and Nyanga lighties demo their cricket skills
Khayelitsha cricket oval was abuzz this past weekend. Great weather and enthusiastic shouts of “Good bowling”, “Keep it up”, “Bowl him out” and appealing every time there was the vaguest prospect of a wicket contributed to a wonderful atmosphere.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 4 November 2014
Cape Town’s popular public swimming pools: a joy for all but not equally spread
Summer is here and people in Cape Town have begun enjoying swimming pools, either their own or one of the city's public pools. But how evenly spread are the city's pools?
Lea Bork
News | 3 November 2014
Khayelitsha BMX riders bring back a medal
Anita Zenani, the only girl in the four-member BMX team from Velokhaya Cycling Club from Khayelitsha, brought back a bronze medal from the African and South African championships held last weekend.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 30 October 2014
Khayelitsha’s young BMXers off to the championships
Four of Khayelitsha’s finest up and coming BMXers have been hard at work on the track for the past two weeks preparing for the South African championships this weekend in Durban.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 23 October 2014
Vasco da Gama wins back the Coke Cup
Vasco da Gama beat RV United from Khayelitsha on penalties at the women’s finals of this year’s amateur Coke Cup at Athlone stadium.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 14 October 2014
Kids doing karate in Khayelitsha
The karate kids of the Eyethu Goju-Kai in Khayelitsha are living proof of how sport can instil discipline in young children.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 10 October 2014