Don’t vote for these messiahs

We have the vote but the political parties do not represent the aspirations of the people, writes Ayanda Kota, founder of the Unemployed Peopleā€™s Movement.

Ayanda Kota

Opinion | 2 April 2014

Handball hits Western Cape

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology hosted a two day handball tournament at the weekend after the department of Sports and Recreation asked CPUT to popularise the sport in the Western Cape.

Siyabonga Kalipa

News | 2 April 2014

Who Killed Moses Tshake?

A man trying to fight corruption and restore financial discipline in the Free State was hijacked and maimed in February 2013, and died the following May. Moses Tshake was asking questions about the provinceā€™s corrupt agricultural projects before he died. Now the investigation into his murder has stalled. Mandy de Waal and Jon Pienaar investigate why.

Mandy de Waal and Jon Pienaar

News | 1 April 2014

Young boxers enter the ring in Philippi

Young boxers from Khayelitsha, Philippi and Du Noon faced up to each other at the Battle of the Amateurs organised by Umanyano Boxing Club in Philippi at the weekend.

Siyabonga Kalipa

News | 1 April 2014

Beyond HIV: How we die in South Africa

Reports published this month by Stats SA and the Medical Research Council (MRC) provide interesting information on how South Africans are dying.

Nathan Geffen

News | 1 April 2014

Compulsory service in non-model C government schools for all teaching graduates

Yesterday the Department of Education issued new regulations that make it compulsory for all new teachers to teach for one year in non-model C government schools. This is with immediate effect. It applies to graduates of all teaching colleges and post-graduate university courses in 2014.

GroundUp Staff

News | 1 April 2014

New owners accuse provincial government of shoddy development

Dream homes have become nightmares for several residents of a government-housing development known as Fountainhead. Situated in Blue Downs the development is a joint partnership of the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements and Motlekar Cape.

Johnnie Isaac

Feature | 31 March 2014

South Africans living longer but drug-resistant TB a threat

Two government reports published in March show that the nationā€™s health is improving dramatically, but more people are getting sick from forms of tuberculosis that are difficult to treat.

Nathan Geffen

News | 31 March 2014

Where worker deaths remain a secret

In 1997 15 workers at the Sasol Secunda plant were burned to death in what was described at the time as a ā€œcatastrophic fireā€. What caused the blaze that killed them, how did they die and could they have been saved? These were questions the next of kin and their union wanted to know.

Terry Bell

Opinion | 31 March 2014

Khayelitsha Commission told by SAPS Major General convicted criminals come out of prison gangsters

On 28 March, Major General Peter Jacobs, the Provincial Head of Crime Intelligence, gave evidence at the Khayelitsha Commission about visible policing.

Adam Armstrong

News | 28 March 2014

Where is Sipho Ncube?

A 31-year-old Zimbabwean woman who resided in Maitland, Sipho Ncube, has been missing since 4 March 2014. She is believed to have gone to Hout Bay for a job interview. She never returned.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 28 March 2014

Cape Town Jazz Festival workshop in Gugulethu

As the city prepares for the annual Cape Town Jazz Festival on 28 and 29 March, Gugulethu was treated to a preview of what to expect at the event.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 28 March 2014

NEHAWU protests in City

About 1,000 to 1,500 members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union marched through town on 27 March to the offices of the Western Cape government.

GroundUp Staff

Brief | 27 March 2014

Commission hears from emotional cop about systemic failures in investigating rape and murder

On 27 March, the Khayelitsha Commission into policing had a short adjournment to allow an officer time to compose herself after she was overwhelmed with emotion while giving evidence.

Adam Armstrong

News | 27 March 2014

Senior SAPS members betray personal and institutional prejudices

As the Oā€™Regan-Pikoli Commission of Inquiryā€™s first round of public hearings draw to a close, the commissioners are hearing the testimonies of high-ranking SAPS members at cluster, provincial and national level.

Richard Conyngham

News | 27 March 2014

Evicted Soko African Market traders struggling to get back in business

Two years after eviction from Soko African Market next to Greenmarket Square, former traders say their businesses have collapsed and they are struggling to survive.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 27 March 2014