Evicted resident breaks down at Lwandle inquiry and other stories
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Last night a community beat up two men, while the police watched
Two men in Nyanga were beaten very badly by about 50 members of their community, including children, after they were accused of housebreaking in the street they live in. The police stood and watched as they were beaten.
Pharie Sefali
So long and thanks for all the fish
Clans living near Kosi Bay have used an ancient fish trapping system to create a livelihood for themselves and their families for centuries. But as population pressure rises, increasing the twin stressors of poverty and unemployment, how long will the fragile balance between humans and nature provide a bountiful catch? Mandy de Waal travelled to uMhlabuyalingana for GroundUp. Jon Pienaar took the photographs.
Mandy de Waal and Jon Pienaar
Redhill\xe2\x80\x99s ruins: Cape Town\xe2\x80\x99s forgotten District Six
There\xe2\x80\x99s silence as Margaret Constant and her brother George Lawrence walk through lush Fynbos to the stone ruins of Redhill Village, the place they once called home.
Barbara Maregele
Reports
Tightrope walker says he was pushed off wire by city official
A Zimbabwean tightrope walker and musician claims that a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer pushed him off his tightrope in April, and that Camps Bay police have failed to respond.
Tariro Washinyira
Evicted student: All I could save was my backpack and ID
The only things college student Sisanda Mbayi could save before her shack was demolished last month were her backpack and ID, the ministerial inquiry into the Nomzamo (Lwandle) evictions heard yesterday.
Barbara Maregele
Parking marshals, unpaid for months, march on government
Around sixty of the CBD's parking marshals, who to have been “on strike” since October last year, marched on Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's offices at the provincial legislature yesterday.
Daneel Knoetze
29 foreign-owned shops targeted
A 37 year old Somali, Ahimenet Jamel was shot in his shop in Masiphumelele last Friday in an attempted robbery, bringing to at least 29 the number of attacks on foreign-owned shops in the Western Cape in the last three weeks.
Zintle Tia Swana
Evicted resident breaks down at Lwandle inquiry
Xoliswa Masakala broke into tears at the ministerial inquiry into the Lwandle evictions today as she was asked to comment on two pictures of herself which were published in the media. In one of the pictures, she is seen with her breasts and upper body completely exposed and the rest of her clothes appear torn.
Barbara Maregele
Robertson Abattoir was \xe2\x80\x9chell\xe2\x80\x9d
The case of 39 Robertson Abattoir workers who say they were dismissed for complaining about 18-hour days was back in court today after a 20 month delay.
Daneel Knoetze
\xe2\x80\x9cHomophobic police attack\xe2\x80\x9d to be investigated
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) this morning confirmed that it is investigating claims of police officers dragging a gay Congolese man to a back room of Claremont police station and beating him with metal poles.
Daneel Knoetze
Opinion & Analysis
Nationalising the mines is not socialism
Nationalise the mines. That is a demand taken up loudly in recent months by the Economic Freedom Fighters. It is a demand long made by many in the labour movement and it has been given added impetus with the Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) deision to dispose of, or close down, some of its older underground mines.
Terry Bell
Inequality: Why Isaacs is half right and half wrong
Gilad Isaacs makes valid criticisms of Mike Schussler\xe2\x80\x99s arguments on inequality, but he makes a number of mistakes of his own, writes Jeremy Seekings.
Jeremy Seekings
Long walk to education
Ambition without education is like a boat on dry land. Many young learners in Nqutu, KwaZulu Natal know this well. To make sure they realize their dreams everyday they walk for hours to receive an education that may help them have a brighter future.
Sandile Ndlovu
Arms Deal: seven facts that aren\xe2\x80\x99t going away
A recurring line from those trying to dismiss allegations of corruption in the Arms Deal is: \xe2\x80\x9cShow us the evidence.\xe2\x80\x9d
Anine Kriegler
Sport
One-legged weightlifter aims for Paralympics
Half of Ntsikelelo Mdladlana's leg was destroyed in a shack fire in 2007.
Siyabonga Kalipa
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