GroundUp Newsletter 04 April 2014: Who Killed Moses Tshake and other stories

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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 province\xe2\x80\x99s 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

What immigrants think of SA elections

GroundUp report, Tariro Washyinyira, asked immigrants their views on the South African elections. Some did not want to say anything, but others gave fascinating perspectives. The views expressed by the people Washinyira interviewed, some of which are racist, obviously do not reflect of those of GroundUp.

Tariro Washinyira

News

Taking art to Gugulethu\xe2\x80\x99s streets

Art came to the streets of Gugulethu at the weekend when the Open Streets Organisation and Maboneng Township Art Experience hosted a march.

Dumisani Dabadini

Two deaths in two days on Metrorail

This morning Metrorail passengers travelling on the Philippi route witnessed a traumatising scene when they saw a body lying next to the railway line. The police have confirmed the death and are investigating the cause.

Pharie Sefali

Call to make secret police document public

SAPS provincial commissioner General Arno Lamoer is to recommend to the National Commissioner that the police resource allocation guide, which outlines the resources available at each police station, be made available to the public.

Adam Armstrong

Opinion

If you\xe2\x80\x99re well-off this is what you can do to reduce poverty

The Five Plus Project was launched on 17 May this year. Its goal is to get as many well-off South Africans as possible to give at least 5% of their income to organisations and initiatives helping to reduce poverty in South Africa or alleviate its effects.

Hugh Corder and Anton Fagan

Mbeki nostalgia

As we head into elections, the ANC boasts about successes in the fight against AIDS and South Africa\xe2\x80\x99s large antiretroviral treatment programme.

Nathan Geffen

\xe2\x80\x98Western Cape Story\xe2\x80\x99 must be told with facts

Since 2012, Mayor Patricia De Lille and others in the City of Cape Town have repeatedly referred to the proportion of the City\xe2\x80\x99s budget allocated to \xe2\x80\x98pro-poor spending\xe2\x80\x99.

Dustin Kramer

Don\xe2\x80\x99t 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 People\xe2\x80\x99s Movement.

Ayanda Kota

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 \xe2\x80\x9ccatastrophic fire\xe2\x80\x9d. 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

Science

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

South Africans living longer but drug-resistant TB a threat

Two government reports published in March show that the nation\xe2\x80\x99s health is improving dramatically, but more people are getting sick from forms of tuberculosis that are difficult to treat.

Nathan Geffen

Sport

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

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

April Fool

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

Cartoon

Grumpy Cat Zuma

Roberto Millan