In an incredible irony, copies of Alan Paton’s Cry the Beloved Country were among the thousands of books shredded and dumped in what can only be described as an
orgy of destruction in Limpopo.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 11 July 2012
Phillipi's soccer club, Chippa United, will play in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) next season for the first time. We interviewed their star wing, 27-year-old Danny Bowers.
Margo Fortune
News | 11 July 2012
Mary-Jane Matsolo recently visited Tanzania and met members of an extraordinary education activist movement called HakiElimu.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
Opinion | 11 July 2012
This is a talk given by historian Shula Marks at the University of Johannesburg in May on the occasion of her receiving an honorary PhD. Marks is emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
Shula Marks
Opinion | 11 July 2012
Doron Isaacs writes about the murder of Mnoneleli Ngubo, his friend and a fellow leader in Equal Education.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 6 July 2012
GroundUp interviewed Mayoral Committee (Mayco) Member responsible for Transport, Roads and Stormwater, Brett Herron, about the city's transport system plans.
Veronica Washaya and Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 4 July 2012
Modern cities need transport systems that are safe, affordable, reliable, extensive and easy to understand.
GroundUp Editor
News | 4 July 2012
GroundUp journalist Janine Fortuin describes travelling from Delft to Rondebosch via Cape Town.
Janine Fortuin
News | 4 July 2012
GroundUp journalist, Tariro Washinyira, describes the aggravations of taking a minibus taxi from Bellville to Cape Town. But taking the train instead has its own hassles.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 4 July 2012
Mary-Anne Gontsana describes the complicated, slow route from her home to work.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 4 July 2012
GroundUp journalist Neo Sithole describes what works and what doesn't travelling from his home in Belhar to work in Rondebosch.
Neo Sithole
News | 4 July 2012
For GroundUp's focus on transport, we asked two tourists to visit three of Cape Town's biggest tourist attractions, using nothing but public transport.
Allen Jiang and Audrey Leasure
News | 4 July 2012
GroundUp journalist Nokobonga Yawa explains how she travels to work in Rondebosch from one of Khayelitsha's suburbs.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 4 July 2012
Hundreds of people living in Site C Khayelitsha have been affected by flooding caused by winter weather.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 4 July 2012
The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) held a candlelight vigil in Khayelitsha on Thursday to highlight the problem of vigilante murders in the township.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 4 July 2012
Last week, People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) launched a report titled, "A Dream Deferred on Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) in the Immigrant Community."
Veronica Washaya
Brief | 4 July 2012
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