Nkwame Cedile, a Western Cape organiser for the Right2Know campaign, is fasting for nine days in protest against vigilante killings in Khayelitsha. He is calling his campaign 8+1.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 31 May 2012
Delft residents from the TRA section located next to the graveyard took to the streets in an angry protest demanding houses. The police escorted the protestors away from the highway, which they were blocking.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 31 May 2012
Last night, Adriaan Basson of the City Press and Mzilikazi wa Afrika of the Sunday Times spoke to 200 people at Lookout Hill in Khayelitsha.
GroundUp Staff
News | 29 May 2012
This is a list of the main news events of 20 to 27 May with links to news articles describing them.
GroundUp Staff
News | 29 May 2012
Everyday about a thousand asylum seekers queue outside the Maitland Refugee Reception Centre off Voortrekker Road. They try to get the papers they need to stay in the country legally so that they can avoid prison, fines and deportation.
GroundUp Reporters
News | 29 May 2012
How can the intolerable situations at the Home Affairs refugees centres be improved? We make some suggestions.
GroundUp Editor
News | 29 May 2012
GroundUp is a tiny and new news organisation. Less than two months into our existence, before we have even officially launched, we have faced our first tough ethical dilemna: whether or not to pay a bribe.
GroundUp Editor
News | 29 May 2012
GroundUp received several allegations that bribes are commonplace at Maitland Refugee Reception Centre. We decided to investigate.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 May 2012
The transcript of the phone conversation between a GroundUp journalist and "George", a man offering to help people to get into Home Affairs for a fee.
GroundUp Journalist
News | 29 May 2012
A Gugulethu man will appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s court on Monday after he was arrested in possession of dagga worth R1.8 million.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 25 May 2012
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