Fines, firings and written warnings thanks to Metrorail delays
While Metrorail guards demand train tickets, a poor service leaves many commuters to face the consequences of being late.
Tariro Washinyira and Zintle Swana
News | 20 November 2014
Dancing to a better future
Dance is fast becoming a tool used for building confidence and self-expression among kids. Zethu Gqola looks at some of the top township-based dance schools that have for years provided a supportive space for children.
Zethu Gqola
News | 20 November 2014
Ebola: the difficult return from the front
The health care workers who put their lives at risk to fight Ebola should be honoured, not quarantined, writes Kathryn Stinson, who recently returned from Sierra Leone.
Kathryn Stinson
Opinion | 20 November 2014
Link between poor housing, traffic deaths and education outcomes
The 7th annual Irene Grootboom Memorial Dialogues, which explore the continuation of Cape Town’s “spatial apartheid”, are underway. On Tuesday night, the focus was on the spate of shack evictions around the city this year, and the correlation between poor, densely populated areas and traffic deaths and education outcomes.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 19 November 2014
We know how to bear hardships, says Chinese trader in Khayelitsha
Next to a small fruit stand and across the street from a hodgepodge of street vendors, Cuiyi Lin sits in front of her furniture store every day waiting for customers. She is the only non-African in the area.
Joyce Xi
Feature | 19 November 2014
Study shows how HIV+ women can reduce risk to their babies
Pregnant women with HIV can take three anti-HIV medicines instead of one to reduce the risk of their infants contracting the virus, according to results of a study released yesterday.
GroundUp staff
News | 18 November 2014
Making a go of graphics in Gugulethu
Bheki Kunene started his own business, Mind Trix Media, in 2009 with just R600 and a computer. Today he has eight employees and clients across the globe.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 18 November 2014
Scrum over quotas to transform rugby
South African rugby represents the “rainbow failure”, says rugby writer Mark Fredericks, and quotas will not help.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 18 November 2014
Tokolos collective graffiti bomb Sea Point Ray-Bans
Guerrilla graffiti artist group Tokolos Stencil Collective struck again on Monday night, this time targeting Michael Elion’s controversial giant Ray-Ban sunglasses on Sea Point promenade.
Brent Meersman
Brief | 18 November 2014