Week in activism
This week we look at the SERI’s workshop on law related to eviction, the social dialogue for the gay and lesbian community, TAC’s march for better services and IOM’s public debate on human trafficking.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 8 October 2014
Hangberg on a knife-edge
Four years after the riots of 2010, Hangberg is on the edge of rebellion. Protests after the arrest of resident Santonio Jonkers engulfed the neighbourhood last week and a traditional leader has warned of impending bloodshed. GroundUp finds out why the 2011 Peace Accord between the community and the authorities seems to be in tatters.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 8 October 2014
SJC members defend civic centre protest
Protests are a way to be heard and not just an event, Social Justice Coalition general secretary Phumeza Mlungwana told the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
Mary-Anne Gontsana and Lea Bork
News | 7 October 2014
Dressing “sexy” to get a lift to school
Many Mfuleni learners walk to and from school in Khayelitsha every day, but some have found their own mode of transport: they show their bodies to persuade drivers to give them money for transport or a lift.
Pharie Sefali
News | 7 October 2014
Ebola: Where are the sick and dying?
The driver puts his fist on the hooter insistently, indicating to oncoming vehicles, people and animals to move out of our path, which is obscured by lush forest at every corner.
Kathryn Stinson
Feature | 7 October 2014
Court victory for asylum seekers
Somali and Ethiopian asylum seekers and refugees have scored a longed-for victory against official xenophobia – the Supreme Court of Appeal has thrown out key elements of ‘Operation Hardstick’.
Carmel Rickard
News | 6 October 2014
“In Nyanga people die almost every day”
“Every day I wake to hear that someone has been shot dead or is in a critical condition in hospital”, says Lilitha Ncwangu, 12.
Pharie Sefali
News | 6 October 2014
National Health Insurance: struggling to be born
South Africa’s bid to provide universal health care through National Health Insurance (NHI) could fail if government does not learn lessons from other countries, a conference heard last week.
Ian Broughton
News | 6 October 2014
The potential for economic change
Once again we are having calls from a number of trade unions for the private sector to exercise “social responsibility” in order to help build “a developmental state”. It is a far cry from 1996 when the combined labour movement presented alternative economic policy proposals.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 6 October 2014