Gays and lesbians will march in Khayelitsha
This week the third Khumbulani LGBTI Pride is taking place in Khayelitsha and Cape Town city centre. The main event, a march, will be held on Saturday in Khayelitsha. It starts at 9:30am from OR Tambo Hall.
Pharie Sefali
News | 14 May 2015
“What is your business in Council?” - My experience trying to participate in the City of Cape Town’s budget
Every year the mayor calls for residents to participate in the budget process by making submissions on Cape Town's draft budget. Last year fewer than forty people wrote submissions and only 23 were from the public. This has been the trend for the last couple of years.
Axolile Notywala
Opinion | 14 May 2015
UCT and transformation part five: fees and finances
Studying at UCT is expensive and many students struggle to pay the fees, though both the university and the state do try to support students. In the fifth and final part of our series on UCT and transformation we look at fees and finances.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 14 May 2015
Bus on the way for Masiphumelele students
Masiphumelele High School students who have been walking and hitchhiking 15 kilometres to get to school will soon have their own transport.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 14 May 2015
EFF protesters accuse ward councillor of racism
About 50 Kalkfontein residents marched to Kuilsriver municipality offices demanding better service delivery today.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 13 May 2015
We want service delivery, say Marikana residents
Garbage is piling up in Marikana informal settlement. Residents, concerned about their health and the squalor in which they are living, are calling on the City of Cape Town to begin providing services.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 13 May 2015
Former Buccaneers player in court - for coaching soccer
A three year long legal battle between the City of Cape Town and the African Brothers Football Academy (ABFA) is coming to a close. On 14 May the academy’s Craig Hepburn will appear in court, charged with failing to comply with the City’s zoning laws.
Elias Kuhn von Burgsdorff
Feature | 13 May 2015
Presidency silent on sanitary pad promise
It has been four years since President Jacob Zuma promised that sanitary pads would be provided for poor women and girls in South Africa. But repeated attempts by GroundUp to find out what has been done suggest that his promise has not been kept.
Pharie Sefali
News | 12 May 2015