Rosa choir unites people in song
An inspiring and unique choir is taking root in our city. The Rosa Choir Project, launched in September 2012, consists of an unusually diverse group of choristers that sings songs in Afrikaans, Xhosa and English.
Entertainment Reporter
News | 9 July 2013
Zimbabwean models in Cape Town celebrate life
The Miss Zimbabwe Cape Town pageant was founded in March 2012 by a then 27-year-old Maynard Chizavare. He said the objective was to celebrate Zimbabwean beauty in a foreign land.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 9 July 2013
Reversing the Legacy of the 1913 Natives Land Act Exhibition (audio)
Reversing the Legacy of the 1913 Natives Land Act Exhibition, which ran from June 20 until June 29, invited the audience to “take a walk through history”. The multi-media exhibition, that took place at the Cape Town Convention Centre, tells the story of the 1913 Land Act and its role in shaping South Africa’s history of segregation.
Yael Even-Or
News | 5 July 2013
Chaos at Home Affairs foreshore building
Clayton (name changed) is a Zimbabwean man who injured his leg in a stampede at the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) foreshore offices in Cape Town on Monday.
Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp Staff
News | 3 July 2013
Group demands to know party funders
On 27 June 2013 protesters, under the campaign My Vote Counts which is run by activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi, gathered outside Parliament to demand that political parties disclose the names of their funders.
Pharie Sefali
News | 3 July 2013
Labelling Israeli injustice
For three long years, activists across the country campaigned to ban Israel’s practice of falsely labelling goods that are made in its illegal settlements as "made in Israel". In April this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued a regulation banning this practice.
Jonathan Dockney
Opinion | 3 July 2013
Egypt’s second revolution
As massive protests swept across Egypt on Sunday, many outside of Egypt were surprised to see the sheer volumes of people that were unhappy with President Mohamed Morsi and his government, so soon after the revolution.
Mary Fawzy
Opinion | 3 July 2013