Nyanga residents angry after power cuts

Residents of Crossroads and Nyanga have slammed Eskom for not giving them any notice of power cuts which lasted several hours yesterday. But Eskom says the cuts were unplanned and residents could not be notified in advance.

Pharie Sefali

News | 30 April 2014

Celebrate Freedom Day? No thanks, I’d rather drink

While celebrations took place all over the country this week, some young people in Cape Town’s townships chose to spend Freedom Day another way.

Pharie Sefali

Opinion | 30 April 2014

Porta potties hit Bishopscourt

Following a campaign in Constantia earlier this week, the Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement took their protest against portable toilets to Bishopscourt today.

Johnnie Isaac and Nathan Geffen

Feature | 30 April 2014

SAPS officer grilled in Angy Peter trial

The trial of Social Justice Coalition leader Angy Peter and her husband Isaac Mbadu is continuing in the Cape High Court. Peter and Mbadu are on trial, with Azola Dayimani and Christopher Dina, for the murder by ‘necklacing’ of Rowan du Preez (also known as Siphiwo Mbevu) in October 2012.

Simone Haysom

News | 30 April 2014

Jail in Canada for “Dr Shock”

Aubrey — “Dr Shock” — Levin, the South African army psychiatrist accused of torturing gays and dissidents in the apartheid military, has started a five-year jail term in Canada.

Terry Bell

News | 30 April 2014

“˜Nothing About Us, Without Us!’ - keeping the Constitution alive

The stories told by the mothers of three children with disabilities at a series of workshops at the Consitutional Court underline the contrast between constitutional rights and the grim reality.

Muhammad Zakaria Suleman and Tim Fish Hodgson

Opinion | 29 April 2014

Deploying the army to the Cape Flats won’t work

The call to deploy the army was heard in response to recent gang violence in Manenberg. But that’s not the solution, argues Adam Armstrong.

Adam Armstrong

Opinion | 29 April 2014

Township art gallery for Mount Nelson Hotel

The work of five township artists can now be seen in the swanky Mount Nelson Hotel, with the opening of the Nkanyezi Gallery earlier this month.

Dumisani Dabadini

News | 29 April 2014

Labour’s blind loyalty a democratic failure

The ongoing and increasingly bitter row within Cosatu boils down, basically, to a constitutional clash.

Terry Bell

Opinion | 29 April 2014

Foreign African artists struggle in SA - but local art scene is still attractive

How do African artists who have moved to South Africa make it in the competitive art scene over here? This was a question discussed at a meeting at the African Arts Institute (AFAI) last week.

Dumisani Dabadini

News | 29 April 2014

Khayelitsha Afrosoul singer: Cape Town offers little opportunity for growth

Thembi Kim Mamputa’s first released single is a trip down memory lane that reflects back fondly to her childhood and recalls “good times and growth.”

Dumisani Dabidini

News | 25 April 2014

Ceres community mobilises against homophobia

When David Olyn was tortured and murdered in the idyllic Western Cape town of Ceres just because he was gay, the town's residents came together to fight homophobia.

GroundUp Staff

News | 25 April 2014

Food for Votes

News | 25 April 2014

UCT students grill political parties

Representatives of political parties got a grilling from UCT students last night at a debate on the university campus.

Pharie Sefali

News | 24 April 2014

Sanitation Summit: “Our dignity is undermined”

“Lack of access to water and sanitation is an insult to human dignity,” emphasised the Social Justice Coalition (SJC)in a National Sanitation Summit held at Community House in Salt River yesterday.

Bulelani Ngovi

News | 24 April 2014