The saga of the Cape Times and South Africaâs Independent Newspapers (INL) group plumbed new depths of farce this afternoon (December 17) when a rent-a-crowd arrived in the city to support the putative new owner, Iqbal SurvĂŠ.
Terry Bell
News | 17 December 2013
As everyone from monarchs to the labouring masses this week sought to share in the Mandela memorial moment, the myth machine went into overdrive, the very machine Mandela had so disparaged when I sat with him in his Johannesburg office in 1992. One sentence he uttered then has resonated with me throughout the years: âI am no messiah.â
Terry Bell
Opinion | 17 December 2013
Do any of the members of the ANC's 1997-2002 NEC now regret the way they heckled and jeered Madiba at an NEC meeting in March 2002?
Roy Jobson
Opinion | 12 December 2013
This week we have reports from Lawyers for Human Rights about refugees being prevented from informal trading, and SERI who successfully represented Johannesburg's informal traders at the Constitutional Court.
Compiled by Brent Meersman
News | 12 December 2013
After the departure of Nelson Mandela, where is this unity we talk about? On the day of Tata's memorial the world was watching. It was a day where South Africans from different backgrounds, through the rain, walked, drove, took buses, trains and taxis to Soccer City to witness the memorial of an African hero.
Axolile Notywala
Opinion | 12 December 2013
I was born the day before Madiba's release from prison. Most of what I know about him I was told by my parents or I learnt at school. I never met him. Nevertheless, the way he shared his life made it feel as if I knew him personally.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
Opinion | 12 December 2013
In his 2004 Nelson Mandela lecture Desmond Tutu bravely suggested that an âuncritical, sycophantic, obsequious conformityâ constituted a threat to democracy in South Africa. He said that âtoo many are foolhardy and opt for silence to become voting cattle for the party.â
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 12 December 2013
Iqbal Survè, whose company Sekunjalo now owns Independent Newspapers, is not merely a profoundly disingenuous man. He has shown that he's willing to use his newly acquired media empire to support his disingenuity.
Nathan Geffen, GroundUp Editor
Opinion | 11 December 2013
The parents and relatives of six Zimbabwean children and five adults have found themselves helpless after malaichas (their smugglers) were arrested for human trafficking.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 11 December 2013
Some Manenberg residents are worried that gang violence has started again in their area, with two people allegedly shot and killed on Saturday.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 11 December 2013
On the evening of 2 December 2013, Groundup staff visited Lansdowne Road in Khayelitsha to assess the state of street lights in the area. We counted 29 lights that were not functional. Overall, it appears that the state of street lights has improved since our last report on the issue in August 2013.
Jonathan Dockney
News | 11 December 2013
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuâs controversial decision not to attend Nelson Mandelaâs funeral and to send Yuli Edelstein who is the current Speaker of the Knesset and a settler, is not only disgraceful, but has sent a clear message to the world that Netanyahu is a âleaderâ of the worst kind.
Shuaib Manjra
Opinion | 11 December 2013
Talent Chikwanha alleges he was brutalized by police officers on 29 November when they mistook him for a criminal. He was in fact the victim of an ATM robbery at Fairview, Grassy Park.
Nwabisa Pondoyi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 11 December 2013
Human rights organisations have opposed the possible closure of the Cape Town Refugee Reception offices on the foreshore.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 11 December 2013
Novelist Zukiswa Wanner is well known for her fast-paced, witty novels. Her racy narratives and intelligent humour offer razor-sharp insights into contemporary urban life, placing the new black middleclass under the magnifying glass.
Zukiswa Wanner
News | 10 December 2013
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