Carlton Skippers is a 19 year old right-back and captain of the Milano team. GroundUp caught up with him to speak about his third and final year in the Bayhill Tournament.
Margo Fortune
News | 13 March 2013
Launched in October 2012, KhayeNet is the latest project of the first mobile community network that deals with disseminating health related information to the community of Khayelitsha. This pilot project aims to improve communication between the public and the health sector.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 13 March 2013
GroundUp sat down with Ingrid Woolard, Associate Professor in Economics at UCT and chair of the Employment Conditions Commission to talk about what goes into setting the minimum wage.
Kezia Lilenstein
News | 13 March 2013
Of all the adjectives used to describe South African politics, boring cannot be one of them. Completely out of the blue the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday submitted an Electoral Reform Bill (Bill) to Parliament, which aims “to provide for the demarcation of … constituencies” in order to deal with the “alienation by voters from the political system”.
Gregory Solik
Opinion | 6 March 2013
Andiswa (not her real name) has been a resident of Khayelitsha Site C for 27 years. She turned her township home into a BnB business in 2006 offering tourists the exclusive and unique option of experiencing life in a shack. This all came to a screeching halt in April 2009 when her house was destroyed by BKS employees.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 6 March 2013
Cancellation of a planned march by the farmworkers coalition against alleged intimidation by farmers has led to claims that the City of Cape Town is complicit in undermining the new R105 minimum wage.
Benjamin Fogel and Jeanne Hefez
News | 6 March 2013
GroundUp interviewed Justin Peters, Cape Town Pride Brand Ambassador and PR Director on the Cape Town Pride Event which happened on Saturday March 2, 2013.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 6 March 2013
GroundUp spent an evening in the harbour with Xoliswa Bekiswa as she takes us through the challenges of her exciting job as one of only a few female Marine Pilots in South Africa.
Buchule Putini
News | 6 March 2013
South Africa's social grant system is sometimes criticised as financially unsustainable and fueling dependency, but people such as Maureen Philander from Delft provide an example of how social assistance can transform lives. She shares her story with us.
Maureen Philander
Opinion | 6 March 2013
GroundUp spoke to Hunters FC striker Ipeleng Seepamore about how he keeps his mind and body in form to play.
Margo Fortune
News | 6 March 2013
Angie Motshekga is in an ebullient mood. On Tuesday at Parliament she told the media that South African education is on an upward trajectory, characterized by focus, consistency and clarity. Fine. Nothing wrong with a bit of positive thinking.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 5 March 2013
Youth gangs have become a normal occurrence in Khayelitsha.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 February 2013
The 2014 election campaign has clearly begun and promises to be long and almost
certainly very bitter. Labour relations — and relations with labour — are likely to be
in the forefront, with Cosatu, as a member of the governing tripartite allliance, in the
thick of it.
Opinion | 27 February 2013
Police and community members are discussing measures to curb violence in Rosendal Delft.
Janine Fortuin
News | 27 February 2013
Cynthia is beaten up frequently by her husband. She is 34 and has been married for eight years. She lives in Khayelitsha with her husband.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 27 February 2013
I applied online for the Old Age Grant in August 2023. Since then, I’ve had to resend numerous copi… Read more
My daughter, who is an undergraduate student with no income, applied for SRD but it said that her I… Read more
As the leader of an NPO based in the rural areas of Umtata-Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, we are deeply… Read more
Ntsimbini A/A has had no water taps since 1994. We drink water with livestock. This rural area is u… Read more
I was there and saw with my own eyes how it's working there. There is no rule of letting the old a… Read more