A group of activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) ran the Comrades Marathon on Sunday 4 June.
Veronica Washaya and Janine Fortuin
News | 12 June 2012
COSATU is facing an unprecedented onslaught. Is the federation, as Helen Zille claims, âthe main roadblock in the road to job creation and redressâ? And would âlowering the cost of employmentâ be the âbiggest single step towards solving the unemployment problemâ?
Ilan Strauss and Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 12 June 2012
Over this past week, the National Union of Metalworkers congress has again put both nationalisation and the Freedom Charter firmly onto the political agenda.
Terry Bell
News | 8 June 2012
Desmond Tutu HIV Centre ran a workshop on sex workers for health-care workers on Wednesday at Groote Schuur Hospital.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 7 June 2012
The spotlight was on gangsterism in the Western Cape again on Tuesday when community safety MEC Dan Plato and conflict resolution practitioner Irvin Kinnes held a public dialogue on the issue.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 7 June 2012
Western Cape Northern Line Metro Rail commuters found themselves in a transport commotion last week. Police were alerted on Thursday morning shortly before 7am of a possible bomb between Parow and Tygerberg Stations.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 5 June 2012
Many matters of national and regional importance have been neglected in the past two weeks, submerged beneath the fuss and furore caused by the charade surrounding the satirical Spear painting.
Terry Bell
News | 4 June 2012
People protesting over the lack of access to electricity put rocks across Lansdowne Road today, cutting the road off to traffic. This resulted in long queues at bus stations.
News | 4 June 2012
Patrons showed their talents at the Zula Sound Bar in Long Street on Wednesday evening.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 4 June 2012
Nkwame Cedile, a Western Cape organiser for the Right2Know campaign, is fasting for nine days in protest against vigilante killings in Khayelitsha. He is calling his campaign 8+1.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 31 May 2012
Delft residents from the TRA section located next to the graveyard took to the streets in an angry protest demanding houses. The police escorted the protestors away from the highway, which they were blocking.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 31 May 2012
Last night, Adriaan Basson of the City Press and Mzilikazi wa Afrika of the Sunday Times spoke to 200 people at Lookout Hill in Khayelitsha.
GroundUp Staff
News | 29 May 2012
This is a list of the main news events of 20 to 27 May with links to news articles describing them.
GroundUp Staff
News | 29 May 2012
Everyday about a thousand asylum seekers queue outside the Maitland Refugee Reception Centre off Voortrekker Road. They try to get the papers they need to stay in the country legally so that they can avoid prison, fines and deportation.
GroundUp Reporters
News | 29 May 2012
How can the intolerable situations at the Home Affairs refugees centres be improved? We make some suggestions.
GroundUp Editor
News | 29 May 2012
GroundUp is a tiny and new news organisation. Less than two months into our existence, before we have even officially launched, we have faced our first tough ethical dilemna: whether or not to pay a bribe.
GroundUp Editor
News | 29 May 2012
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