On Monday student organisations at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) launched an awareness week called "From the same soil."
Pharie Sefali
News | 16 October 2013
What drives a 15-year-old boy to move to a neighbouring country on his own and without his guardianās consent? Meet Brian Dlodlo, now a 20-year-old man from Zimbabwe who crossed to South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post as an unaccompanied minor in 2007. Brian has no identity papers. He is effectively the citizen of no country.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 16 October 2013
Hand in Hand Creatives (HHC) is a not-for-profit organisation (NPO) that aims to provide young people from disadvantaged communities with access to the creative arts through workshops, running outings, and planning festivals. The organisation believes that the arts can empower individuals and nurture self-respect.
Fergus Turner
News | 16 October 2013
Local organisation SEED has pledged to make 100 homes in Cape Town more sustainable this year by encouraging residents to grow their own food and eventually achieve āfood freedomā.
Delphine Pedeboy
News | 16 October 2013
It is a bright, sunny October morning in Mitchellās Plain. At the Rocklands Urban Abundance Centre, situated on a strip of land next to Rocklands Primary School, volunteers are hard at work tending to the plants and seedlings in the tree nursery.
Delphine Pedeboy
News | 15 October 2013
Property owners and tenants of Alexander Court in Parow say they are being terrorised by drug lords and sex workers who trespass on their balconies.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 October 2013
Mandla Mxinwa, Jabulani Miya, Themba Molefi, Christopher Piet, Zola Swelani, Zabonkwe Konile and Zandisile Mjobo -- the Gugulethu Seven -- will once again be honoured for the role they played in the struggle against the apartheid regime.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 15 October 2013
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said last week that if South Africa wants to achieve higher growth and cut unemployment āa social bargainā is needed that would pull together trade unions, business and the government to implement the NDP (National Development Plan). It also suggests that trade unions moderate wage demands and that the State implement its massive infrastructure spending plans. The IMF flagged "escalating labour tensions" as a "key domestic risk".
Jack Lewis
Opinion | 10 October 2013
On 15 August 2013 the Zambian High Court refused to hear a constitutional application by Paul Kasonkomona regarding his right to freedom of expression being violated by police charges against him.
Jonathan Dockney
News | 9 October 2013
Over the past year, people filed 6 728 cases of criminal and professional misconduct against police officers with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). This number represents 4.3% of active police officers (officers employed in terms of the SAPS Act).
Craig Oosthuizen
News | 9 October 2013
Award-winning South African poet Vus'umuzi Phakathi will be at the Baxter from 01 October till 13 October, the middle of his one-man tour -- the #DoubleBillTour. Phakathi, also known as Romeo the poet/Lil' Hussil, is touring nine South African provinces,12 African countries and four continents. Phakathi is also the writer and producer.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 9 October 2013
While antiretroviral drugs against HIV are getting more effective and allow HIV-positive people to live longer, the ultimate prize is to find a way to cure people of the virus, the best hope being a vaccine.
Kerry Gordon
News | 9 October 2013
Getting funding for post-matric studies is very important for many students. There are many ways to get funding, whether through a bursary or loan. While you donāt have to pay a bursary back, you do need to pay a loan back.
Kesia Lilenstein
News | 9 October 2013
The O'Regan/Pikoli Commision of Inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha is to go ahead after a Constitutional Court ruling last week. GroundUp went to the streets of Khayelitsha to gauge peopleās reaction to the ruling.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
Opinion | 9 October 2013
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