Articles for Bernard Chiguvare
Masiphumelele school hopes for new hall
With winter underway, Ukanyo Primary School can no longer hold its parent-teacher meetings in the open. But the school has no hall, and no immediate prospect of getting one, says principal Phuthumile Michael Tyhali.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 3 June 2015
“Not enough money allocated to sanitation,” say SJC protesters
Yesterday, about 150 members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) marched to the civic centre. They demanded “a detailed account” of hundreds of submissions to the City of Cape Town on the 2015/16 budget.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 28 May 2015
Slow Home Affairs prevents Zimbabweans from making ends meet
Zimbabweans whose business permit applications have been rejected are hoping that the decision will be reversed, but the Department of Home Affairs is dragging its heels.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 26 May 2015
From Masiphumelele to the Waterfront
Ndileka Biyo, owner of Rockasa Design in Masiphumelele, has set her sights on a place in the affluent Waterfront.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 25 May 2015
Foreign nationals despondent after police raid their stalls
"What these people are doing is not right. Most of my relatives do not know what to do. All their goods were taken yesterday. They do not know what to do next," says Fatima Hassan, 29, a Somali who owns a stall in Bellville.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 11 May 2015
Legalise pot, demand protestors
A few hundred people marched through Cape Town this morning, demanding that dagga be legalised.
Photos: Bernard Chiguvare. Text: GroundUp Staff.
News | 9 May 2015
SAMWU protests against “racist, and “corrupt, City managers
Protesters ululated, clapped hands and blew vuvuzelas in the Cape Town Civic Center, when Mayor Patricia de Lille promised to investigate allegations of racism by the City of Cape Town’s line managers.
Nombulelo Damba and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 6 May 2015
Escaping poverty: Mosifane’s story
Mosifane Johannes lost his parents by the time he was 11. He grew up in poverty. Today he teaches at a Free State primary school.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 6 May 2015
Domestic workers union wants new minimum wage
On Thursday, a group of about ten women marched to parliament to protest against the delay by government to extend certain basic rights to domestic workers.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 13 March 2015