Articles for GroundUp Staff
Bringing Omar al-Bashir to justice
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The court’s prosecutor alleges that al-Bashir has "criminal responsibility for the crime of genocide … killing members of the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups … causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of those groups, and deliberately inflicting on those groups conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction in part”.
GroundUp Staff
Analysis | 15 June 2015
SAPS twice as lethal as US police
In a feature titled The Counted, The Guardian is keeping track of the number of people killed by police action in the United States. “US police kill more in days than other countries do in years,” says The Guardian. We wondered how the police in South Africa compare.
GroundUp Staff
Analysis | 10 June 2015
Fireworks at AIDS conference
Benny Malakoane, MEC for Health in the Free State, came under fire while sitting in the audience at the opening of the 7th South African AIDS Conference in Durban on Tuesday evening. Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) chairperson, Nkhensani Mavasa, delivering one of the opening speeches, called for him to be dismissed.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 10 June 2015
Philippi: What’s behind the violence?
Philippi has been struck by violence this past week. At least three people have died, including 68-year-old Karel Dilgee who was struck by a stone while driving. There have also been five attempted murders and two houses destroyed by fire. Several cars and at least one Golden Arrow bus have been set alight. Ten people have been arrested, charged with public violence. Residents from neighbouring areas, Marikana and Lower Crossroads, have been fighting with each other. What is causing the violence between these communities?
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and GroundUp Staff
News | 1 June 2015
UCT and transformation
In April and May 2015 we published a five-part series on UCT and transformation:
Feature | 1 June 2015
Conflict in Stellenbosch mars housing development
Stellenbosch shack fire survivors have expressed anxiety about the involvement of the ANC dominated Kayamandi Development Forum (KDF) in their new government housing development project.
Mandla Mnyakama and GroundUp Staff
News | 25 May 2015
When will the trains run on time?
City Press reported on Sunday the names of some people involved in a R51 billion PRASA tender for new train coaches. These included businessmen with close ties to the ANC, such as Thalente Myeni, son of Dudu Myeni who is the chairperson of SAA, as well as Pearl Zuma, a distant cousin of the president.
Text by GroundUp Staff. Photos by Masixole Feni.
News | 19 May 2015
UCT and transformation part five: fees and finances
Studying at UCT is expensive and many students struggle to pay the fees, though both the university and the state do try to support students. In the fifth and final part of our series on UCT and transformation we look at fees and finances.
GroundUp Staff
Feature | 14 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