About 500 shopkeepers and their family members who have immigrated from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Somalia have been forced to abandon their businesses and flee for their lives after they came under attack from residents in the greater Grahamstown area last week. There were more confirmed cases of looting this morning.
Hancu Louw
Brief | 26 October 2015
Clashes between police and residents have once again erupted in Masiphumelele.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 23 October 2015
Protesters occupied Shoprite in Khayelitsha Mall this morning, demanding a reduction in the price of bread.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 20 October 2015
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko addressed over a thousand people at an Imbizo in the Khayelitsha Stadium on Saturday. He accused the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into Policing of being politically motivated. Earlier at the same meeting, ANC Western Cape head Marius Fransman, made the same accusation.
GroundUp staff and Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 19 October 2015
About 25 workers at the Australian-owned Tormin mine on the west coast, who went on strike last month, were suspended on Sunday.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 19 October 2015
The protest against corruption organised by the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) at Nomzamo Stadium in Strand today drew only about 100 people.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 14 October 2015
The Black Sash has urged the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to fix the flaws in the social grants system as a new contractor is appointed to replace Cash Paymaster Services.
Pasqua Heard
Brief | 14 October 2015
The Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers union (Csaawu) announced today that it will not be forced to close down.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 23 September 2015
The City of Cape Town has begun collecting the rubbish that has been piling up in front of people's homes in Barcelona informal settlement.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 18 September 2015
Construction workers in Walter Sisulu in Mdantsane are refusing to work on the RDP houses being built by the municipality, claiming they are being underpaid.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Brief | 17 September 2015
On 17 August we reported how a 43-year-old woman — who we called Andiswa — was left disabled after an especially brutal rape. Readers asked how they could help. We're pleased to report that Iliso Care Society is helping out.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 10 September 2015
People who live in shacks and backyards burnt tyres and rubbish earlier today in Langa. They alleged that other people have jumped the waiting list for units in a new block of flats, leaving them without homes.
Masixole Feni and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 1 September 2015
Western Cape High Court Judge Babalwa Mantame has instructed the City of Cape Town to “re-serve” the eviction order granted against Newcastle Informal Settlement residents.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 1 September 2015
The promise by Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba that rejected applications for Zimbabwean Special Permits are to be reviewed has been welcomed.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 1 September 2015
Residents of Newcastle informal settlement in Khayelitsha may have to wait another month to challenge the City of Cape Town over their eviction order.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 26 August 2015
About 20 Mfuleni residents were forced to demolish their shacks that they had erected after occupying open land in the township.
Mary-Anne Gontsana and Masixole Feni
Brief | 18 August 2015