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Toilet mess in Khayelitsha - SJC demands service delivery contracts

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is demanding access to information on service delivery agreements in Khayelitsha.This follows the breakdown of some outdoor toilets which the organisation fears is a result of the service delivery organisation contracted by the City failing to do its job.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 20 March 2013

From thugs to recruits

A centre in Hanover Park is helping gangsters turn their lives around.

Margo Fortune

News | 20 March 2013

“Don’t play to make the headlines”, advises Bafana Bafana’s Dino Ndlovu

Dino Ndlovu, the 23-year-old striker from Klerksdorp, will play for Bafana Bafana on Saturday in their crucial World Cup qualifying game against the Central African Republic at the Cape Town stadium.

Margo Fortune

News | 20 March 2013

Carlton Skippers getting ready for the upcoming Bayhill Tournament.

Carlton Skippers is a 19 year old right-back and captain of the Milano team. GroundUp caught up with him to speak about his third and final year in the Bayhill Tournament.

Margo Fortune

News | 13 March 2013

Social Justice Coalition protests community protection from police

On March 11th, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) staged a protest outside of parliament in Cape Town proposing a new memorandum aimed at improving relations between community members and the police that serve them.

Nokubonga Yawa

News | 13 March 2013

The South African labour market: All the facts

The South African workforce is composed of all the people who are either working or available to work and are actively seeking work. Not everyone of working age participates in the work force. In South Africa the overall percentage of the working age population that participates in the work force is about 62%.

Issa Saunders

News | 13 March 2013

“It’s tough getting employment in SA”

In this year’s budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan mentioned that allocations for employment programs would increase by 13.5 per cent a year for the next three years. Unemployment has always been a challenge for South Africans, but it is even harder for immigrants who flee their countries to look for employment here.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 13 March 2013

KhayeNet: Khayelitsha’s first community network

Launched in October 2012, KhayeNet is the latest project of the first mobile community network that deals with disseminating health related information to the community of Khayelitsha. This pilot project aims to improve communication between the public and the health sector.

Mary-Jane Matsolo

News | 13 March 2013

Everything you need to know about the minimum wage

GroundUp sat down with Ingrid Woolard, Associate Professor in Economics at UCT and chair of the Employment Conditions Commission to talk about what goes into setting the minimum wage.

Kezia Lilenstein

News | 13 March 2013

Stand up and be counted

GroundUp interviewed Justin Peters, Cape Town Pride Brand Ambassador and PR Director on the Cape Town Pride Event which happened on Saturday March 2, 2013.

Nokubonga Yawa

News | 6 March 2013

Farmers strike back against insurgent farmworker movement

Cancellation of a planned march by the farmworkers coalition against alleged intimidation by farmers has led to claims that the City of Cape Town is complicit in undermining the new R105 minimum wage.

Benjamin Fogel and Jeanne Hefez

News | 6 March 2013

The Marine Pilot

GroundUp spent an evening in the harbour with Xoliswa Bekiswa as she takes us through the challenges of her exciting job as one of only a few female Marine Pilots in South Africa.

Buchule Putini

News | 6 March 2013

Housing development destroyed my business

Andiswa (not her real name) has been a resident of Khayelitsha Site C for 27 years. She turned her township home into a BnB business in 2006 offering tourists the exclusive and unique option of experiencing life in a shack. This all came to a screeching halt in April 2009 when her house was destroyed by BKS employees.

Mary-Jane Matsolo

News | 6 March 2013

The marine pilot

News | 6 March 2013

Hunters FC player’s big dreams

GroundUp spoke to Hunters FC striker Ipeleng Seepamore about how he keeps his mind and body in form to play.

Margo Fortune

News | 6 March 2013

Gangs, a brotherhood-in-arms

Youth gangs have become a normal occurrence in Khayelitsha.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 27 February 2013