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Some loyal minibus taxi users unpersuaded by MyCiti buses
Despite the long, snaking queues that form every working day, many commuters remain steadfast in using taxis as their means of transport and not the MyCiti bus.
Bernard Chiguvare
News | 7 August 2015
Over 7,000 people live on the streets of Cape Town
More than 7,000 people are homeless in Cape Town and a large percentage of them are male. This is according to the City of Cape Town's Social Development and Early Childhood Development Directorate's survey.
Bernard Chiguvare and Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 6 August 2015
Spar workers dismissed after strike for longer hours
About 20 workers have been dismissed at the Philippi Plaza Mall Spar following a strike they embarked on in June.
Siphesihle Matyila
News | 6 August 2015
Stellenbosch farm communities to march against eviction notices
Families living in five state farms in Stellenbosch say they refuse to go anywhere after being handed eviction notices last month from the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works, saying they should leave their homes by end of August. The families are planning to march today to air their grievances.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 6 August 2015
The new racism? A review of Gerhard Mare’s Declassified ,¨
Ideological positions that analyse conflict in South Africa in terms of race are not in the interests of disadvantaged people, argues Jeff Rudin in this review of a new book by Gerhard Mare.
Jeff Rudin
News | 6 August 2015
Police warn of smash and grab crime in Eisleben Road in Crossroads
Police have warned motorists to be cautious on Eisleben Road and at the robots on Govan Mbeki Road in Crossroads.
Pharie Sefali
News | 5 August 2015
“Sex work should not cost me my life”
On a wet and windy Tuesday morning on the corner of Oak and Main roads in Kenilworth, people gathered to sing and dance on the pavement, many in bright orange T-shirts with the words, 'Sex work should not cost me my life' written across their fronts.
Ashleigh Furlong
News | 5 August 2015
Philippi seniors “tell it like it is” during storytelling workshop
Philippi resident Cleopatra Qukula used hand gestures and sounds as she recalled one her “most traumatising” experiences — more than 50 years ago — when she was hospitalised for three months to recover from a dog bite.
Barbara Maregele
News | 4 August 2015
GroundUp’s Masixole Feni wins photography award
Masixole Feni, GroundUp's photographer, has won the 2015 Ernest Cole award.
Text by GroundUp Staff. Photos by Masixole Feni.
News | 4 August 2015