News
Bayhill tournament is “great” for Cape Town
The Bayhill soccer tournament took place over Easter weekend lasting from 28 March to 1 April 2013. The under 19 tournament was played at Erica Park by teams from different provinces. The overall tournament winners were Ajax Cape Town.
Margo Fortune
News | 24 April 2013
City says violence prevention efforts working, but activists sceptical
In 2006, to tackle crime in Khayelitsha, the City of Cape Town launched the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) project.
Fergus Turner and GroundUp Staff
News | 17 April 2013
“I just want to go back to South Africa. I miss it so much.”
Two Mozambican sisters living in a Child and Youth Care Centre (care centre) since 2007 were deported to their home country in January despite nine years of growing up in South Africa.
Amanda Purtell
News | 17 April 2013
We interview Thabo Nthethe
We interviewed Bloemfontein Celtic defender and Captain, Twenty-eight-year-old Thabo Nthethe. He also plays for Bafana Bafana.
Margo Fortune
News | 10 April 2013
Khayelitsha lights mostly on but concerning signs of decline
Following several reports published on GroundUp on the broken street light problem in Khayelitsha, particularly along Lansdowne Road, several social justice organisations protested and the City repaired the lights. In the last two weeks we have checked the street lights. While most remain on, there are signs that the situation is getting worse.
Nokubonga Yawa and GroundUp Staff
News | 10 April 2013
“Cure for death discovered” - Why media reports on science are often misleading
Stories about science in the media are often misleading and over-hyped. In today's science column, Kerry Gordon discusses why.
Kerry Gordon
News | 10 April 2013
HIV patients still waiting for easier-to-take drugs
Patients with HIV in South African public clinics have to take at least three separate pills once and maybe twice daily. But in the private sector, as well as in the United States and Europe patients have for years been able to take their HIV treatment as one pill once a day.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 10 April 2013
Outspoken activist for gay rights arrested in Zambia
Paul Kasonkomona, a Zambian human rights activist with many years’ experience, was arrested in Lusaka on Sunday for publically supporting the rights of Zambia’s sexual minorities. He was arrested shortly after appearing on an independent television channel, Muvi TV, where he spoke in favour of access to health care for sex workers, prisoners, and sexual minorities.
Jacques van Heerden
News | 10 April 2013
Telkom accused of dismissing interns without pay
Telkom is being accused of dismissing 23 learner interns without pay. The matter is going to the CCMA.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 3 April 2013