Exercising and keeping fit is a requirement for a healthy lifestyle, but not many people can afford to join a gym. The Sea Point outdoor gym, opened last year, is one of the places that the public can visit at any time for a workout and it's free.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 22 August 2012
The Cape Flats violence over the last few weeks--much of it perpetrated by young people who are often out of work, out of school, but in gangs--raises this question: What extramural activities are available for children living in Cape Town's townships?
GroundUp Editor
News | 22 August 2012
Ebrahim Seedat is just 19 years old, but this left-wing and midfielder is making waves in the soccer world.
Margo Fortune
News | 20 August 2012
Zimbabwean born Garikai Mpala has been stabbed to death, allegedly by two gangsters operating in Khayelitsha. The family was told by the Harare (Khayelitsha) police to bring the two suspects to the police station.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 August 2012
About 350 residents of Khayelitsha's BM section took to the streets on Monday this week to protest over the lack of houses and sanitation. The protestors burnt tyres and stoned vehicles. Eight people were arrested by police for public violence.
GroundUp Staff
News | 15 August 2012
A football non-profit organisation is using soccer to educate kids living in townships.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 15 August 2012
Several protests in Cape Town's informal settlements have turned violent in recent weeks. Residents, activist groups and the city's political parties are blaming each other for the violence and lack of service delivery.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 8 August 2012
Kate Jambela, the owner of Jambela Building Construction, is being accused of exploiting immigrants for the past four years and more recently of dismissing them without paying their accumulated wages.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 8 August 2012
Equal Education (EE) has set up an online petition to fight the closure of Zonnebloem Nest Senior School. Western Cape MEC for Education, Donald Grant, has included Zonnebloem in a list of schools marked for closure.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 8 August 2012