Benny Malakoane, MEC for Health in the Free State, came under fire while sitting in the audience at the opening of the 7th South African AIDS Conference in Durban on Tuesday evening. Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) chairperson, Nkhensani Mavasa, delivering one of the opening speeches, called for him to be dismissed.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 10 June 2015
With winter underway, Ukanyo Primary School can no longer hold its parent-teacher meetings in the open. But the school has no hall, and no immediate prospect of getting one, says principal Phuthumile Michael Tyhali.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 3 June 2015
Yesterday, about 150 members of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) marched to the civic centre. They demanded âa detailed accountâ of hundreds of submissions to the City of Cape Town on the 2015/16 budget.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 28 May 2015
Cape Flats Concerned Residents (CFCR) protested in front of parliament yesterday morning and handed over a memorandum to the provincial and national government demanding better policing on the Cape Flats.
Armand Hough
Brief | 20 May 2015
Several hundred people participated in the Khumbulani LGBTI Pride march in Khayelitsha on Saturday.
Pharie Sefali
Brief | 18 May 2015
As the number of homeless people seeking assistance is expected to increase during winter, the City of Cape Town has invited non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and shelters to apply for aid.
Barbara Maregele
Brief | 18 May 2015
The Cape Town Zimbabwe Excellence Awards seek to recognise Zimbabweans who have excelled in making a positive contribution to the Cape Town community in various ways, including sports, the media, academic prowess, business acumen and in the entertainment world. The awards will be announced at the Cape Town International Conference Centre on 4 April 2015.
Tariro Washinyira
Brief | 3 April 2015
Activists from the Treatment Action Campaign marched on Parliament this morning to call for better leadership in tuberculosis (TB) treatment and prevention in South Africa. Today is World TB day.
Daneel Knoetze
Brief | 24 March 2015
After a four year delay, the hearing in the case of 39 workers dismissed from Robertson Abattoir started in the Cape Town Labour Court this week.
Daneel Knoetze
Brief | 18 March 2015
At a Western Cape Refugee and Migrant Forum at Scalabrini Centre on Thursday, several civil society organisations agreed to establish a âxenophobic response task team and forumâ in response to the recent Philippi xenophobic violence.
Tariro Washinyira
Brief | 13 March 2015
On Thursday, a group of about ten women marched to parliament to protest against the delay by government to extend certain basic rights to domestic workers.
Bernard Chiguvare
Brief | 13 March 2015
Four years after President Jacob Zuma promised sanitary towels for poor women, there is no sign that his promise has been kept.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Brief | 10 March 2015
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has called on Free State Premier Ace Magashule to fire or suspend health MEC Benny Malakoane, after the release of a letter from doctors about the Free State healthcare system.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Brief | 5 March 2015
Siqalo residents have welcomed the City of Cape Townâs quick action to remove rubbish dumps that have spiraled out of control in recent weeks.
Daneel Knoetze
Brief | 25 February 2015
About 50 students from Sizimisele Technical High School in Khayelitsha left school on Friday morning to march on the Western Cape Department of Education over a shortage of teachers.
Daneel Knoetze
Brief | 14 February 2015
In a strongly worded response to a memorandum received from the Student Representative Council (SRC) and the Progressive Youth Alliance at the Durban University of Technology, vice-chancellor Ahmed Bawa has written that it is "outrageous, preposterous and a deep violation of our National Constitution and every human rights principle" for these organisations to have demanded the deregistration of Jewish students.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 11 February 2015