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Money-kana

News | 28 August 2013

Unsolved deaths in police custody

In December 2011, residents of Nyanga were furious when they heard about the death of Kwezi Mbatsha in police custody.

Pharie Sefali

News | 28 August 2013

60 days before matric examinations - how are Dinaledi schools in Khayelitsha faring?

There are seven Dinaledi schools, but learners see The Centre of Science and Technology (COSAT) as the only answer to succeeding in physical science and maths for matric.

Pharie Sefali

News | 28 August 2013

UWC students assaulted on their way home from university bar

Campus Protection Services at the University of Western Cape (UWC), Bellville campus, has been accused of negligence by five students after they were were assaulted in the early hours of 11 August by three men. The students -- four female, who have declined to be named for safety reasons, and one male, Sipho* (name changed) -- were returning to their residences from the Barn, a university bar.

Tariro Washinyira and Thuliswa Martins

News | 28 August 2013

Israel’s harsh logic in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

On Monday 19 August 2013, Open Shuhada Street hosted a talk with Yehuda Shaul from Breaking the Silence about their latest book -- Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers’ Testimonies from the Occupied Territories: 2000 – 2010.

Jonathan Dockney

News | 22 August 2013

Follow-up on Khayelitsha streetlights

In February, GroundUp published a report on the issue of street lights in Khayelitsha, in particular on Lansdowne Road and Mew Way. Activist organizations -- the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Equal Education (EE) -- held a march on 4 February in Khayelitsha.

Thandile Majivolo

News | 22 August 2013

A mosaic apprentice

News | 21 August 2013

Khayelitsha residents take gang problem into their own hands

Residents in Khayelitsha are complaining about the rise of gangsterism in the area, and that the police are not doing enough to eliminate the problem.

Pharie Sefali

News | 21 August 2013

Remembering Marikana

News | 21 August 2013