News
Delft clinic and community members caught in SANCO squabble
An internal squabble in the South African National Civics Organisation (SANCO) in Delft spilled over into the streets earlier this month.
Mihle Pike
News | 28 November 2012
Months in prison without a bail hearing
If you are arrested in South Africa, even if you are innocent, expect to spend months and maybe years in prison before being released. The law says that if you are arrested you should appear before a court within 48 hours or be released. The courts have also ruled that bail hearings are urgent. Yet the police, prosecutors, magistrates and judges often ignore these rights.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 28 November 2012
Musical talent lives on the steet
Frieda Darvel, 27 years old from Kensington lives on the streets of Cape Town. Her singing voice has landed her an opportunity with a Swedish Gospel choir.
Margo Fortune
News | 28 November 2012
Anger builds as mother searches for her son
16 December will mark three years since Siyamthanda Mndayi, an Ocean View boy with Down’s syndrome went missing from his home. His distraught mother has not given up hope of finding him.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 28 November 2012
Lakay: “Never give up on your dream”
Anridge Junaid Lakay is 22 years old and plays centre mid-field for first division team Vasco Da Gama.
Margo Fortune
News | 28 November 2012
Farmer accused of cutting electricity and food credit to break strike
Seventy employees at Leeuwenkuil Farm refused to work for five days until five of their colleagues were reinstated, according to the Commerical Stevedoring Agricultural and Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU).
Tessa Gooding
News | 21 November 2012
Department of Coffee launches!
We have previously told you about Khayelitsha's first coffee shop: Department of Coffee. On 17 November they had an official launch at the Khayelitsha Mall.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 21 November 2012
“This project has changed our lives in a big way. We now have the opportunity to work and run our own businesses.”
Township is a non-profit organisation that is creating jobs and providing opportunities for people living in Cape Town’s townships.
Janine Fortuin
News | 21 November 2012
Young entrepeneur delivers medicines in Khayelitsha
Sizwe Nzima is just 21 years old but he has already co-founded a business called Iyeza Express that delivers chronic medicines by bike to patients who are unable to stand in long queues at clinic pharmacies.
Mihle Pike
News | 21 November 2012