In his 2004 Nelson Mandela lecture Desmond Tutu bravely suggested that an âuncritical, sycophantic, obsequious conformityâ constituted a threat to democracy in South Africa. He said that âtoo many are foolhardy and opt for silence to become voting cattle for the party.â
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 12 December 2013
Iqbal Survè, whose company Sekunjalo now owns Independent Newspapers, is not merely a profoundly disingenuous man. He has shown that he's willing to use his newly acquired media empire to support his disingenuity.
Nathan Geffen, GroundUp Editor
Opinion | 11 December 2013
The parents and relatives of six Zimbabwean children and five adults have found themselves helpless after malaichas (their smugglers) were arrested for human trafficking.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 11 December 2013
Some Manenberg residents are worried that gang violence has started again in their area, with two people allegedly shot and killed on Saturday.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 11 December 2013
On the evening of 2 December 2013, Groundup staff visited Lansdowne Road in Khayelitsha to assess the state of street lights in the area. We counted 29 lights that were not functional. Overall, it appears that the state of street lights has improved since our last report on the issue in August 2013.
Jonathan Dockney
News | 11 December 2013
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuâs controversial decision not to attend Nelson Mandelaâs funeral and to send Yuli Edelstein who is the current Speaker of the Knesset and a settler, is not only disgraceful, but has sent a clear message to the world that Netanyahu is a âleaderâ of the worst kind.
Shuaib Manjra
Opinion | 11 December 2013
Talent Chikwanha alleges he was brutalized by police officers on 29 November when they mistook him for a criminal. He was in fact the victim of an ATM robbery at Fairview, Grassy Park.
Nwabisa Pondoyi and Tariro Washinyira
News | 11 December 2013
Human rights organisations have opposed the possible closure of the Cape Town Refugee Reception offices on the foreshore.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 11 December 2013
Novelist Zukiswa Wanner is well known for her fast-paced, witty novels. Her racy narratives and intelligent humour offer razor-sharp insights into contemporary urban life, placing the new black middleclass under the magnifying glass.
Zukiswa Wanner
News | 10 December 2013
Mark Heywood has been one of the leaders of the Treatment Action Campaign since it started on 10 December 1998. He has also directed the AIDS Law Project since 1997 and its successor, SECTION27.
GroundUp Staff
News | 10 December 2013
The Independent Newspaper Group (INL) is in considerable turmoil following the effective sacking without notice of the editor of the Cape Times, Alide Desnois, by the putative owner of INL, Iqbal Surve. This bodes ill for the group and poses a possible threat to media freedom.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 9 December 2013
South Africa came very close to civil war in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but instead of a bloodbath there was the negotiated settlement, also known as the âmiracleâ. In fact parts of the country were in a state of civil war, and the miracle is that it didnât engulf the country.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 9 December 2013
Kutala Mtyali's sits on the couch of her house, perhaps for the last day, and tries to piece together the ongoing saga of her 26 year struggle to keep her home. Family members help her with names and dates. She is on the brink of homelessness.
Jared Sacks
News | 9 December 2013
Alide Dasnois has been fired from her position as editor of the Cape Times.
GroundUp Editor
News | 8 December 2013