Zimbabweans work together to repatriate the dead
There is a large Zimbabwean community in Cape Town. When members die, their friends and family usually want them to be buried back home in Zimbabwe.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 1 August 2012
Message from a gangster
Every finish line is the beginning of a race. I’m on the finish line of my gangster life and at the beginning of whole new life.
Mzi
Opinion | 1 August 2012
My Vote Counts campaign launched
This past Saturday, 28 July, saw the launch of the ‘My Vote Counts’ campaign. The event took place at the District Six Museum in Cape Town and was attended by more than 40 social activists, all of whom participated in their personal capacities. The occasion was marked by speeches from veteran activist Zackie Achmat, director of Cape Town-based social justice organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi, and well-known cartoonist Jonathan ‘Zapiro’ Shapiro.
Fritz Schoon
Opinion | 1 August 2012
Interview with Zimbabwean Olympian who ran against Usain Bolt
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games opened in London on 27 July 2012. GroundUp interviewed Brian Dzingai who raced against Usain Bolt in the 200 metres at the Beijing Olympics. Dzingai is fom Zimbabwe, but is currently located in Paris.
Veronica Washaya
News | 1 August 2012
Cape Town’s determined small business owners
Most young people living in Cape Town's townships are unemployed and have little chance of getting a job.
GroundUp Editor
News | 25 July 2012
Hope amid the horror of joblessness and exploitation
Hope springs eternal in the human breast. So wrote the much-quoted 18th Century English poet, Alexander Pope. And, although this has all too often described the
futility of chasing after rainbows and never finding a promised pot of gold, hope continues to sustain millions of people in situations that, to the more fortunate, might seem hopeless.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 25 July 2012
“We’ll come back to Cape Town” - Manchester United players
On Saturday, Manchester United played Ajax in Cape Town as one of their pre-season training friendly matches.
Margo Fortune
News | 25 July 2012
Immigrants at work: The Parow flea market
Cameroon-born Desmond Chia is a stall owner at the Parow flea market. The harsh weather Cape Town has recently seen makes it hard for him to run his business.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 July 2012
Site B’s vetkoek hub
Makazi’s take away is a busy shack that constantly has a line of customers waiting outside to be served their vetkoek (fat cakes).
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 25 July 2012