Free pet sterilisation campaign in Khayelitsha
In the canine sterilisation ward of the South African Mass Sterilisation Trust (SA.MAST) in Khayelitsha, several dogs lie in cages, unconscious, with their tongues out. Others are brought in on stretchers, after being successfully sterilised.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 17 September 2015
Capetonians rally to help family with epilepsy
People from various parts of Cape Town have rallied to help a Site C family with a disabled teenager who, like her father, has epilepsy.
Pharie Sefali
News | 17 September 2015
Where are the cops, ask Masiphumelele residents
Masiphumelele residents gathered in shock today around the ashes of a young man killed in a mob justice attack in Myeza Road last night. Residents have been complaining about inadequate policing in the township, which does not have its own police station.
Bernard Chiguvare and Pasqua Heard
News | 16 September 2015
The harm of quackery
There are at least three clear ways in which pseudoscience or bad science can harm consumers.
Jacques Rousseau
Opinion | 16 September 2015
USN sues consumer activist
R2 million. That’s how much sport supplement company Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN) wants consumer activist Harris Steinman to pay for calling its owner, Albe Geldenhuys, a “scam artist”, “liar”, “quack”, “fraud” and “snake oil salesman”.
GroundUp Staff
News | 16 September 2015
Big Issue vendor goes the extra mile
Simphiwe Mabuwa (45) goes beyond the call of duty as a Big Issue and Funny Money salesman at the intersection between Newlands Avenue and Dean Street in Newlands. Over the five years he has worked in the area, he has also taken on the role of community watchman and good friend to many passers-by.
Pasqua Heard
Feature | 16 September 2015
Media24’s failed attempt to stifle diversity
Last week the Competition Tribunal found Media24 guilty of predatory pricing after one of its Free State publications sank a competitor. Yet this is only one example of numerous cynical attempts by the country’s largest print media company to stifle media diversity in its quest for monopoly control, argue Micah Reddy and Carina Conradie.
Micah Reddy and Carina Conradie
Opinion | 16 September 2015
Dunoon family face eviction after father sells their house
Two brothers and a sister face eviction from their home by a man who bought the house from their father without the children’s knowledge.
Pharie Sefali
News | 16 September 2015
Dunoon schools: when lawyers go beyond the courtroom
The struggle to ensure access to schools for Dunoon learners illustrates the value of social justice lawyers engaging in work beyond the courtroom.
Sherylle Dass and Demichelle Petherbridge
Opinion | 15 September 2015