Between two and three rapes are reported every day to a single centre in Khayelitsha. And the numbers will probably rise at the end of the year.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 20 October 2014
This week we look at Greenpeaceâs call on government to make Eskom comply with pollution laws, a report prepared for Parliamentâs Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and a call for the Department of Home Affairs to recognise transgender rights.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 17 October 2014
Inadequate treatment, disrespectful staff members, and lost patient folders have become common at the Matthew Goniwe Clinic in Makhaza, say residents, who marched in protest on 16 October.
Joyce Xi
News | 17 October 2014
Sunday October 19 marks the commemoration of âBlack Wednesdayâ, the day in 1977 that the apartheid government banned a range of publications sympathetic to the Black Consciousness Movement, and arrested a group of journalists and editors.
Mark Weinberg
Opinion | 17 October 2014
Hangberg residents demonstrated at the Wynberg Magistrateâs Court on Thursday in support of Santonio Jonkers who made his second appearance in court.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 17 October 2014
The trial of Christo Oncker, 28, accused of the murder of a gay man in Ceres in April, is to be moved to the Western Cape High Court, magistrate Japie Mapomie said in the Ceres magistrateâs court on Thursday.
Pharie Sefali
News | 17 October 2014
Pressure is mounting on the police to sort out problems with a R400 million firearms control system, ten years after the contract to develop it was signed with Pretoria-based company Waymark Infotech.
Daneel Knoetze
Feature | 17 October 2014
One in four South Africans suffers from hunger on a regular basis, according to an Oxfam report released ahead of World Food Day, October 16.
Joyce Xi
News | 16 October 2014
Tightening border controls is not the way to prevent an outbreak of Ebola in South Africa, writes Nathan Geffen.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 16 October 2014
Platinum mining giant Lonmin could have found the money to meet rock drillersâ pay demands instead of shifting funds between subsidiaries, possibly to avoid tax.
GroundUp staff
News | 16 October 2014
No doubt youâve heard thereâs a disease about that is infectious, difficult to treat and that has an extremely high death rate.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 15 October 2014
Daars a nuwe hond in die omgewing en hy raas soos ân baas! Kak gevaarlik and here to claim back the throne as the original Afrikaans gangsters, Dookoom have dropped a 4-track EP, A Gangster Called Big Times, and with the controversy caused by the debut single âLarney Jou Poesâ, there are no sorryâs here.
Zethu Gqola
Opinion | 15 October 2014
People involved in a road accident where someone is injured or killed should come directly to the Road Accident Fund, Communications Manager for RAF Jacqui Sobantu said at a briefing in Mfuleni at the weekend.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 14 October 2014
Vasco da Gama beat RV United from Khayelitsha on penalties at the womenâs finals of this yearâs amateur Coke Cup at Athlone stadium.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 14 October 2014
Lawyers representing the Bardale resident who fell into an uncovered drain in October last year say they are still processing the legal action.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 14 October 2014
Sheffield Road, one of the busiest roads in Philippi, has become one of the cityâs best-known places to buy a shack. Here, builders make a living providing affordable housing for township residents.
Joyce Xi and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 14 October 2014