On Friday 31 October around 2,000 Equal Education members and supporters are expected to gather on the Grand Parade for a rally against inequality in the schooling system.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 30 October 2014
Bambanani is an organisation that provides community safety. It operates as a public works programme under the auspices of the Department of Community and Safety. But some of their employees --or volunteers, depending on your perspective-- are frustrated with the stipends they receive.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 27 October 2014
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Policing should ask police management some tough questions, writes Zackie Achmat in the second in a series of articles on policing.
Zackie Achmat
Opinion | 24 October 2014
The City of Cape Town has been given 14 working days to respond to a memorandum of demands from the residents of Marikana, Rolihlahla Park and Klipfontein informal settlements.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 24 October 2014
It’s annual report season in Parliament, and the new Portfolio Committee on Police is finding its feet. In the first in a series of articles, Zackie Achmat has some suggestions for the committee.
Zackie Achmat
Opinion | 23 October 2014
Leigh Davids was born a boy, but when she was five, she realised she wanted to be a girl.
Katy Scott and GroundUp Staff
News | 20 October 2014
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 Greenpeace’s call on government to make Eskom comply with pollution laws, a report prepared for Parliament’s 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