Crime
Helping Andiswa
On 17 August we reported how a 43-year-old woman — who we called Andiswa — was left disabled after an especially brutal rape. Readers asked how they could help. We're pleased to report that Iliso Care Society is helping out.
GroundUp Staff
Brief | 10 September 2015
Some of SA’s top companies are quietly breaking the law
Some of the top companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange are flouting environmental laws and not telling their shareholders, according to a study by the Centre for Environmental Rights.
Alide Dasnois
Feature | 8 September 2015
Naked and dead in the dirt
The man was almost naked. He had burn marks on his arms. There was a sock on one of his feet and he lay facedown in the dirt. He was found dead in Mfuleni this morning after what appeared to be an act of mob justice.
Masixole Feni and Ashleigh Furlong
News | 7 September 2015
Conditions at Pollsmoor “profoundly disturbing”, says judge
Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron and his law clerks have published a scathing report of Pollsmoor Prison after visiting the remand centre — where awaiting trial prisoners are kept — and the women's centre on 23 April. Some of their findings are consistent with those reported by GroundUp in May.
GroundUp Staff
News | 4 September 2015
Coalition launched to decriminalise sex work
In the wake of Amnesty International’s vote to adopt a policy that supports sex work decriminalisation, the Asijiki Coalition for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work was launched in Cape Town on 27 August. The coalition consists of sex workers, activists, advocates and defenders of human rights.
Ashleigh Furlong
News | 28 August 2015
Khayelitsha Commission: it’s up to the Minister now, says Zille
Until national police minister Nathi Nhleko signs the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry recommendations, 90 percent of them cannot be implemented, according to Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 26 August 2015
We will not be silent on crime, say Khayelitsha organisations
Around 200 people from several social justice organisations took part in a march to parliament on Tuesday, for safety, equality and justice.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 25 August 2015
Campaigning for clean toilets and good cops: an interview with the SJC’s Axolile Notywala
The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) has been at the forefront of two campaigns in recent years: improved toilet provision and better policing in Cape Town's townships. GroundUp did an in-depth interview with the organisation's Axolile Notywala.
GroundUp Staff
News | 21 August 2015
Marikana: reminders of a massacre
Three years ago on this day, the police shot dead 34 miners at Marikana. Here are some of the articles we've published since then that, sadly, remain current and relevant.
GroundUp Staff
Analysis | 16 August 2015