Human Rights
Hout Bay man arrested by 18 cops has bail extended
Santonio Jonkers let out a sigh of frustration as he was told for the third time that his court case was postponed, this time till next year.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Brief | 13 November 2014
Not enough dentists or doctors, long queues: Nyanga residents protest
Members of the Treatment Action Campaign and residents marched today in Nyanga to protest about poor health services in Nyanga and surrounding townships.
Zintle Swana
News | 12 November 2014
Over a million children fall through foster care cracks
Over a million orphans and abused, neglected, and abandoned children in South Africa are falling through the cracks of an overburdened foster care system.
Joyce Xi
Feature | 12 November 2014
Who is behind Confessions of a Bisexual Chick?
A year ago, Ntombikayise Matyumza of Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape started a Facebook page aimed at gay and lesbian youth. Today she has more than 14,000 followers across the country.
Pharie Sefali
News | 12 November 2014
Disabled Khayelitsha resident has to use neighbours’ toilet
Disabled Site C resident Vincent Gaelejwe, 43, lives in a one-roomed shack and has nowhere to keep the portable toilet supplied by the City of Cape Town. Instead, he limps to his neighbour’s house every day to use the portable toilet there.
Zintle Swana
News | 11 November 2014
Poor sanitation and lousy maps contribute to Khayelitsha’s crime problems
Following the Khayelitsha Inquiry into Policing, a series of meetings are being organised between SAPS and the Khayelitsha community. One took place at the University of Cape Town's middle campus on the weekend.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 11 November 2014
SAPS to investigate torture in Zimbabwe
South Africa’s highest court has ordered the police to investigate allegations of torture by Zimbabwe police carried out in Zimbabwe on Zimbabwean nationals.
Carmel Rickard
News | 7 November 2014
ArcelorMittal and environmental groups battle it out in court
Can civil society organisations compel private companies to provide documents about their impact on the environment? This is the central question in a court battle that reached the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein yesterday.
GroundUp staff
News | 7 November 2014
Marikana: World Bank loan undermines Lonmin’s arguments, says academic
During the hearings of the Marikana Commission, Lonmin executives said the company had not been able to afford to keep its 2006 promise to build 5,500 new houses for workers. Yet a year later, in 2007, the International Finance Corporation had made finance of US$150 million available to Lonmin - part of it for a "large-scale community development programme".
Alide Dasnois
News | 7 November 2014