Society
Shooting hoops through stereotypes: Philippi’s women basketball players
Even though Philippi female basketball player, Ziyanda Tyefi says the sport is still viewed as a male sport, she loves it and she cannot see herself playing anything else but it.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 26 May 2015
How you can help the Sibhozo brothers
Last week we published the story of the Sibhozo brothers. Many readers asked how they could help. Here is how.
GroundUp Staff
News | 30 April 2015
Angry parents close Mfuleni school
About 40 Mfuleni parents closed down the New Parliament Street Primary School on Tuesday, demanding that the principal leave the school and withdraw their children.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 29 April 2015
Four men charged with robbing Ethiopian shop
Four men have been charged with robbing two Ethiopian nationals in Pietermaritzburg.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 28 April 2015
“You were supposed to become somebody, - the hopes of homeless people
In the winter of 2014 I interviewed six young men who lived on the streets of Cape Town’s Central Business District.
David Cowan
Opinion | 28 April 2015
“Sometimes I only manage to make R10 a day just to put bread on the table, - 17-year-old boy
When you’re 14 years old, your parents normally take care of you. But Sivuyile Sibhozo from Site C Taiwan Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha has been taking care of his brother and grandmother for the past three years.
Nombulelo Damba
Feature | 23 April 2015
Cape Town’s strelitzia man
Every day between 3pm and 7pm, at the traffic lights on the corner of Buitengracht Street and Buitensingel in the Cape Town city centre, you’re likely to see a man with a bunch of orange strelitzia flowers.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 22 April 2015
Xenophobia: let’s avoid the easy answers
Much has been written about why the recent wave of xenophobic attacks took place. But it's more complex than the usual reasons given, argue the authors.
Matthias Krönke and Mpho Raboeane
Opinion | 21 April 2015
Family of four die in Hangberg fire
A family of four was killed and eleven bungalows burned to the ground in a Hangberg shack fire early on Sunday morning.
Kimon de Greef
News | 21 April 2015