Society
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
Crossroads woman accuses social worker of keeping her pension
A grandmother from Crossroads has accused a social worker of keeping back part of her old age grant of R1,350 per month.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 21 April 2015
Langa restaurant on show at Africa’s biggest tourism event
Six years ago, 51-year-old Nomonde Siyaka transformed her family's home in Langa into a two-storey traditional African food restaurant.
Barbara Maregele
News | 16 April 2015
Mbekweni Rasta’s five storey wooden house
A Rastafarian in Mbekweni has spent 20 years building himself a five storey wooden house - and he plans to add two more storeys.
Michael Nkalane
News | 15 April 2015
Defrauded Nyanga man refunded after GroundUp reports his story
After having half his salary deducted every month for over a year to pay for furniture which he did not buy, a Nyanga man has now been refunded.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 15 April 2015
Residents demand clarity on R60 million Langa Junction complex
Management of the R60 million Langa Junction complex has promised to make information available to angry residents who have complained about a lack of transparency in the building and leasing of the 5,000 square metre space.
Pharie Sefali and Nombulelo Damba
News | 14 April 2015
Athlone’s amazing pet hospital
Walking through the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in Bridgetown, Athlone, is like walking through a hospital for humans - bare walls, corridors, operating rooms. Except, that is, for the barking and for the smell of dogs.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 9 April 2015