Society
SAPS fight stats, not crime
Our police fight stats, not crime, the Commission of Inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha heard this week.
Adam Armstrong
News | 20 March 2014
City responds to comments made at the Crime Summit in Khayelitsha
The City has responded to a statement made at the Crime Summit held on 14 March in Khayelitsha.
News | 19 March 2014
SAPS in Harare, Khayelitsha: setup to fail?
Advocate Nazreen Bawa continued to lead evidence today with Colonel Gert Nel, former station commander of Harare police station, and Colonel Tshotleho Raboliba, current station commander at Harare.
Adam Armstrong
News | 18 March 2014
Frustrated residents in Makhaya, Khayelitsha, arrested after taking the law into their own hands
Residents in Makhaya section 23 were arrested at 3am this morning, accused of chasing people out of their homes. While the police were arresting people, two houses in the area were being broken into by criminals.
Pharie Sefali
News | 18 March 2014
Gugulethu youth organisation on a mission to turn church library into public library
Gugulethu based community organisation, Township Youth Movement (TYM), have taken it upon themselves to open a second public library in the township.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 18 March 2014
Ugandan woman abandoned in South Africa by the lover she met on Facebook
A 28-year-old Ugandan woman, Lydia Mutuwa, who came to South Africa hoping to get a job to look after her children and ailing mother, says her life has become even harder than the life she ran away from in her country of birth.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 18 March 2014
City says lights will stay on in Cape Town townships … for now at least
Residents of the Cape Flats, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and surroundings have experienced power cuts in their areas. Many residents want to know what to expect. GroundUp asked the City.
Pharie Sefali
News | 18 March 2014
Seminar looks at finding employment when you’re young, black and poor, and just out of school
Equal Education and Ndifuna Ukwazi hosted a seminar at Lookout Hill, Khayelitsha, on 13 March titled ‘What Next: Opportunities for post school youth’. Part information, part inspiration, conversations were frank and informative.
Adam Armstrong
Opinion | 18 March 2014
High ranking SAPS officers to appear before the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing
Public hearings of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into allegations of police inefficiency and a breakdown in relations between the community and the police restarted on 17 March with a number of high ranking SAPS officers in attendance.
Adam Armstrong
News | 18 March 2014