18 July 2014
\xe2\x80\x9cOur school has four pit-toilets, two for the boys and two for the girls\xe2\x80\x9d, Yonela Jumba says. \xe2\x80\x9cThese toilets are also used by the teachers.\xe2\x80\x9d
Koketso Moeti
Some Lwandle residents have accused Ses\xe2\x80\x99khona and ANC city councillor JJ Maxheke of keeping food and other disaster relief material supplied by the City of Cape Town for Ses\xe2\x80\x99khona members.
Pharie Sefali and Alide Dasnois
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has found that the City of Cape Town's roll out of chemical toilets unfairly discriminates against \xe2\x80\x9cblack African\xe2\x80\x9d people, and violates the rights to basic sanitation and dignity of informal settlement residents.
Daneel Knoetze
South Africa needs greater public participation in the appointment of judges, say members of the Judges Matter coalition formed last month.
Michelle Korte
Twenty-two civil society organisations have launched a coalition to lobby for transformation in the judiciary.
Michelle Korte
An eye-witness to the eviction of hundreds of Nomzamo residents in June described the \xe2\x80\x9cchaotic\xe2\x80\x9d scene to the ministerial inquiry this morning.
Barbara Maregele
The ministerial inquiry into the eviction of hundreds of informal settlement residents in Nomzamo near Lwandle Strand began today.
Barbara Maregele
This week the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) began a second social audit of janitorial services in Khayelitsha. This time the organisation is looking at flush toilets.
Thembela Ntongana and Zintle Swana
New appointments have been made at GroundUp.
GroundUp
Over 100 refugees and asylum seekers have lost their jobs in Cape Town\xe2\x80\x99s security industry, following enforcement of a 2002 regulation.
Tariro Washinyira
Today, Mayor Patricia De Lille responded in a special edition of Cape Town This Week to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) report on sanitation provision in Khayelitsha that was published yesterday.
Michelle Korte
Hundreds of Ses'khona members sang victory songs today as their leaders walked out of the Cape Town Magistrate court free.
Pharie Sefali
After the launch of the MyCiti bus route from Khayelitsha to the city centre last Saturday, GroundUp journalist Pharie Sefali took the bus in during morning and afternoon rush hours.
Pharie Sefali
Desmond Tutu's support for assisted dying made headlines across the world this week, and brought the debate into the mainstream in South Africa.
Daneel Knoetze
For the past 17 years Moriedah Dien has been a volunteer at the Steenberg police station Victim Support Room, assisting anyone who has experienced crime. Now she wants to establish a proper safe house for women who are victims of domestic violence.
Yazeed Kamaldien
Thabani Marhanjana is growing a vegetable garden in an unusal place - on the roof of a two-story building in Makhaza, Khayelitsha.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
On Saturday, 12 July, COSATU held a demonstration at Cape Town Station to demand improved train service and that Metrorail lower fares to the same as before the recent ticket price increase.
Joy Shan
The Seriti Commission's approach is undermining the public's right to know, explains Kholiswa Tyiki, a journalist and researcher with Right2Know.
Kholiswa Tyiki
Last Wednesday, Langa erupted into massive protest that locked down the area with no way in or out of the township. To many, it seemed like the anger came from nowhere \xe2\x80\x93 yet frustration has been simmering here for months if not years.
Jared Sacks
Recent articles in GroundUp by Gilad Isaacs on the conclusions to be drawn from the long platinum strike have prompted a vigorous debate about the nature of inequality in South Africa. Here economist Mike Schussler argues that demands for higher wages will lead to more inequality, not less.
Mike Schussler
\xe2\x80\x9cThe misery of people here is very great, with beggars innumerable and increasing every day….pigs and calves live better than they.\xe2\x80\x9d That rhyming comment could apply to the legions of the poor in many parts of the world today. And South Africa is no exception.
Terry Bell
This week we explore local protests against Israel\xe2\x80\x99s bombing of the Gaza strip, a human rights awareness clinic, and a month-long campaign to expose rape culture.
Michelle Korte
The past two weeks have been an exciting time for all music lovers, with album releases of many genres making their way onto local airwaves. You can support local artists and listen to their fresh new sounds by buying their work. Below are five exceptional albums you definitely need to get your hands on!
Zethu Gqola
About ten years ago, an anthropologist from South Africa and a documentarian from the United States began to set in motion a film that would explore what they see as the West\xe2\x80\x99s obsession with \xe2\x80\x9crescuing\xe2\x80\x9d Africa.
Joy Shan
In a sandy part of Khayelitsha called Enkanini, it is a big surprise to find between the shacks one with blue paint on its outside declaring: African Youth Boxing Club. The club was established in 2011 by Thembani Gqeku. The boxers he trains are aged seven to 16.
Siyabonga Kalipa