November 22

• South Africa: Farmer Accused of Cutting Electricity and Food Credit to Break Strike

  Seventy employees at Leeuwenkuil Farm refused to work for five days until five of their colleagues were reinstated, according to the Commerical Stevedoring Agricultural and Allied... Read more »

• South Africa: Altercation Highlights Farm Tensions

  An argument between a farmer and two employees has spiralled out of control. The story shows the kinds of problems fuelling the current farm tensions in the Western Cape. Read more »

• South Africa: Young Entrepreneur Delivers Medicines in Khayelitsha [interview]

  Sizwe Nzima is just 21 years old but he has already co-founded a business called Iyeza Express that delivers chronic medicines by bike to patients who are unable to stand in long... Read more »

• South Africa: Ridiculous Complexity of Housing

  Millions of South Africans at the end of apartheid dreamed of living in a house one day. This was the hope offered by the Reconstruction and Development Programme. Eighteen years... Read more »

October 25

• South Africa: Activists March Wearing Masks of Education Minister

  On 17 October 2012 Equal Education (EE) and its members marched for a better education system in South Africa. The march started at 15h30 from Hector Pieterson Secondary School and... Read more »

• South Africa: Mike Matyeni - Human Rights Activist and Treatment Action Campaign Leader Has Died

  Leading Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) activist Mike Matyeni collapsed during his cousin's funeral in Cathcart on Saturday 13 October 2012. He was declared dead the following... Read more »

• South Africa: Cheap Wine Trending in Townships [opinion]

  Papsak, wyn, umtshove alale, whichever way you choose to refer to it, cheap wine has become popular in our townships even though it might be dangerous to your health. Read more »

• South Africa: Zimbabwean Lays Complaint With Police Against Home Affairs Official

  A 25 years old asylum seeker lodged a complaint of bribery with the police against a Cape Town Foreshore Home Affairs official last week. Read more »

• South Africa: Vigilante Killing in Mfuleni - Two Leading SJC Members Arrested but Deny Involvement

  On Sunday 14 October, two Social Justice Coalition (SJC) activists Angy Peter and Isaac Mbadu were arrested along with two other Mfuleni residents for the kidnap and murder of... Read more »

October 22

• South Africa: Stateless in South Africa

  Love Mathobela was born in South Africa and has lived most of her life here, but she is not yet recognised as a citizen. Read more »

• South Africa: Poor Versus Business in Somerset West

  A soup kitchen serving poor people in Somerset West struggles to stay open following pressure for it to relocate from the ward councillor and a business woman. Read more »

• South Africa: Kenny Solomon - the Chess Star From Mitchell's Plain

  Kenny Solomon is South Africa's first chess grandmaster-elect. Read more »

October 12

• South Africa: Khayelitsha's First Coffee Shop Soldiers On

  It has been three months since three young guys from Khayelitsha opened the first coffee shop in the township. Since then it has only got better. Read more »

October 4

• South Africa: Asylum Seekers Complain to Human Rights Commission About Home Affairs

  About eighty asylum seekers have launched a complaint with the South African Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the Department of Home Affairs. Read more »

• South Africa: Working for Food At Age 14

  Sbu Jakavula is 14 years old. He lives in Du Noon township. He does not go to school. Instead he sells furniture from an informal stand. Read more »

• South Africa: Has Cape Town's Janitorial Service Been Flushed?

  "I have seen no one fixing any toilet. They are blocked right now as we speak." These are the words of 29-year-old Zoliswa Mampofu, a Khayelitsha resident and mother of two. Read more »

• South Africa: Soccer Players Unite Against Xenophobia

  Last week, twelve soccer teams representing different countries participated in a four-day soccer tournament under the campaign theme "unite as one". The tournament took place in... Read more »

September 17

• South Africa: Parents Lead Clean-Up of Toilets in Khayelitsha School

  About 10 parents and Equal Education (EE) members donned their aprons and yellow gloves at Sakumlandela Primary School and started cleaning the toilets as part of a new project to... Read more »

• South Africa: Phillipi Man in Wheelchair Rescued From Burning House

  Sbongiseni Mveya narrowly escaped death when he found himself trapped inside a burning house in Phillipi due to a suspected electric malfunction. Read more »

• South Africa: Judge Dismisses Home Affairs Case - New Asylum Seekers Must Be Served

  More than 300 new asylum-seekers staged a protest outside the Department of Home Affairs' Refugee Centre on Cape Town's Foreshore yesterday. The protest comes after Home Affairs... Read more »

• South Africa: Picking Up the Pieces Left By a Corrupt Councillor

  Umrhabulo Triangle is the name of ward 96 in Makhaza Khayelitsha. Read more »

• South Africa: Five Years and Still No Street Lights On N2 Gateway

  Delft ward councillor Michael Sandile Toko is in charge of ward 20 which includes Voorbrug, Eindhoven and Delft South. His duties include bringing services and projects provided by... Read more »

• South Africa: It's Still Dark in Khayelitsha [opinion]

  Earlier this year, GroundUp published a story on the issue of street lights not working on Lansdowne Road in Khayelitsha. Read more »

• South Africa: Government Formula Milk Sold for Profit

  Some spaza shop owners in Khayelitsha are selling Department of Health (DoH) formula milk that is marked "Not for resale". This milk is supposed to be given free to HIV-positive... Read more »

September 7

• South Africa: Immigrants Soccer Players Aim for PSL

  Professional soccer players who are refugees in South Africa have found comfort in establishing an informal soccer club, with the objective of being recognized and playing... Read more »