GroundUp (Cape Town)
A community journalist project reporting from South Africa's townships, mostly on health.
Website: http://www.groundup.org.za
August 16
South Africa: Sassa Grilled On Computer Glitch
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says a computer glitch resulted in hundreds of beneficiaries being charged up to R50 when withdrawing their grants at stores this… Read more »
South Africa: Taxi Council Blames Government for Violence
On Wednesday, the South African National Taxi Association Council (SANTACO) told Parliament that the majority of disputes in the industry arise around operating licences and the… Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town's Homeless and Evicted March to Mayor's Office
Jo-Ann Cupido grew up homeless in Cape Town and has been living on the streets for over 40 years. In this time, Cupido has been harassed and locked up numerous times under City… Read more »
South Africa: Court to Decide How to Handle Home Repossessions
A landmark case to decide how banks should deal with home repossessions will be heard on 28 and 29 August in the South Gauteng High Court. Read more »
August 15
South Africa: Former Mayor Promised us Houses, Say Nyanga Residents
Residents of Lotus Park informal settlement say former mayor of Cape Town Nomaindiya Mfeketo promised them houses when they were moved from their shacks in Kiki, Gugulethu, to… Read more »
South Africa: Woodstock Residents Win Right to Challenge City of Cape Town On Housing
Residents facing eviction from their homes in Bromwell Street, Woodstock, are entitled to challenge the City of Cape Town's housing plan, the Western Cape High Court has ruled. Read more »
South Africa: Uitenhage Learners Protest Over Teacher Shortage
A pall of thick black smoke covered Molly Blackburn Secondary School in Khayelitsha, Uitenhage, on Wednesday morning. Scores of learners stood outside the gates, demanding six more… Read more »
South Africa: Paramedics Seen As Soft Targets By Criminals On the Cape Flats
"I greet my family as if I'm going to war," says paramedic Abdul Waheem Martin in the opening minutes of Red Zone Paramedics, a documentary film that takes the viewer through the… Read more »
August 14
South Africa: Girls Expelled From School for Kissing
Two schoolgirls have been expelled from classes at Inanda Seminary in Durban for kissing each other. A grade 9 and grade 8 learner have missed school for three weeks. Read more »
South Africa: Farmers Complain Their Cattle Are Being Impounded
Black farmers in the Eastern Cape say the Kouga Municipality is destroying their livelihoods by impounding livestock found grazing in public spaces. They say the municipality… Read more »
South Africa: Search Continues for Body of Hout Bay Fisherman
On Tuesday morning, thousands of broken bottles littered Hout Bay harbour after a night of violent protests in which shops were looted and the Harbour Master's office torched and… Read more »
August 13
South Africa: Stand-Off Between Old Mutual and Khayelitsha Occupiers
Twenty-five people who occupied an Old Mutual property, and were then evicted, have got most of their possessions back. But they claim that some of their goods are damaged or… Read more »
South Africa: East London Residents Demand Illegal Electricity Connections Be Restored
Since it formed in 2008, residents of Harry Gwala informal settlement in Duncan Village, East London, have had no legal access to electricity. As a result they have been using… Read more »
South Africa: Academic Studies Resume At Fort Hare University After Eight Week Strike
After eight weeks of deadlocked negotiations and disruptions at the University of Fort Hare, the second semester officially started on Monday. Read more »
August 12
South Africa: Hout Bay Protest Turns Violent After Poaching Death
Believing that members of an anti-poaching patrol had killed a fisherman from their community, protestors shut down Hout Bay harbour on Sunday 12 August, setting alight two… Read more »
August 10
Africa: Gay Congolese Man's Harrowing Journey to Reach Asylum in South Africa
Saadi Ali Tokiti, a 32-year-old gay Congolese man, says that when he tried to report a homophobic assault in June, Manenberg police refused to open a case. He says he was assaulted… Read more »
South Africa: Occupiers of Cape Town Buildings Hold First Congress
About 300 members and supporters of Reclaim The City gathered at Queen's Park High School in Woodstock on Thursday, Women's Day. This was Reclaim the City's first annual congress. Read more »
August 09
South Africa: Pit Latrines Not Serviced for Decades in Pietermaritzburg
"I have to hire at least four men to empty my toilet," says 78-year-old pensioner Natalia Ngidi. She is one of many residents of Snathing, Pietermaritzburg, who have to pay people… Read more »
South Africa: Fire Leaves Scores Homeless in East London
Fire destroyed over 20 shacks in Duncan Village, East London, on Wednesday afternoon, leaving scores of people homeless in Site C. Residents tried to combat the fire using water… Read more »
August 08
South Africa: Owner Breaks Down House Under Tenants' Feet
Three Woodstock families are battling in court to be allowed to stay in a house where some of them have lived for more than 30 years. Read more »
August 07
South Africa: Rhodes University Shut Down After Student Takes Her Own Life
On Monday the Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University, Dr Sizwe Mabizela, announced a two-day suspension of all academic activities. This comes after Khensani Maseko, a student, took… Read more »
South Africa: 'Violence Is the Only Language Our Government Understands'
They closed the busy road with burning tyres, stones and trees, demanding a meeting with Eastern Cape transport MEC Weziwe Tikana. Read more »
South Africa: Nelson Mandela University Students March Against Rape
Students at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth suspended classes on Monday in solidarity with a student who said she had been raped by her boyfriend at the weekend. The… Read more »
August 06
South Africa: Taxi Strike Makes Cape Town's Transport Misery Worse
Taxis in Cape Town went on strike on Monday. This follows a dispute over the election process for the leadership of the South African National Taxi Council of South Africa… Read more »
August 03
South Africa: Parkwood Housing Project Gets Underway
A team of engineers, planners and designers is to visit seven sites next week where social and affordable housing will be built for backyarders in Parkwood and surrounding areas. Read more »
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