“What the country now needs is growth with social justice. And this will require the state to play a major role in creating the conditions and dictating the policy direction of economic growth.”
Terry Bell
Opinion | 4 July 2012
Equal Education picketed outside Parliament on 28 June because, the organisation alleges, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has missed her third deadline for filing her answering affidavit in a court case the organisation has brought against her.
Morgan Dzakowic
Brief | 4 July 2012
Last Wednesday the waiting room hosted the launch of The Future Primitives new video Try On Something That’s Really You.
Gareth Dawson
News | 4 July 2012
GroundUp interviewed Keagan Dolly, the 19-year-old left wing and midfielder who plays for Ajax's 1st team.
Margo Fortune
News | 4 July 2012
The City of Johannesburg hosted a youth event on 29 June 2012 in Thembisa to create awareness on HIV.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 4 July 2012
A Dutch family that has been living in South Africa since 1996 has been struggling with the Department of Home Affairs for 16 years to live and work legally in South Africa. Now a Public Protector report has found that Home Affairs failed the family and abused its power.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 27 June 2012
This is a speech given by journalist Waldimar Pelser at an Ndifuna Ukwazi seminar on 16 June.
Waldimar Pelser
Opinion | 27 June 2012
The Western Cape Department of Health intends to demolish GF Jooste Hospital and spend R550 million reconstructing it. This means the hospital will close. The South African Medical Association (SAMA) and health activists are worried that the closure will affect patients badly.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 June 2012
The authors argue that the recent findings by the Public Protector on the Western Cape Communications tender are not a storm in a teacup.
Fatima Hassan and Greg Solik
Opinion | 27 June 2012
"Every time we think we are getting somewhere, we just go right back to square one." These are the words of Thembisa Maso, a KTC resident and mother of three who has been waiting for her house to be completed.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 June 2012
The United Nations (UN) has marked 20 June of every year World Refugee Day.
Veronica Washaya
News | 27 June 2012
It was a cool morning when local school soccer teams took to the field to commemorate World Refugee Day, which took place the previous day on Wednesday 20 June 2012.
Veronica Washaya
News | 27 June 2012
Thandokhulu High School in Mowbray is a school serving children from townships despite being in a middle-class area. With fewer resources than the other schools in the neighbourhood, Thandokhulu is nevertheless starting to achieve high standards.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 27 June 2012
A lot of party animals will know Barmooda Lounge in Observatory Cape Town.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 27 June 2012
GroundUp interviewed Supersport United's exciting talent, 19-year-old striker, Jerry Mxabo.
Margo Fortune
News | 27 June 2012
South Africa Inc is a “fronting” exercise in which the people of the country are the hapless stooges giving credibility to a governing elite.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 27 June 2012
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