GroundUp Newsletter 25 April 2014: Why Zackie Achmat won’t vote ANC and other stories

Featured Articles

Zackie Achmat says why he won't vote ANC

In an interview with GroundUp, former TAC leader and current director of Ndifuna Ukwazi Zackie Achmat said this time he will not be voting for the ANC in the 7 May elections.

GroundUp Staff

Dalindyebo, the DA's kingmaker

Analysis: In the Eastern Cape, the Democratic Alliance is in bed with a despot convicted of homicide, attempted murder, kidnapping, arson and a range of other heinous crimes. Mandy de Waal asks whether the opposition is wise to hug a tyrant close to its breast, in the hope of defeating the ANC.

Mandy de Waal

Trial that\xe2\x80\x99s more important than Pistorius

Featured Story: While Oscar Pistorius\xe2\x80\x99s trial is one of the most watched in history, the trial of Angy Peter and Isaac Mbadu has been running at the same time. It tells us far more about crime, policing and justice in South Africa than the Pistorius one.

Joel Bregman

Opinion

Khayelitsha cops: \xe2\x80\x9cWe are the whipping boys\xe2\x80\x9d

Opinion: While the Marikana hearings drift through the doldrums in Rustenberg, at Khayelitsha\xe2\x80\x99s Lookout Hill another commission into police failings is cautiously gathering momentum. The O\xe2\x80\x99Regan-Pikoli Commission of Inquiry is a timely and consolatory reminder of the judicial efficiency South Africa is capable of.

Richard Conyngham

COSATU schisms make for a rocky road

Opinion: We are in the midst of all the usual fanfare, the pledges, promises, rows and contradictions that accompany any run-up to a major election. But the scheduled national poll on 7 May seems to be beset by more bickering, bitterness and fragmentation than normal \xe2\x80\x94 and this is a clear portent for the future.

Terry Bell

Video

Ceres community mobilises against homophobia

News: When David Olyn was tortured and murdered in the idyllic Western Cape town of Ceres just because he was gay, the town's residents came together to fight homophobia.

GroundUp Staff

Reports

UCT students grill political parties

News: Representatives of political parties got a grilling from UCT students last night at a debate on the university campus.

Pharie Sefali

Sanitation Summit: \xe2\x80\x9cOur dignity is undermined\xe2\x80\x9d

News: \xe2\x80\x9cLack of access to water and sanitation is an insult to human dignity,\xe2\x80\x9d emphasised the Social Justice Coalition (SJC)in a National Sanitation Summit held at Community House in Salt River yesterday.

Bulelani Ngovi

No ANC at discussion on gay rights

News: Political parties participated in a discussion yesterday at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) constituency after 20 years of democracy.

Dumisani Dabadini

Nyanga residents attack suspected TV thief

News: Nyanga residents are looking for a 20 year old man accused of stealing a plasma TV from his neighbour and said to be a rapist and a gangster.

Pharie Sefali

Peter trial: Defence questions how burnt witness could have fingered accused

News: The trial of Angy Peter and Isaac Mbadu continued last week after a two week recess. Peter and Mbadu are on trial, along with two others, Azola Dayimani and Christopher Dina, for the murder by \xe2\x80\x98necklacing\xe2\x80\x99 of Rowan du Preez in October 2012.

Simone Haysom

Arts

Khayelitsha soul singer: Cape Town offers little opportunity for growth

Review: Thembi Kim Mamputa\xe2\x80\x99s first released single is a trip down memory lane that reflects back fondly to her childhood and recalls \xe2\x80\x9cgood times and growth.\xe2\x80\x9d

Dumisani Dabidini

Cartoon

Food for Votes

Roberto Millan

Sport

Ajax win U19 cup in Belhar

News: Ajax Cape Town are the 2014 Metropolitan U19 Premier Cup champions. The young Urban Warriors defended the championship they won last year when they defeated Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0.

Siyabonga Kalipa

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