Holding power to account
By Mary-Anne Gontsana
One man died and at least three structures were gutted in a fire that ripped through Singabalapha informal settlement in Observatory in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to the City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue spokesperson Jermaine Carelse, firefighters got the call before 3am on Wednesday.… Read more
A new by-law seeks to regulate short-term rentals in Cape Town by enforcing registration and imposing commercial rates on properties let out on a short-term basis for 183 days or more per year.… Read more
By Alice Scott/GroundUp
Bishop Lavis community leader Michael Hoffmeester lives less than three kilometres from King Air Industria where a hyperscale data centre has been proposed for Cape Town.
He said he has been struggling to answer questions from the community about the data centre.… Read more
Arundhati Roy does not flinch from facing the void. Her second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, takes us deep into the contradictions within Indian society. Northern India at least, for the novel centres on Delhi, which in itself has a surfeit of human nature’s dark side.… Read more
By Glenn Hollands
Wealthy American heir Michael Straight borrowed a bi-plane to fly about 11 000 km to compete in the first South African Grand Prix held in East London (now KuGompo) in 1934.
The aircraft, pictured here at the Woodbrook airfield, was piloted by Michael’s bother Whitney who raced to victory at the iconic race.… Read more
Chopped. Sliced. Diced. The Craving is an immersive psychological thriller staged inside a ‘restaurant’ at The Outlore Base on Hout St.… Read more
By Mary-Anne Gontsana/GroundUp
The deadline for people living along the Main Road in Observatory to vacate the site is looming, but many of them say they still don’t know where they will go.… Read more
