Holding power to account
To get straight to the nuts and bolts of it, as it were, the Cape car community lives to haal uit en wys, as it is said. What that means is bringing your motor to the track and pitting your power against others, and no one is to be underestimated.… Read more
By Mary-Anne Gontsana/GroundUp
The trial in the Mowbray torture case involving three police officers will only be heard in April next year.
The case has been postponed eight times between 25 July 2024 and 19 September 2025 “at the behest of the defence”, according to the state.… Read more
By Liezl Human/GroundUp
“Alien plants are relentless, but we are relentless as well,” says Raymond Chinembiri, team leader at the Sugarbird Project, an organisation dedicated to removing invasive plants in the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP).… Read more
Last few days of Moffie at the Baxter Theatre. André Carl van der Merwe’s bruising coming-of-age novel, adapted by Philip Rademeyer and directed by Greg Karvellas. Set in 1979, a young, gay conscript (played by David Viviers) is sent to fight in the Border War.… Read more
SANParks CEO Hapiloe Sello says resources are being allocated to fight crime on Table Mountain, but she acknowledged that it may not be enough.
Sello was briefing Parliament’s portfolio committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries on Tuesday.… Read more
By Tania Broughton and Mary-Anne Gontsana
The City of Cape Town has paused its plans to significantly cut back on its Dial-a-Ride service for disabled people.
The municipality reached a settlement agreement with the Western Cape Network on Disability on Friday, which was made an order of court by Acting Judge Wallis Roux.… Read more
On Thursday morning, disability activists disrupted an Urban Mobility Portfolio Committee meeting at the Civic Centre over planned cuts to the City of Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service.
Among them were users of the transport service and representatives from Disability Revolution, QuadPara Association of South Africa, and #UniteBehind.… Read more
By Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp
Families facing eviction from 104 Darling Street – named Irene Grootboom House by some of its residents – are awaiting judgment from the Western Cape High Court.… Read more
Trains to Mitchells Plain on the Central Line have not been operational for six years, and several stations on the line remain closed.
The delay in reviving train services has left Mitchells Plain commuters reliant on alternative means of transport.… Read more