Holding power to account
Israeli-born legal scholar Dr Noam Peleg gave this year’s Yoliswa Dwane Lecture on 6 May. The annual lecture is hosted by Equal Education and UCT’s Centre for Law and Society, in memory of activist and Equal Education co-founder Yoliswa Dwane who died of cancer in 2022.… Read more
Rejecting her husband’s disparagement, Nora Helmer walks out the door, leaving him and two small children behind.
That was the final scene of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, first performed in Copenhagen in 1879. In A Doll’s House, Part 2, written in 2017 by American playwright Lucas Hnath, Nora returns 15 years later with a knock on the same door.… Read more
Liezl Human/GroundUp
Hundreds of coloured families were forcibly removed from Constantia in the 1960s and ‘70s under the apartheid Group Areas Act but a fifth-generation flower farming family is bringing their rich history to life.… Read more
Bass virtuoso Herbie Tsoaeli, who has been at the centre of both establishing our rich jazz tradition, and keeping it alive, is playing with his quintet at Art in Jazz on 1 May. At Room 91 (just above Chef’s Warehouse) on 91 Bree Street, there’ll also be work by numerous artists exhibited, including by Blessing Ngobeni.… Read more
Residents of Blaauwberg on Cape Town’s west coast are locked in a battle over a proposed development on ecologically sensitive land in Big Bay.
About 30 families are currently living on the land in shacks.… Read more
By Chantel Sampson/GroundUp
My name is Chantel Sampson. I was a homeless person for six years. I lived at the foot of Table Mountain from 2018 onwards. You probably walked past me if you visited Van Riebeeck Park in Vredehoek.… Read more
A group of water justice researchers has warned against the City of Cape Town’s proposal to “externalise” the implementation and operation of the Faure New Water Scheme.… Read more
Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn/GroundUp
MEC for Western Cape Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers announced this week that he intends to finalise the tenders for three major inner-city housing projects built on state-owned land in Cape Town.… Read more
By Marecia Damons/GroundUp
The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant.
The proposed amendments are open for public comment until Monday, 14 April.… Read more
