Residents of Paradise Park, near Hermanus, have been resisting eviction for seven years. But on Thursday, the Western Cape High Court dismissed the residents’ leave to appeal their eviction orders. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks The remaining residents of Paradise Park have had their application for leave to appeal their eviction order dismissed. In 2015, 300 residents of Paradise … [Read more...] about More than 100 families at Paradise Park in Hermanus to be evicted, as judge dismisses appeal application
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Yoliswa Dwane, co-founder of Equal Education, has died
Yoliswa Dwane speaks to activists in 2010 at an Equal Education meeting. Photo: Gillian Benjamin (fair use) Yoliswa Dwane, co-founder of Equal Education, died of cancer on Friday. She was 40. Dwane grew up in the township of Dimbaza in King William’s Town. Committed to her own education, she overcame her disadvantages to graduate with a law degree from the University of Cape … [Read more...] about Yoliswa Dwane, co-founder of Equal Education, has died
Homeless: Hundreds volunteer to count people living on the streets of Tshwane
Some of the volunteers gathered in Pretoria’s city centre ahead of the count which started at 8pm and ended at 2am on Thursday. Photo: Chris Gilili With South Africa’s economy staggering, and two in every five adults unemployed, “villages” of homeless people are springing up across cities as increasing numbers of people find themselves on the street. In our series on … [Read more...] about Homeless: Hundreds volunteer to count people living on the streets of Tshwane
Homeless: Shelters in Musina not coping with increase of people on the streets
This is one of the shelters run by the Christian Women Ministries in Nancefield, Musina in Limpopo. Photos: Bernard Chiguvare With South Africa’s economy staggering, and two in every five adults unemployed, “villages” of homeless people are springing up across cities as increasing numbers of people find themselves on the street. In our series on homelessness, GroundUp looks at … [Read more...] about Homeless: Shelters in Musina not coping with increase of people on the streets
Flying a kite for mental health in Manenberg
Rainbow coloured kites were handed out at Cape Mental Health’s event in Manenberg on Wednesday. Instead of its annual kite festival, the organisation hosting mini kite festivals in different communities to mark Mental Health Awareness Month in October. Photos and video: Ashraf Hendricks Brightly coloured kites of rainbows, birds and sea life briskly flew in the sky above the … [Read more...] about Flying a kite for mental health in Manenberg
