Today the Sharpeville Police station charge office serves as the admin office for the Kitso Information Development Centre. Photos: Masego Mafata On 21 March 1960, apartheid police opened fire on people protesting against the pass laws in Sharpeville, south of Gauteng. Today, the old Sharpeville police station is a place of hope. The Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, in which 69 … [Read more...] about Old apartheid police station is a place of hope in Sharpeville
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Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups
The Institute for Economic Justice and the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa have argued in a recent submission to the state that the R350 Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant should be increased to a minimum of R413 in line with inflation. Archive photo: Chris Gilili The R350 Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant should be increased to R413 in line with … [Read more...] about Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups
Thabo Bester saga: Prison department denies it has autopsy report. Here it is!
Front page of the autopsy of the body that may or may not have been Thabo Bester. In an interview on eNCA on Saturday, the spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Singabakho Nxumalo said that his department did not have the autopsy report on the body found in the prison cell of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester. [embedded content] ENCA interview … [Read more...] about Thabo Bester saga: Prison department denies it has autopsy report. Here it is!
Children at Cape Town crèche caught in a dispute over rubbish
Patricia Masizana’s Little Flowers Crèche in Philippi is opposite a container supplied by the City of Cape Town where residents of Jim se Bos throw rubbish. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana The Little Flowers crèche in Jim se Bos informal settlement in Philippi, is opposite an overflowing rubbish container supplied by the City of Cape Town. The local councillor says the container, … [Read more...] about Children at Cape Town crèche caught in a dispute over rubbish
More evidence links Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana
Nandipha Magudumana alongside a man that looks like ‘Facebook Rapist’ Thabo Bester, captured nearly two months after Bester was announced to have died in prison. Source: Supplied GroundUp can confirm that Dr Nandipha Magudumana was seen shopping with a man who looks like Thabo Bester, almost two months after the prison fire thought to have killed Bester. More details on … [Read more...] about More evidence links Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana
