GroundUp News: Jamestown luxury development row

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes the future of a farming community in Jamestown, which is under pressure as residents oppose plans for a new luxury gated development, while a police torture case involving three …

GroundUp News: The Morita Forestry investment scam

Lester Kiewit is joined by GroundUp investigative reporter Joel Cedras for a special follow-up on the Morita Forestry investment scam, which GroundUp reports has cost South Africans hundreds of millions of rand. Cedras explained how the scheme attracted investors through promises of daily returns,…

GroundUp News: Getting scammed to understand the mechanics of the fake jobs syndicates

Lester Kiewit speaks to Masego Mafata, journalist at GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This included exposing the inner workings of a fake job syndicate and how the banks and police aren’t very helpful; an elderly couple still in search of answers four years after their son’s body wa…

GroundUp News: Beacon Valley housing project stalled for years as desperate Mitchells Plain residents continue waiting for homes

Lester Kiewit speaks to Masego Mafata, journalist at GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes Mitchells Plain families still waiting for homes, but delays at Beacon Valley Housing Development continue to stall; five gambling myths that may bankrupt you; and Capetonians take a …

GroundUp News: Legal Resources Centre to represent objectors against proposed data centre

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes the Legal Resources Centre representing the Housing Assembly and Foxglove for their objections regarding the proposed Equinix hyperscale data centre at King Air Industria, reside…

GroundUp News: A young golfing star

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes the postponement of a police torture trial after the State failed to secure an interpreter, a court ruling clearing the way for the controversial Botmaskop Estate near Stellenbos…

GroundUp News: Anti-immigration fallout

John Maytham, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes an editorial on the suffering linked to the anti-immigration “March and March” campaign, concerns over SAPS readiness to stock child rape kits at W…

GroundUp News: Khayelitsha toddler falls into sinkhole

A three-year-old girl was rescued after falling into a sinkhole in Wetland informal settlement in Khayelitsha last Monday; historic buildings in McGregor were left to be stripped by vandals, despite provincial MPLs recommending it be used as a safe house; and a free World Refugee Day concert was he…

GroundUp News: CoCT plans to auction off farmers’ market site

The future of the smallholder farmers’ market in Mowbray hangs in the balance after the City of Cape Town announced plans to auction off the property; and a test of various government websites has found that many are confusing to navigate. John Maytham, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Bar…

GroundUp News: Pentech residents want a school as promised to them

Residents of Pentech in Belhar are threatening court action to stop a state housing project, saying they need a school that was promised to them years ago; community and faith leaders meet to try to prevent an anti-immigrant march in Dunoon; and 970 affordable homes to be built at Salt River Market…