GroundUp News: Backyard housing tensions, torture case setback, and life in Lesotho’s caves

Editor Barbara October joined Lester Kiewit to highlight three of GroundUp’s feature stories this week, starting in Ravensmead where backyard dwellers say they are being overlooked in the City of Cape Town’s latest housing project, raising concerns about fairness in allocation. The conversation the…

GroundUp News: Cape High Court intervenes in sensitive medical case

The Cape High Court recently had to intervene in a medical case where doctors needed to amputate both legs of a child in order to save her life, but was met with opposition by her parents on religious and cultural grounds; Postbank is to resume with the rollout of black cards for grant payments; Ac…

GroundUp News: Cedarberg municipalities struggling to service rapidly-expanding informal settlements

Cedarberg municipalities are struggling to keep up with the rapid growth of informal settlements as desperate families settle in Clanwilliam and Citrusdal in the hopes of finding work; small-scale fishers and environmental organisations are challenging authorisations granted to TotalEnergies to dri…

LIVE AND LOCAL: How will petrol price hike hit bus and taxi commuters?

As fuel prices are set to surge by more than R4 per litre from 1 April, the impact is already being felt across Cape Town’s taxi industry, with fare increase notices appearing in several areas. Speaking to Lester Kiewit on Good Morning Cape Town, Peter Arendse of the Kensington/Factreton Taxi Assoc…

GroundUp News: Central Karoo municipalities lag behind rest of Western Cape

The Central Karoo towns of Beaufort West, Laingsburg and Prince Albert are trailing behind other Western Cape municipalities; the Special Investigating Unit has launched a probe into a R66 million grant to Netball SA for a World Cup 2023 legacy project; the Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society (CLAWS…

GroundUp News: Clothing company cries foul over liquidation bid by bargaining council

A clothing company implicated in sweatshop scandal cries foul; Philippi sees fourth vigilante killing since January; and how the City of Cape Town is converting waste into electricity Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News about these stories.   Good Morning Cape Town with Leste…

GroundUp News: White paper on citizenship criticised by NGOs

Guest: Barbara October | GroundUp deputy editor The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has made a commitment to make voting easier for those with disabilities; a former Lottery boss found guilty of corruption has gone to court to fight to get his pension back; a look at some of the demands fro…

GroundUp news: SASSA suspends 70 000 grants as Searle Street families fight eviction and Lesotho soldiers are arrested for selling firearms to zama zamas

SASSA suspends 70 000 grant payments as part of eligibility clampdown; six Searle Street families vow to fight eviction; Lesotho soldiers arrested for selling firearms to Zama Zamas. Lester Kiewit speaks to Marecia Damons of GroundUp News.   Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast …

GroundUp News: White paper on citizenship criticised by NGOs

Human rights organisations have shared their concerns over the Department of Home Affairs’ White Paper on citizenship which adopts First Safe Country Principle; Wesley Neumann’s return as principal to Heathfield High School has been delayed; explore the tunnels hidden under Cape Town’s streets. Les…

GroundUp News: SRD grant increase is unaffordable says National Treasury

National Treasury says they simply cannot afford to cover an increase in the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant; why the Jagger Library at UCT is still closed almost five years since big fire; the City of Cape Town will keep pools open for longer after community outcry. Lester Kiewit speaks to B…