Learners with disabilities steal the show at Shakespeare festival Shakespeare School Festival runs until 31 May at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town

For the first time, learners from a special needs school in Brackenfell took to the stage at the 15th Shakespeare Schools Festival held in Cape Town over the weekend.

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Thousands in Cape Town marched yesterday calling for justice for the rape of a 7-year-old. The child was raped in October last year in the Eastern Cape.

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Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

Hundreds of life-sized animal puppets will be performing in cities from Central Africa to the northern tip of Norway to raise awareness about climate change.

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Photojournalism is more than just taking pictures YouTube video by NBCU Academy

NBCU ACADEMY: Photojournalism is more than just taking pictures youtu.be/fLeii6OSIAk?... @nbcuacademy.bsky.social @nbcnews.com #photojournalism #journalism

Here’s how a disabled person spent their grant We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs

We joined disability grant beneficiary Khanyo Mantshi and his siter Okuhle on a shopping trip after collecting his R2,600 grant last week. He says it is not enough to cover his living expenses.

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Boxing academy in Mitchells Plain home hopes to train champions More space and facilities needed for coach Ashley Whiteboy, who runs a free boxing program from his living room and teaches life skills to youth

Boxing academy in Mitchells Plain home hopes to train champions. More space and facilities needed for coach Ashley Whiteboy, who runs a free boxing program from his living room and teaches life skills to youth

Read groundup.org.za/article/whit... by Ashraf Hendricks

🎉 No Other Land Wins the Oscar for Best Documentary! 🎉

Congratulations to +972 Magazine’s very own reporter, Yuval Abraham, and long-time contributor, Basel Adra, on winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for their powerful film, No Other Land.

#NoOtherLand #Oscars2025

Pro-Ukrainian protests on Sunday and Monday were interrupted by supporters of a rival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Pretoria, and by pro-Russia supporters in Durban.

Read groundup.org.za/article/pro-... by Ihsaan Haffejee and Joseph Bracken

Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands

Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point. Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands

Read groundup.org.za/article/hund... by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

My latest article for @groundup.org.za

Second of day of protests rocks UCT campus. Students storm administration building, block entrances

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First day of lectures disrupted as over 600 UCT students march on campus UCT Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela promises to address issues raised by protesting students around financial exclusion

First day of lectures disrupted as over 600 UCT students march on campus. UCT Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela promises to address issues raised by protesting students around financial exclusion

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Hundreds of University of Cape Town #UCT students in #SouthAfrica protested against financial exclusion, student debt, and accommodation issues. Some blocked campus entrances and disrupted lectures.

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“The Sea is in our Blood,” curated by Traci Kwaai, honours Kalk Bay’s fishing families. Many families were forcibly removed during apartheid’s Group Areas. Today, only a few remain, as #KalkBay in #CapeTown has become a gentrified area.

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I'm trying out a new video format to show what it's like working in the field as a #photojournalist. With the access I get to protests and events, I'm hoping this could be interesting and educational to the curious & those looking to do similar work.

Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boE...

Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid: Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

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GroundUp photographer Ashraf Hendricks took pics at SONA, mostly VIPs, but some others as well. They're Creative Commons. Please credit Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp.
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Photo of Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka by Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

A story I recently did for @groundup.org.za. This new Early Childhood Development (ECD) center is being built in Heideveld, Cape Town, using 5,000 recycled tyres and other waste materials. The project also trains workers in eco-friendly construction.

Full story - groundup.org.za/article/new-...

Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification

After Table Mountain, the candy-coloured houses of Bo-Kaap have become one of Cape Town’s most iconic images.

But many residents are increasingly fed up of what they see as over-tourism, as the spectre of gentrification looms over the area.

My story from Bo-Kaap

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

Read groundup.org.za/article/dona... by Nathan Geffen

Hundreds of students protest their lack of accommodation at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in #CapeTown during the annual State of the Nation Address . Some are forced to sleep in the student centre, hallways and outside.

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Students protest their “dire” accommodation outside SONA CPUT students have been sleeping outside and in hallways

Students protest their “dire” accommodation outside SONA: CPUT students have been sleeping outside and in hallways

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Inside El Salvador's mega-prison, where US criminals could be held reut.rs/4jKk5Yf

I recently visited this incredible early childhood development (ECD) centre in Heideveld in Cape Town. Learning that you can build with tyres, mud and bottles was incredible.

About 50 people picket outside the #CapeTown International Convention Centre (CTICC) during the Mining Indaba. Protesters are calling for justice following the Stilfontein mining tragedy that has killed over 70 people.

Full story on @groundup.org.za here - groundup.org.za/article/acti...

Picket at Mining Indaba demands justice for Stilfontein miners Activists called for reparations to be paid to the families of the miners who died

Picket at Mining Indaba demands justice for Stilfontein miners: Activists called for reparations to be paid to the families of the miners who died

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A group of about 50 protesters have gathered outside the Mining Indaba in #CapeTown #SouthAfrica. They are standing in solidarity with the miners in Stilfontein and are demanding justice for those who have died. @groundup.org.za

We’re in Abu Dhabi playing with the new Sony A1 II. And it has been a pretty great experience.

Got to play with something new from Sony this weekend. #Sony

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