No social housing has been built in the inner city, says judge By Madison Yauger Judges in the Tafelberg case questioned arguments by the Western Cape government on Wednesday about the decision to sell the valuable property to a private school instead of building social housing on the site. The case, being heard in the Western Cape High Court, will determine whether the...

Alem Bazabe Ereselo was deemed ineligible for a kidney transplant because of her refugee status By Muchengeti Hwacha On 11 October the Johannesburg High Court handed down a judgment upholding a decision by Helen Joseph Hospital to discontinue life-saving dialysis treatment for an asylum seeker. Lawyers for the asylum seeker are preparing an appeal. Alem Bazabe Ereselo arrived in South Africa in 2010, fleeing political...

Volkswagen South Africa has turned to the courts to prevent former employees and the EFF from picketing at the Eastern Cape plant, demanding compensation for their dismissal 20 years ago. By Anna Majavu Hundreds of Eastern Cape auto workers are still fighting for compensation almost 20 years after Volkswagen South Africa fired them for holding an unprotected strike. The dismissed workers turned...

“We have achieved this milestone after a long struggle” By Joseph Chirume Eastern Cape fishers say their lives will improve immensely now that the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has finally issued them with fishing rights. The fishers said they had been denied fishing licenses by both the apartheid and democratic South African governments. They said the issue had been the subject...

Judge expected to rule next week on whether Oak Valley case will be heard in Labour or Equality Court By Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp Staff Next week Judge Owen Rogers will rule on whether a case between Oak Valley and its workers will be heard in the Labour or Equality Court. It may seem a mere technicality, but a lot is at stake. For the...