In 2013, a delegation of eminent activists, academics, authors and political analysts including Archbishop Thabo Makgoba and author Zakes Mda joined Equal Education on a visit to several schools in the Eastern Cape. What they found was horrifying. Nearly 10 years later, GroundUp went back to four of the schools.
Isolomzi Crime Watch has expanded to new areas of Duncan Village, under the leadership of former criminal Zola Tokota, 52, who went from robbing cars to returning stolen goods. “I was a gangster from prison, but now I catch criminals,” Tokota said. Duncan Village Crime Forum founder and 2021 Daily Dispatch Local Hero winner Ludumo Saliman said Tokota was one of the first men to work with him in the Gompo Forum operation.
Internationally renowned musicians Thandiswa Mazwai and Feya Faku will headline this weekend’s Mandela Bay Jazz Legacy Festival at the Mandela Bay Theatre Complex (MBTC).