Despite sewerage upgrades, Mogale City still polluting Cradle of Mankind
Tests detect E. coli in water flowing from the Percy Stewart treatment plant into the Blougat Spruit
Text by Seth Thorne. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 3 August 2026
Sewer project leaves Flagstaff without a new school
Residents say officials promised the two developments could coexist
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Feature | 3 August 2026
KZN flood victims sleep outside in the rain after eviction from emergency housing
EThekwini municipality says the group did not qualify for housing assistance
Brief | 31 July 2026
Western Cape police do not have enough rape evidence kits, MP warns
Despite new stock reaching Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences units, politicians say it is a fraction of what is needed
News | 31 July 2026
Gauteng government says “impossible” to pay welfare organisations on time
Non-profits wait weeks for quarterly payments
News | 31 July 2026
South Africans lose hundreds of millions of rands to Morita Forestry investment scam
Social media influencers helped make the scam possible - and were rewarded handsomely
By Joel Cedras
Feature | 31 July 2026
How FNB enabled people to join the SGK pyramid scheme
Bank employees signed up new customers at an SGK recruitment site
News | 31 July 2026
Young people stay home on voters day
Fewer young people are registering and turning out to vote
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 31 July 2026
Gugulethu residents refuse to share land with Observatory occupiers
Families from Masonwabe reject City of Cape Town plan; say they waited 14 years for land they must now share with people from Singabalapha
News | 30 July 2026
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