Court victory for Western Cape’s donor-funded schools
SCA upholds laws allowing donor-funded and collaboration schools; judge dismisses SADTU’s objections as “plainly unsustainable”
Law | 4 September 2026
Cape Town murder stats: has the army made a difference?
There are seven murders a day on the Cape Flats
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 4 September 2026
Gauteng families live in a swamp of sewage
“We inhale the smell of our own faeces”
Brief | 4 September 2026
Several injured after March and March raids refugee camp
Vigilante group’s “clean-up” targets displaced refugees in Durban
Brief | 3 September 2026
Sharpeville Massacre survivors seek compensation
Survivors and families of those killed in 1960 are challenging an apartheid-era law that prevents them from being compensated by the state
Text by Kimberly Mutandiro. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 3 September 2026
Cape Town Climate Week: protecting drought-proof farmland
Activists gathered at the Philippi Horticultural Area to discuss water and food security
By Liezl Human
Brief | 3 September 2026
Joburg mom’s R2.6-million water bill reversed after Public Protector steps in
JoburgCAN warns of a much deeper billing crisis in the metro
By Seth Thorne
News | 3 September 2026
Observatory occupiers “at the mercy of the City and Gugulethu residents”
The high court has ordered Singabalapha residents to leave by 30 November
News | 3 September 2026
After ten years and R15-million, this municipal swimming pool is a hole in the ground
Construction of the R80-million facility in Ohlange, eThekwini, started in 2016
Brief | 3 September 2026
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