We need to change the law on gender recognition

Ordinary administrative tasks are fraught with risk for trans people

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Opinion | 27 June 2025

Lottery licence evaluators had no lottery experience

Audit firms refused to get involved because of “reputational risk”

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News | 26 June 2025

Khayelitsha residents scoop buckets of water from flooded homes

Many Taiwan informal settlement residents are now sleeping at the community hall

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Brief | 26 June 2025

Open Secrets report: How big consulting firms are cashing in on the climate crisis

Multinational firms are benefitting from “just transition” funding while serving the world’s largest fossil fuel companies

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News | 26 June 2025

Government still has no plan to replace US HIV funding. Health organisations are demanding action

A petition calls on the health department to release an emergency plan

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Brief | 26 June 2025

Late judgments have increased. Here’s what’s being done to fix the problem

The Chief Justice plans a full rollout of Court Online for civil matters by 2026 to reduce backlogs

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News | 26 June 2025

Parents vow to keep children out of school after murder of learner

Demand for scholar transport after 13-year-old Anga Ndema was killed on her way back from school

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News | 26 June 2025

Court orders dissolution of debt-ridden Ngwathe Municipality

AfriForum brought the case to compel the Free State government to intervene in the failing municipality

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Law | 26 June 2025

Death in Mozambique: After US funding cuts, a health system crumbles

Part two: If Marco Rubio came here “we could show him the evidence” of deaths, says villager

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Feature | 25 June 2025

Khayelitsha residents take over SASSA meeting to voice grievances

“What solutions is the minister bringing?” Residents unimpressed by promised visit by Social Development Minister

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News | 25 June 2025

Violent scenes in Engcobo on second day of SANCO “shutdown”

Nasty scuffle breaks out between Spar owner and protesters

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Brief | 25 June 2025

Police officers protest against rape and sexual harassment in their ranks

The protest follows the alleged rape of a trainee by an instructor at the Tshwane Training College

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Brief | 25 June 2025

Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project

In spite of government promises, only one teacher in ten has been screened

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Feature | 25 June 2025

Belal Khaled’s photographs bring the horror of life in Gaza to Johannesburg

Haunting images of the war through the lens of Palestinian photojournalist

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Photo Essay | 25 June 2025

Brainwashed by plastic: what needs to be done?

Episode four in GroundUp’s video series on microplastics

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Video | 24 June 2025

Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service comes after months of US funding cuts and tariffs put immense pressure on the country’s economy

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News | 24 June 2025