Families living in crumbling houses near the river bank say Gauteng government promised to relocate them years ago
News | 17 November 2023
“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 17 November 2023
They say they are owed apartheid reparations
News | 16 November 2023
Retrenched Public Employment Programme (PEP) workers want to be reinstated by eThekwini municipality
Brief | 16 November 2023
There is no government nutrition programme for children before they enter formal schooling
By Sonia A. Rao
Brief | 16 November 2023
Historic Kliptown Primary School is one of them
By Marvin Adams
News | 16 November 2023
“We are a diverse group of South African Jews who are dismayed by the situation that is unfolding in Israel and Palestine”
By Liezl Human and Nathan Geffen
News | 15 November 2023
Fisheries department announces long-awaited permits finalised in the Western Cape
By Liezl Human
News | 15 November 2023
Police and IPID silent on the investigation into the assault of Juma Igiranieza on 7 November
Brief | 15 November 2023
They say the sand is damaging their shacks. The City of Cape Town says the affected households will only be relocated in 2024
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 November 2023
Electricity theft has left Nomsa Maphongwana Primary School in Mandela Park with a Eskom bill of more than R167,880
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 November 2023
On Friday, metro police forcefully removed people living at Burgers Park and confiscated all of their belongings.
News | 14 November 2023
It is the highest number of late judgments since GroundUp started reporting the issue
Law | 14 November 2023
Two villages in the Malamulele region don’t have access to clean running water, despite the municipality installing boreholes there.
News | 14 November 2023
Judicial Conduct Tribunal into her alleged misconduct adjourns until January
News | 14 November 2023
They were told in 2009 their temporary accommodation was only for six months
Brief | 13 November 2023
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