KZN flood victims housed in leaking building

Landlord battles with inconsistent payments from eThekwini Municipality

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Brief | 4 February 2025

Three lessons in activism from Mark Weinberg

Weinberg, a key figure in the Right2Know Campaign, died on 28 January 2025

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Obituary | 4 February 2025

Explainer: BELA and its controversies

We unpick the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act that rocked the Government of National Unity

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Explainer | 4 February 2025

Fresh outcry over hotel development next to historic Bo-Kaap mosque

Developers say the “goalposts keep moving”

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News | 4 February 2025

“All I want is a job” pleads unemployed doctor

Unemployed health graduates march in Pretoria, demanding urgent action from Treasury

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News | 3 February 2025

West Coast beaches polluted by oil spill

Source of the oil not yet confirmed, but locals suspect the wreck of the MV Ultra Galaxy

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News | 3 February 2025

Children walk over an hour and wade across a river to get to Fort Beaufort school

The bridge to Oakdene Primary washed away about 15 years ago

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Brief | 3 February 2025

New Cape Town crèche is being built from tyres

Goal50 in Heideveld will be made from 5,000 tyres and other recycled waste

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Photo Essay | 3 February 2025

Media must avoid careless references to foreign nationals when reporting crimes

A critical look at the recent press ombud ruling in Asylum Seeker, Refugee and Migrant Coalition v BloemNews

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Law | 3 February 2025

D-Day for public comment on plans for old Woodstock Hospital site

Reclaim the City activists picket outside Civic Centre

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News | 31 January 2025

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

Teachers and principals tell GroundUp how their schools are coping

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News | 31 January 2025

Former Lottery boss is fighting to keep the proceeds of his crime, says SIU

Alfred Nevhutanda is trying to overturn a presidential proclamation that authorises the SIU to investigate corruption at the Lottery

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News | 31 January 2025

Affordable housing to be built on contested Sea Point site, says provincial government

Announcement by MEC Tertuis Simmers comes after a decade of battles

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News | 30 January 2025

Protest outside Delft community health centre after baby’s death

The health department says the centre cannot treat patients who need specialist care and the child was referred to Tygerberg Hospital

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News | 30 January 2025