Dozens of Khayelitsha families have been living above a collapsing sewer pipe
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 26 November 2025
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has announced a new inflation target of 3% a year. What does this mean and why does it matter?
Explainer | 25 November 2025
Kelebogile Gasealahwe’s work could shed light on jets emitted by these stars
News | 25 November 2025
Swiss investigative outlet claims Nestlé is misrepresenting sugar content
By Joan van Dyk
News | 25 November 2025
Singers, dancers, painters at three-day Unmute ArtsAbility Arts Festival in Cape Town
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 25 November 2025
People in Ngoqokazi and Amatikwe, near Inanda, have been without running water since 2017
Brief | 24 November 2025
Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants.
Feature | 24 November 2025
The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions
News | 24 November 2025
Makhuvha Sports Complex outside Thohoyandou has been left to ruin
Brief | 24 November 2025
Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative
News | 24 November 2025
Government classifies GBV and femicide a national disaster, but it’s unclear what policies will follow from this
Ashraf Hendricks, Ihsaan Haffejee, Ishmael Mabena, Johnnie Isaacs, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 21 November 2025
Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built
Law | 21 November 2025
A local resident has now turned her own four-room home into a safehouse for many women in Beaufort West who have nowhere to go
News | 21 November 2025
Women might be more likely to report cases than before, or violence is actually increasing.
By The Outlier and GroundUp Staff
Charts | 21 November 2025
People from the diaspora call this old part of Cape Town home
Photo Essay | 21 November 2025
They projected a series of illustrations, demanding urgent action on the global debt crisis and climate accountability
Photo Essay | 20 November 2025
For several years the municipality did not maintain the important recreation facilities. It is a hu… Read more
This is an open letter to the Executive Mayor of Cape Town: Dozens of families in Town Two, Khay… Read more
I went to the clinic to collect my medication for high blood pressure and HIV. When I arrived, a Du… Read more
Dear Editor You are reporting another rot and corruption within our government departments and … Read more
The harrowing details of extortion gangs terrorising Cape Town’s immigrant shop owners are not mere… Read more