The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete
Brief | 10 July 2024
Lawyers for Human Rights plans to go to court again
News | 10 July 2024
The fact that a section of society believed that homosexuality was wrong did not mean that the violation of the rights of gay men was justified, the court said
Law | 10 July 2024
Roads closed, schools and clinics damaged, rivers burst their banks
By Sandiso Phaliso, Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 9 July 2024
Residents of Old Lapland informal settlement protested against returning as they fear the dam wall above them will burst
News | 9 July 2024
We need a new approach to policing from Minister Senzo Mchunu
By David Bruce and Gareth Newham
Opinion | 9 July 2024
People of Bhungeni were moved to make way for a mall which has still not been built
News | 9 July 2024
Ken Oosterbroek’s “photographs will bring awareness to the importance of photography in the creation of our collective historical record” says curator
News | 9 July 2024
Last week Eskom disconnected over 300 illegal connections in the settlement. Hours later people connected them again.
News | 8 July 2024
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 16 January 2026
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 19 December 2025
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