Photo of leaking tap

Water crisis: it makes no difference to us, say residents of informal settlements

Cuts won’t affect households who get their water from standpipes anyway

By

News | 6 November 2017

Photo of demonstration

Katlehong family evicted over home loan arrears of R1,000

Nedbank responds to queries about Mashaba case

By

News | 6 November 2017

Photo of container in water

Shipping company cleaning up Durban cargo spill

MSC says it has “taken over the clean-up of the harbour in recent days in order to expedite the process”

By

Brief | 3 November 2017

Photo of a bedroom in a shack

Woman electrocuted by her shack in Marikana

Yoliswa Gqwetha died after falling against the zinc sheet of her home which had an illegal electricity connection

By

News | 3 November 2017

Photo of Pollsmoor Prison

Minimum prison sentences must go, says Constitutional Court judge

They “are poorly-thought out, misdirected, hugely costly and an ineffective way of punishing criminals”

By

Law | 3 November 2017

Photo of a woman

“We will die waiting for our houses”

Elderly shack dwellers in East London have been waiting for formal housing for 25 years

By

News | 3 November 2017

Photo of a ditch

No electricity delivery, so illegal suppliers thrive

“It is clear that all basic services are in our hands and not the relevant people”

By

News | 3 November 2017

Photo of protesters

“We want to create intolerance of violence”

Activists march against gender based violence in Buffalo City townships

By

Brief | 3 November 2017

Photo of outside of school

Teacher accused of sexual assault wants case thrown out

Lawyer accuses state of delaying court process

By

Brief | 2 November 2017

Photo of several people lying on the floor

Anti-Zuma protesters released

Eight #UniteBehind members arrested for trespassing will appear in court in December

By

Brief | 2 November 2017

Photo of two people lying in the road

UCT trashed as fee protests escalate

Large amount of faeces dumped in computer science building and students arrested

By

News | 2 November 2017

Photo of a school learner

Girl alleged principal hit her after epileptic fit

A 17-year-old learner says she was slapped, then beaten a few days later by a security guard at her school

By

News | 2 November 2017

Photo of a burning barricade

Weekend outages trigger protests in PE

Municipality blames service disruptions on sabotage by workers unhappy with new overtime policy

By

Brief | 2 November 2017

Photo of Mark Barnes

Treasury steps in to break social grants deadlock

SASSA and Post Office fail to reach agreement

By

Parliament | 2 November 2017

Photo of smokestacks

Why communities have gone to court over the Mining Charter

“Nothing about us without us”

By , , and

Opinion | 2 November 2017

Photo of UniteBehind occupation

Veterans arrested in anti-Zuma protest

Zackie Achmat calls on all in South Africa to go to police stations on 30 November

By and

News | 1 November 2017

Most Read

  1. Lesotho’s giant dam takes shape
  2. The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining
  3. Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape village
  4. Lottery corruption case reaches court after years of delays
  5. Parents shut down school for weeks

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

Thanks for a detailed, factual report

Projects of this nature are complex and it is easier to write horror stories about them than to exp… Read more

NGOs not paid for two months!

I work for an NGO in the HIV unit. It would be impossible for the DSD to reach their targets. They … Read more

City should demolish all hijacked buildings

The city should not entertain the notion of fixing providing water, sanitation and electricity to b… Read more

Blame government, not the Tshiamiso Trust

I refer to your article today on the Tshiamiso Trust, not the first heaping criticism on the Truste… Read more

Clarifying Buskaid's financial situation

Groundup recently featured an article about the Buskaid Music School and its current financial cris… Read more