Summary image for article

Dust in the air: Lack of transparency over Gauteng farming project funding

A number of organisations that received funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development through the Daracorp non-profit, say Daracorp never delivered on their promises

By , , and

Feature | 27 July 2024

Summary image for article

Churches join call for basic income grant

Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba

By

News | 26 July 2024

Summary image for article

Apartheid-era hostel causing a stink in Eastern Cape town

More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours

By

News | 26 July 2024

Summary image for article

The right to protest is being blocked by administrative barriers

Municipal officials often misinterpret the law

By and

Opinion | 26 July 2024

Summary image for article

Makhado Municipality finally complies with court order to appoint top official

Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer

By

Brief | 26 July 2024

Summary image for article

Police torture case: delay over CCTV footage

Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023

By

Brief | 25 July 2024

Summary image for article

Rubbish piles up in Durban streets as cleaners picket outside city hall

Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut

By

Brief | 25 July 2024

Summary image for article

Spectre of new hotel looms over SA’s oldest mosque

Bo-Kaap residents appeal City’s decision to approve a new six-storey development in the historic suburb

By

News | 25 July 2024

Summary image for article

New app to help Western Cape social workers

Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork

By

News | 25 July 2024

Summary image for article

Dogs and cats get their own taxi in Cape Town

The taxi is being piloted by AfriPaw and is aimed at providing access to its free monthly animal clinics for pets living in poor communities like Vrygrond

By

News | 25 July 2024

Summary image for article

Man found dead after arrest: family demands answers from police

Western Cape SAPS have opened an inquest docket

By

News | 25 July 2024

Summary image for article

Queer rights: The World Bank must stand firm on Uganda

The fight for equality demands international support

By and

Opinion | 24 July 2024

Summary image for article

Judge blocks government plan to tell private hospitals and doctors where they can go

“Certificate of Need” scheme thrown out of National Health Act

By

Law | 24 July 2024

Summary image for article

Gauteng Department of Social Development fudges reason for funding delays

Head of Department claims the Auditor-General has distanced itself from previous statements to GroundUp. The Auditor-General says this is not true

By

News | 24 July 2024

Summary image for article

Thabo Bester to launch new bid to postpone trial

Case postponed to 31 July

By and

Brief | 24 July 2024

Summary image for article

Seal attacks contribute to African penguin’s looming extinction

Namibian breeding colonies decimated by predation

By

Feature | 24 July 2024

Most Read

  1. Protesters shut down Eastern Cape town, ask President Ramaphosa for help
  2. Hawks, NPA sued for failing to investigate corruption at PRASA
  3. Court rules on farm worker land rights
  4. Budget: Changes ahead for R370-a-month SRD grant
  5. Court rules against Minister Parks Tau on lottery licence

Our answers to your questions

Latest reader letters

The joy and pain of applying the law in mediation

Judge Stuart Wilson, as a jurist, has walked the path in the processes of mediation within the Gaut… Read more

Corruption throughout SASSA

Recent reports reveal that regarding fraud in SASSA is a big concern with losses exceeding R50-mill… Read more

Nothing has changed

Isn't this just madness? When are they going to get it right? There also appears to be no system… Read more

It's time to love ourselves

I feel sorry for my people in the Eastern Cape. Worst run, poorest, most corrupt province, with two… Read more

Please address the fake news issue on social media

Please address the fake news issue on social media. It lets us run around trying to prevent payment… Read more