Covid-19 hits East Rand hard
Benoni shelter battles increase in poverty
By Justin Brown
News | 24 July 2020
In photos: Standoff between police and occupiers of Cape Town nature reserve
This is an especially large occupation
Photo Essay | 24 July 2020
Children born abroad with one South African parent have right to citizenship
Constitutional Court says that Home Affairs conduct is “brazenly incompetent”, intransigent, indifferent and inefficient
Law | 24 July 2020
“Our toilets have been blocked since 2016” says Khayelitsha resident
Enkanini informal settlement gives the City a week to respond to demands for toilets and water
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 23 July 2020
PE parents demand shutdown of schools
Department reiterates that only the national cabinet can close schools
Brief | 23 July 2020
Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists
As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and GroundUp Staff
News | 23 July 2020
Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19
“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader
News | 23 July 2020
Two schools torched in protest for land
“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student
News | 23 July 2020