Transgender prisoners challenge prison authorities
Correctional Services has developed a standard operating procedure for transgender prisoners, but rights organisations are concerned about implementation
By Elna Schütz
News | 6 August 2025
Board of Deputies conflates Judaism and Zionism
Views expressed by the official voice of South African Jewry are out of step with many Jews who are horrified by Israel’s actions in Gaza
Opinion | 6 August 2025
Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules
The word has “genocidal connotations”
Law | 5 August 2025
After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials
Law | 5 August 2025
Corruption fight put at “risk” by moving Special Tribunal
Move from Joburg to Pretoria “worrying” and a “blow to its effectiveness”
News | 5 August 2025
Should Coca-Cola pay for plastic pollution?
Episode five in GroundUp’s video series on microplastics
Video | 5 August 2025
Carletonville left in the dark for more than a month
Small businesses and residents are suffering after prolonged power cuts
News | 4 August 2025
Lesotho aims for 10% tariff on exports to US
Government relieved by reduction from threatened 50% to 15%
Brief | 4 August 2025
Huge admin costs threaten fund for sick miners
People who fought for miners with TB or silicosis to be compensated have raised the alarm, but mining companies defend the process
Feature | 4 August 2025