Articles for GroundUp Staff

Drought: City answers your questions

Ian Neilson, JP Smith and Priya Reddy respond to readers’ questions

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Interview | 27 January 2018

Facts and myths about Cape Town’s water crisis

As Day Zero approaches, nonsense is being spread

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Analysis | 18 January 2018

Here’s how unfairly police are distributed

Suburbs like Sea Point, Claremont and Camps Bay have far more officers per resident than Nyanga. Why?

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Analysis | 17 January 2018

UniteBehind goes to court against PRASA and Minister of Transport

Urgent application to reverse decision to suspend Legal Panel

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Brief | 19 December 2017

News that mattered: 2017 in photos

Drought, protests, anger over the social grants payment system, and the collapse of Metrorail marked this year.

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Photo Essay | 18 December 2017

Cape Town refugee centre must be opened by end of March

Constitutional Court rejects Home Affairs application for leave

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Brief | 15 December 2017

Forensic auditor’s recommendation on PRASA security company ignored

Unclear how such an obscure company won contracts worth R118 million from 2010 to 2016

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News | 15 December 2017

Bottled water and the drought

We asked some major suppliers about pricing, storage, and recycling

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News | 15 December 2017

The tragedy facing mentally ill people in South Africa

Khululabantu Bam story brings home desperate need for better care

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News | 11 December 2017

Cape Town’s sluggish judges

One judge has six judgments outstanding for more than a year

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Law | 7 December 2017

Treasury covering up grand-scale corruption at PRASA

Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi and former CEO Lucky Montana implicated over and over again

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Feature | 29 November 2017

Komape trial shows state at most callous, and other stories

GroundUp’s stories from the past seven days

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Newsletter | 24 November 2017

Corruption Watch R317 million SASSA case postponed

SASSA will not oppose Corruption Watch application

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Brief | 13 November 2017

How Metrorail treats commuters

Thousands of Cape Town train travellers will identify with this experience

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News | 7 November 2017

UCT trashed as fee protests escalate

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

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News | 2 November 2017