Articles for GroundUp Staff

Over 100,000 South Africans have probably died of Covid-19

Latest MRC report shows over 16,000 excess deaths in week ending 16 January

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News | 24 January 2021

Extend disability grants, Black Sash tells SASSA as queues shock country

SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs

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News | 14 January 2021

Covid-19: Our grimmest day yet

Minister reports 844 confirmed deaths. MRC reports worst week yet.

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News | 7 January 2021

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

Thousands sign letter calling for Department of Health to act urgently

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News | 2 January 2021

2020 in pictures: a year of living dangerously

Covid-19, evictions, fires and an elephant: GroundUp’s photos of the year

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Photo Essay | 22 December 2020

Late judgments: Is the Cape High Court doing better?

Something troubling has shaken our confidence in the data

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Law | 1 October 2020

After the drought: Cape Town’s gushing water

Berg River’s sluice open, as dams fill up

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Brief | 7 September 2020

Can you guess the order these photos were taken?

An expensive troubled bridge over water

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News | 26 August 2020