Articles for GroundUp Staff

Sexual harassment: Equal Education leader found not guilty

But panel finds General Secretary acted “inappropriately”

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Brief | 16 January 2019

2018: News that mattered

Land occupations on the increase, Post Office takes over social grant payments, corruption exposed at PRASA and DAFF, but also good-news stories featuring ordinary South Africans

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Feature | 19 December 2018

Court rules that allocation of police in Western Cape is discriminatory

Victory for Social Justice Coalition may result in poorer areas getting more officers

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Brief | 14 December 2018

Heartbreaking stories after massive Khayelitsha blaze

Hundreds of shacks destroyed and one person killed

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News | 21 October 2018

De Lille requests investigation into Foreshore property sale

Site appears to have been sold by the City of Cape Town for much less than it was worth

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News | 30 September 2018

PRASA takes disciplinary action against staff implicated in corruption

Commuter activists welcome “new era of effective, honest, transparent, and decisive governance”

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News | 14 September 2018

Cape High Court backlog keeps getting worse

Seventeen judgments have been reserved for more than six months

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News | 3 September 2018

How two audacious occupations are shifting the housing debate

An introduction to our series on the occupations of Helen Bowden Nurses Home and Woodstock Hospital

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GroundView | 29 August 2018

Allegations of violence at Helen Bowden Nurses Home

Residents of the occupation report that their lives are safer, but domestic violence does occur

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Feature | 29 August 2018

Dirty tricks: The battle to control the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital occupations

There have been violent attempts to take over Helen Bowden and a smear campaign against Ndifuna Ukwazi’s leaders

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Feature | 29 August 2018

Thousands march against gender-based violence across South Africa

“The 24 demands in our memorandum signify 24 years of democracy”

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News | 1 August 2018

City acts against Steenvilla evictees

Long-running battle at Cape Town’s largest social housing complex may have drawn to an end

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News | 25 July 2018

Port Elizabeth municipal strike ends with agreement on bonuses

Garbage in streets to be cleared up from Friday afternoon

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Brief | 22 June 2018

Informal settlements flooded by heavy rains

Residents prepare for more storms

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Photo Essay | 14 June 2018

Mayhem at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital as workers demand performance bonuses

Hospital staff were intimidated and patients had to be locked inside for their safety

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News | 31 May 2018

Cape Town’s dam levels higher than this time last year

Big Six at 24% compared to 19.8% in the same week in 2017

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Brief | 28 May 2018