Articles for GroundUp Staff
Heartbreaking stories after massive Khayelitsha blaze
Hundreds of shacks destroyed and one person killed
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
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
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”
News | 14 September 2018
Cape High Court backlog keeps getting worse
Seventeen judgments have been reserved for more than six months
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
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
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
Feature | 29 August 2018
Thousands march against gender-based violence across South Africa
“The 24 demands in our memorandum signify 24 years of democracy”
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
News | 25 July 2018