Articles for GroundUp Staff

Child Support Grant cannot feed a child

Cost of meeting a child’s nutritional needs exceeds R560 grant

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Charts | 24 October 2025

Giving money to beggars: yes or no?

We asked beggars, the City of Cape Town, and homeless organisations

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Video | 1 October 2025

Chart of the week: Policing the police

Thousands of police brutality cases are reported every year but very few result in criminal convictions or disciplinary action

By GroundUp and The Outlier

Charts | 12 September 2025

Chart of the week: Postbank loses social grant clients

More than 75% of Postbank’s clients have moved to private banks

By GroundUp and The Outlier

Charts | 5 September 2025

Chart of the week: Taps but no water

In most provinces, less than 60% of people in formal housing have reliable water access

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Charts | 29 August 2025

Joburg clinic staff make me ashamed to be an immigrant

Each time I take my daughter to the clinic, immigrants are told to wait while South Africans are served first

Asylum Seeker

Opinion | 31 July 2025

Debate: Will the Employment Equity Act transform companies or slow growth?

DA’s Michael Bagraim debates Just Share’s Kwanele Ngogela

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Debate | 21 July 2025

New book tells the life of veteran activist Mandla Majola

The book was written by two professors from the United States

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News | 30 June 2025

We tested Zamzam water sold in South Africa. Here’s what we found

Bottles we bought in Cape Town do not match the chemical profile of Zamzam water sourced from Saudi Arabia

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Feature | 20 June 2025