Feature | GroundUp

How to steal a railway line and stay out of jail

Legal manoeuvres have stalled the case against former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Syed Mohiudeen

By Steve Kretzmann

Feature | 8 November 2023

This is where people are occupying Metrorail’s Central Line in Cape Town

There are about 4,000 households occupying the line between Nyanga and Philippi, according to the Housing Development Agency

By Sandiso Phaliso and GroundUp Staff

Feature | 20 October 2023

Political appointments cripple Lesotho hospital

Wage bill at flagship Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital balloons by R48-million over a year as politicians appoint family members and friends

By Matiisetso Mosala

Feature | 6 October 2023

Copper boom sparks conflict between mine and residents of Northern Cape town

We visited Concordia, where 29 people were arrested for protesting against a mine

By Liezl Human

Feature | 18 September 2023

Lottery corruption: Limpopo couple’s bid to hold on to their luxury homes

I did nothing wrong, says Collins Tshisimba as the Special Investigating Unit moves to freeze two properties

By Anton van Zyl

Feature | 31 August 2023

We bought dagga. It was probably illegal. Here’s why

The Medicines Act is being misused while Parliament dithers

By Lucas Nowicki and Ashraf Hendricks

Feature | 25 August 2023

Exposed: The Sunday World’s lucrative partnership with the Lottery

The newspaper got millions of rands of Lottery advertising and also ran stories to counter exposés of corruption

By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl

Feature | 3 August 2023

Little action from government to help older people live healthier, happier lives

South Africa’s participation in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing has not achieved much so far

By Daniel Steyn

Feature | 18 July 2023

Thriving Langa gardens feed hungry families

Former dumpsites transformed into vegetable plots

By Tariro Washinyira and Mary-Anne Gontsana

Feature | 31 May 2023

Limpopo learners keep tabs on river water quality

Project links academics, citizen scientists and learners to monitor borehole and river water

By Ashraf Hendricks

Feature | 25 May 2023

Bulldozers clear way for mine in Lower Zambezi National Park

Tourism body warned that this would threaten species and actually lose money for the Zambian economy

By Charles Mafa

Feature | 22 May 2023

Langa Dompas Museum: the story of apartheid’s hated “pass”

On the premises of the old court, the museum pays tribute to those who suffered

Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Feature | 18 May 2023

Philippi pair beat crime and Covid with fast-food business

Estratweni Mobile Foods bounced back from pandemic

By Sandiso Phaliso

Feature | 15 May 2023

Revealed: how Angie Motshekga’s reading plan failed SA’s children

President Ramaphosa announced a “massive reading campaign” in 2019. It never got off the ground.

By Daneel Knoetze and Liezl Human

Feature | 10 May 2023

Determined Durban moms recycle cardboard

“This is a ticket to send our children to university”

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Feature | 3 May 2023

Celebrating Langa through its artists

Founders of the township’s first art gallery have big plans for its future

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Feature | 28 April 2023