Feature
The forgotten mining town where rape is “normal”
Women and children bear the brunt of lawlessness at Durban Deep
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 16 January 2018
Roadside artist uses tins to show life in informal settlements
I love using my hands, says William Mayere
Feature | 11 January 2018
Murder and corruption in the mining town the world forgot
Gold buyers in expensive cars extort rock-bottom prices from Durban Deep’s zama zamas, while the police look on
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 11 January 2018
How fishing in a Western Cape town is dying
“Our people have lived off the river for years … but fish don’t come here anymore”
Feature | 8 December 2017
What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?
A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex
By Shaun Swingler and Maxwell Roeland
Feature | 5 December 2017
Treasury covering up grand-scale corruption at PRASA
Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi and former CEO Lucky Montana implicated over and over again
By Steve Kretzmann and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 29 November 2017
Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?
We explain an important part of the government housing programme
Feature | 22 November 2017
Plan to drill for fossil fuels off KZN coast
Report released, then withdrawn
By Fred Kockott
Feature | 9 November 2017
Government probes KZN cargo spill
Saudi company will pay, says Plastics SA
By Fred Kockott
Feature | 26 October 2017