News | GroundUp

Postbank loses over R18-million to cybercrime attacks

Most of the money stolen came from the SASSA beneficiary grant payment system, says CEO

By Marecia Damons

News | 1 December 2022

Is Cape Town’s mayor winning the war on sewage?

Cape Town still has a sewage pollution crisis, but the mayor is “on the right track”, says expert

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 1 December 2022

Injections against HIV could be manufactured locally and cheaply, says Aspen Pharmacare

Cabotegravir is still unaffordable after two years

By Daniel Steyn

News | 1 December 2022

Senior Lotteries staff suspended as corruption crackdown gains momentum

Key officials in the firing line

By Raymond Joseph

News | 30 November 2022

Here’s why you won’t be able to catch a train from Khayelitsha this year

PRASA misses court deadline to relocate shack dwellers on Central Line

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 30 November 2022

Without help these shelters will close within weeks

Saartjie Baartman Centre in Cape Town says it needs R300,000 within the next two weeks. St Anne’s Homes also has a cash crisis.

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 29 November 2022

Families snub R1-billion housing project

Brickvale farmers say the tiny plots are totally unsuited to their needs

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 29 November 2022

GroundUp’s Raymond Joseph wins journalist of the year award for exposing Lottery corruption

For years he has been tenaciously reporting on shenanigans at the National Lotteries Commission

By GroundUp Staff

News | 25 November 2022

Some Eastern Cape learners walk 20km to and from school. Every day.

15,000 learners who need transport are not getting it. And from next year there’ll be 22,000 more.

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 25 November 2022

Ocean View teen to represent SA at African badminton tournament in Mauritius

Micheala Ohlson is the fourth player from Ocean View to get national colours in badminton

By Marecia Damons

News | 25 November 2022

As Post Office faces financial crisis, workers demand what’s owed to them

Medical aid and pension funds have not been paid

By Liezl Human

News | 24 November 2022

TotalEnergies about to submit its application to drill for gas along south coast

French giant has completed a round of public meetings

By Liezl Human

News | 24 November 2022

Tension over electricity between families in shacks and government housing in Kariega

Wires swing like washing lines from the bungalows to the shacks

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 23 November 2022

Crime is harming business in Mitchells Plain, say traders

Stall holders want the City to do more to deal with competition from traders without permits

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 23 November 2022

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Unions reject 3% wage increase

By Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume

News | 22 November 2022

Masiphumelele struggles to rebuild after devastating fire

About 1,800 people were left homeless in the second fire to rip through the township in less than a month

By Lucas Nowicki

News | 22 November 2022