News | GroundUp

Waiting for the scrapheap: hundreds of Shosholoza Meyl’s rusted carriages to be scrapped and sold

Most of PRASA’s long-distance train carriages “obsolete”

By Ezekiel Kekana

News | 3 November 2022

More delays in case of 22 cops accused of murdering Regan Naidoo in 2018

We just want justice, says father of 32-year-old

By Benita Enoch

News | 3 November 2022

Toilets closed at Knysna taxi rank: municipality blames loadshedding

Commuters, vendors and taxi drivers complain about the smell

By Siphokazi Mnyobe

News | 3 November 2022

Gauteng government backtracks on housing promises

From a “mega project” to an “upgrade”: Marikana Soutpan families are still waiting

By Mosima Rafapa

News | 2 November 2022

Electricity meters installed after months of protests are faulty, say Gqeberha shack dwellers

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality warns of fines of up to R8,000 for using izinyoka connections

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 2 November 2022

City of Cape Town and immigrant shop owners meet to resolve tensions

“We come unannounced not to catch you doing wrong things, but to ensure that your shop is in satisfactory hygienic condition”

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 2 November 2022

Millions to be spent to complete abandoned Lottery-funded projects

Engineers to be paid directly to finish multi-million rand infrastructure projects

By Raymond Joseph

News | 31 October 2022

Eastern Cape farm families plead for access to electricity and water

But farmers explain it is too costly for them to pay to install the infrastructure

By Joseph Chirume

News | 31 October 2022

Farm workers march to Parliament to demand major reform

List of demands handed to Minister of Agriculture

By Liezl Human

News | 31 October 2022

After two years the Ga-Rankuwa to Pretoria train is running again. We tried it

PRASA says it’s still working to get the Pretoria to Johannesburg line running again

By Chris Gilili and Ezekiel Kekana

News | 28 October 2022

Homeless: “I never grew up to stand by a robot with a board”

Cape Town organisation feeding nearly three times as many people since 2019

By Ashraf Hendricks

News | 28 October 2022

Stolen toilets sold to desperate families in Cape Town

At least 42 toilets have been stolen and sold in Dunoon

By Peter Luhanga

News | 27 October 2022

Homeless: Not nearly enough shelters in Johannesburg

“Life is hell on the streets. It’s the survival of the fittest”

By Chris Gilili

News | 27 October 2022

“Government has forgotten the July unrest. You can’t have millions of people going hungry.”

Civil society groups respond to Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement

By Marecia Damons

News | 27 October 2022

Protesters shut down Polokwane, demanding water

Angry Seshego residents block N1

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 26 October 2022

R350-a-month grant extended until March 2024

But millions who used to get the grant have not been receiving it

By Liezl Human

News | 26 October 2022