News | GroundUp

Durban beach goers continue to swim despite warning signs

Activists blame City for sewage spills and lack of transparency

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 14 January 2022

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

Workers have been on strike since November 2021

By Masego Mafata

News | 13 January 2022

Over 32,000 late school applications, says Western Cape Education Department

And more coming!

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 13 January 2022

Judge criticised for recusing himself from Makhubele misconduct hearing

Fritz Brand admitted there were no good grounds for the request for him to step down, as hearing against Tintswalo Annah Nana Makhubele is postponed indefinitely

By James Stent

News | 12 January 2022

JHB parents queue to place their children in schools

MEC Lesufi says number of unplaced learners is down to 700 this year compared to 35,000 last year

By Masego Mafata

News | 12 January 2022

Elderly at risk as Eastern Cape Department of Social Development slashes funding

Imbumba Association for the Aged challenges spending cuts

By Loyiso Dyongman

News | 12 January 2022

What happened to the Lottery money paid to fund games for intellectually impaired athletes?

R25 million seems to have disappeared without trace

By Raymond Joseph

News | 11 January 2022

Concern over plans to cut the crayfish quota

Call for compensation for small-scale fishers

By Liezl Human

News | 17 December 2021

Is it time to revise our testing, quarantine and isolation protocols?

Public health experts propose relaxing Covid rules

By James Stent

News | 15 December 2021

Eastern Cape villagers will have to wait 21 years for water, says municipality

OR Tambo Municipality says it will cost R10 billion

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 15 December 2021

City of Cape Town falling short of directive to clean up Milnerton Lagoon

Green Scorpions finds City is not compliant with all its instructions

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 14 December 2021

Courts rule in favour of South African doctors trained abroad

Doctors won’t have to spend a year training before sitting exams

By James Stent and Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 13 December 2021

Shell seismic survey: new court hearing on Friday

Environmentalists and community groups assemble expert evidence

By Tania Broughton

News | 13 December 2021

Women carry water buckets for kilometres, while water workers go unpaid

The CCMA this week awarded 143 Eastern Cape water operators R1.5 million for unpaid wages

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 10 December 2021

Shack dwellers demolish unoccupied shacks themselves

Khayelitsha task team is also trying to drain off sewage water

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 10 December 2021

Deadline looms for families facing eviction from police safehouses

“Where are we going to go? Back to the community where police are treated like dogs?”

By Marecia Damons

News | 10 December 2021