News | GroundUp

Farm workers march for land

Government has committed to land redistribution in all provinces except Gauteng and Western Cape

By Marecia Damons

News | 16 October 2020

Covid grant extension is a lifeline for asylum seekers

Over 7,000 have applied since August

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 15 October 2020

A Cape Town mom couldn’t find a school for her autistic son. So she started one

Phumeza Booi Welisa hopes to turn her daycare facility into a registered ECD centre

By Ashraf Hendricks

News | 15 October 2020

Immigrant shop owners ruthlessly exploited by protection rackets

“This is the life we live … If we do not pay, they send nyaope boys to my shop to start a toyi-toyi”

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 15 October 2020

Six arrested during clashes between SASCO marchers and police in Pretoria

“It’s about time something is done to improve the situation at TVET colleges” says student

By Mosima Rafapa and Nokulunga Majola

News | 15 October 2020

Residents call on Cele to act after homes in Port Elizabeth petrol-bombed

Community says police minister has not kept his promise to tackle gangs

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 15 October 2020

Desmond Tutu Health Foundation driver ‘held to ransom’ by taxi operators

Taxi operators could be deregistered or have their licences revoked should they be found guilty, says provincial transport department

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 14 October 2020

Striking workers call for boycott of Clover SA products

The company says Covid-19 has made a difficult trading environment worse

By Joseph Chirume

News | 14 October 2020

Gauteng court paralysis blamed on security breach

Parliament raises concerns about the Office of the Chief Justice

By Tania Broughton

News | 14 October 2020

Grooms and stable owners head to CCMA

The struggling racing industry is beset with labour conflict

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 14 October 2020

Employees and customers left in the lurch by Swiss-owned STA Travel

No answers and no communication from management since 10 September

By James Stent

News | 13 October 2020

Concerns over appointment process for new head of Parliamentary Budget Office

Civil society organisations alarmed at presence of Sfiso Buthelezi on selection panel

By Justin Brown

News | 13 October 2020

Millions spent, six years gone, still no electricity for Eastern Cape villagers

Only two of the seven villages located near Mount Frere have electricity

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 13 October 2020

Nearly two million learners still not receiving meals at school

Education department is expected to submit a detailed plan to court this week

By Marecia Damons

News | 13 October 2020

“Not everything that came out of this Covid-19 situation was bad”

Some homeless people in Durban have reunited with their families because of the City’s lockdown programme

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 12 October 2020

Environmentalists raise concern over polluted Durban river

High levels of E. coli detected, but that might not be the worst of it

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 12 October 2020