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Graphic of Conradie Hospital development

Residents oppose Conradie Hospital housing plan

The site, which has stood empty for 16 years, is a battleground over the future of state subsidised housing in Cape Town

By Kelly Vinett

News | 22 November 2018

Photo of children taking water from dirty stream

No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers

“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 22 November 2018

Support for men accused of vigilante murder in Lusikisiki

“We are waging a war on crime”

By Sibahle Siqathule

News | 22 November 2018

Struggle to rebuild after fire destroys Khayelitsha children’s home

SAPS says an arrest has been made and an arson investigation is underway

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 21 November 2018

Cape Town Civic Centre locked down during MyCiTi protest

City says it cannot insource aggrieved employees

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 21 November 2018

Only one in four children lives with both parents

Child Gauge report says 65% of children live in poverty

By Elsabé Brits

News | 21 November 2018

Joburg’s informal traders want better spaces

New association formed to lobby for improved conditions

By Zoë Postman

News | 21 November 2018

Inside the Pietermaritzburg mortuary where workers are on a go-slow

GroundUp found corpses piled up and decomposing

By Nompendulo Ngubane

News | 20 November 2018

10 taps for 1,000 families in Wallacedene

Broken drains, blocked toilets, filthy water in the streets

By Vincent Lali

News | 20 November 2018

Photo of community leader with illegal connections.

Abahlali activist claims he was left out of electricity project as punishment

But municipality says project can’t be completed because area is not safe

By Nomfundo Xolo

News | 20 November 2018

Herzlia alumni “condemn” punishment of students who protested

Letter of support written for two learners that knelt during the Israeli national anthem

By Kim Reynolds

News | 19 November 2018

In Johannesburg you have to pay to picket. Activists have had enough

Right2Know leads march against municipality’s protest fees

By Zoë Postman

News | 17 November 2018

Over 2,000 schools without toilets, says Equal Education

Organisation marks ten years of struggle

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 16 November 2018

Billions spent on railway contracts. Yet Metrorail collapses

Roy Moodley, who is implicated in a leaked forensic report, says that criminal charges have been laid against GroundUp reporters

By Aidan Jones and Nathan Geffen

News | 16 November 2018

Saldanha Bay clinic burnt as community anger boils over

Mayor appoints task team to deal with residents’ demands

By Barbara Maregele

News | 16 November 2018

Evicted Gympie Street residents face bleak future

“For us to go and stay in another place is like starting all over again”

By Sophia Wilhelm

News | 16 November 2018