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R4,000 taken from 89-year-old’s pension for a loan he never took out

Black Sash takes on Net1 in social grant deductions court battle

By Alide Dasnois

News | 15 August 2016

BASF workers on strike because of dispute over back pay

Workers say that they are owed money for first half of 2016

By Joseph Chirume

News | 12 August 2016

School burnt as frustration with education department boils over

“Violence is the only language government understands” - Grade 12 student

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 12 August 2016

Wynberg taxi drivers block access to Hout Bay

"They don't want others to grow in business," says Hout Bay taxi driver

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 12 August 2016

East Londoners protest in support of rape survivors

New support programme for university students planned

By Siphokazi Vuso

News | 12 August 2016

Telkom workers demand 11% and end to retrenchments

Striking workers march through Cape Town

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 11 August 2016

Controversial Mfuleni councillor elected in new ward

Themba Honono still the target of criticism

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 11 August 2016

Photo of man pointing out crack in the wall

Seven years later, Tokyo Sexwale’s promise has not been kept

East Bank residents still waiting for their houses to be fixed

By Abongile Ndevu

News | 11 August 2016

Living next to a blocked drain for 15 years

Complaints to East London municipality go unheard

By Siphokazi Vuso

News | 10 August 2016

Visa company bureaucracy trips up Zimbabweans

Over 4,000 Zimbabwean still do not have their special permits

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 8 August 2016

Car guard gets thieves arrested

Quick thinking by Tshepo Molaoele helps cops set up sting

By Ashraf Hendricks

News | 5 August 2016

Wolwerivier’s only creche threatened with closure on Monday

City refuses to provide its contingency plan for how children will be looked after

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 5 August 2016

We’ll change our councillors after the elections, says ANC official

Win the ward, then we’ll change the councillor, official tells protesting Eastern Cape voters

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 4 August 2016

Imizamo Yethu library has been closed for six months

School students have to go to Hout Bay library

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 4 August 2016

Who we’re voting for

South Africans share their views

By GroundUp Staff

News | 2 August 2016

Photo of entrance to the Constitutional Court

Parliament must pass new land claims act within two years

Constitutional Court ruling opens the way for future claims

By Safura Abdool Karim

News | 1 August 2016