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At least four arrested during #ServeUsPlease protest
Police use a water cannon and stun grenades to disperse about 200 peaceful protesters
By Ashraf Hendricks and Zoë Postman
News | 24 July 2020
Zimbabweans who missed food assistance deadline are desperate
Many immigrants are struggling to get food in South Africa
News | 24 July 2020
District Six: This time the bulldozers are there to build houses
Long-buried houses revealed as diggers clear the site for housing
Text by James Stent. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 24 July 2020
Covid-19 hits East Rand hard
Benoni shelter battles increase in poverty
By Justin Brown
News | 24 July 2020
Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists
As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and GroundUp Staff
News | 23 July 2020
Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19
“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader
News | 23 July 2020
Two schools torched in protest for land
“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student
News | 23 July 2020
Mystery fires destroy cars on premises of Lottery corruption witnesses
Police investigating arson in both cases
News | 23 July 2020
Cooking up a storm: restaurant staff protest across South Africa
Curfew and alcohol ban cited as major factors as the industry sheds thousands of jobs
By Zoë Postman, Nokulunga Majola, Ashraf Hendricks, Joseph Chirume and Lucas Nowicki
News | 22 July 2020