News | GroundUp

More than 20 dead and hundreds displaced in KZN floods

Sithembiso Mbutho died crossing the Mthwalume River. Residents have been pleading for the government to build a bridge

By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 5 March 2025

“We were told to stop everything immediately”: Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision

Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get

By Sechaba Mokhethi

News | 5 March 2025

About 1.9-million people still need to swap gold cards as SASSA deadline looms

Postbank admits that completing the process on time is “impossible”

By Marecia Damons

News | 4 March 2025

New plant discovered in Stellenbosch

“Miracle” iris emerges after decades under a pine plantation

By John Yeld

News | 4 March 2025

Lottery secretary resigns after pocketing R6-million while on suspension

Nompumelelo Nene, suspended two years ago, faced 145 disciplinary charges

By Raymond Joseph

News | 4 March 2025

US funding cut ends vital HIV programme for orphans

In some parts of the country HIV testing was dependent on US money, so testing has just stopped

By Jesse Copelyn

News | 3 March 2025

Durban residents threaten to stop paying rates

More than half of eThekwini municipality’s water revenue is lost to leaks, theft and unbilled consumption

By Nkululeko Ndlovu

News | 3 March 2025

Forestry Department awarded R140-million tender to dodgy security company

Investigation finds the company submitted a fraudulent document in its bid but got the contract

By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph

News | 3 March 2025

Court blocks former Lottery official from receiving money after sale of his luxury home

The house and other properties he owns were paid for with lottery money

By Raymond Joseph

News | 28 February 2025

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Some Cape Town residents want the golf course to remain as it is

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 28 February 2025

Philippi families demand electricity

But in order for electricity infrastructure to be installed, the City of Cape Town says, some families must move

By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Sandiso Phaliso

News | 27 February 2025

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Two weeks before the hearing, Western Cape Government announced the Sea Point property will include affordable housing

By Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch

News | 27 February 2025

Hundreds of Limpopo villagers protest about potholes

The provincial roads department says there’s no budget to complete repairs on the busy D4 linking Elim to the N1

By Thembi Siaga

News | 27 February 2025

Serious flaws in SASSA system, MPs are told - again

Unclear why same investigators, with unclear qualifications for the job, have presented more or less the same obvious findings to Parliament a second time

By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen

News | 26 February 2025

PRASA and City rail agreement finally gets going

But Zackie Achmat criticises plan for lacking firm targets, commitments, and timelines

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 26 February 2025

Operation Dudula’s victims demand justice

Litigation against the vigilante group started a year ago

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 26 February 2025