Brief | GroundUp

Fed-up with unresponsive officials, Gqeberha protesters torch trucks

Second day of protests by shack dwellers in Westville

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

Brief | 27 August 2025

Commuters stranded in Somerset West amid deadly taxi violence

At least five people dead as tensions between CATA and CODETA boil over

By Sandiso Phaliso

Brief | 27 August 2025

SASSA to bring in biometrics for all social grant applications from September

The plan is to curb fraud and speed up processes

By Marecia Damons

Brief | 27 August 2025

A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete

Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Brief | 27 August 2025

Gqeberha protesters torch bus, stone truck, demanding electricity

Separate protests erupt in Westville and Bayland

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

Brief | 27 August 2025

Informal settlement residents destroy sewage pump station

They threaten to prevent repairs to the station until their electricity is restored

By Vincent Lali

Brief | 26 August 2025

Tshwane reduces water truck deliveries to informal settlements

Water will now only be supplied on four days of the week

By Warren Mabona

Brief | 26 August 2025

Cape Cultural Collective aims to promote diversity in the arts

Standing ovation closes Women’s Month event

By Sharfaa Ahmed

Brief | 26 August 2025

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

City of Cape Town says it has to introduce cuts due to budget constraints

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

Brief | 25 August 2025

Protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine held in Durban

Demonstrators demand Russia return Ukrainian children

By Joseph Bracken

Brief | 25 August 2025

Medical refrigeration vehicle found transporting cement

Lesotho health ministry has suspended the driver

By Sechaba Mokhethi

Brief | 25 August 2025

Khayelitsha residents protest removal of illegal connections by Eskom

Residents of New Monwabisi Park want their illegal connections temporarily formalised while they await electrification

By Vincent Lali

Brief | 22 August 2025

Cape Town council approves social housing at “Fruit and Veg” site

237 social housing units are planned

By Matthew Hirsch

Brief | 22 August 2025

Teachers’ march disrupts schooling in Free State

Hundreds of SADTU members marched to the Thabo Mofutsanyana education offices to demand that the district director step down

By Tladi Moloi

Brief | 22 August 2025

Strike at Australian-owned plant in Boksburg

Workers want to be recognised as permanent staff

By Kimberly Mutandiro

Brief | 22 August 2025

Calls for Parks Tau to ban coal exports to Israel

South Africa is “fueling genocide”, protesters claim

By Matthew Hirsch

Brief | 21 August 2025