Feature
We tested Zamzam water sold in South Africa. Here’s what we found
Bottles we bought in Cape Town do not match the chemical profile of Zamzam water sourced from Saudi Arabia
By Yaseen Bardien and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 20 June 2025
Mozambique: These are the children the United States left to die
Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
Feature | 19 June 2025
Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline
Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections
Feature | 18 June 2025
Survivor tells how trapped miners ate human flesh and cockroaches to survive
Patrick Ntsokolo hopes to testify before the Human Rights Commission probe into the Stilfontein tragedy
Feature | 18 June 2025
Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
Feature | 17 June 2025
In 10 years, there may be no more of these penguins
But protecting African Penguins’ food supply could reverse their decline, scientists say
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 June 2025
US cuts food aid to 36,000 children in Lesotho
About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity
Feature | 6 June 2025
In 2013, Zakes Mda was horrified to see 110 learners in a class in this school. Twelve years later, nothing has changed
A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards
Feature | 3 June 2025
South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk
Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist
Feature | 26 May 2025