News | GroundUp

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Just Share’s report shows failure to lower greenhouse gas emissions by big polluters

By Liezl Human

News | 14 May 2025

Dunoon erupts in protest after the City of Cape Town knocks down walls in informal settlement

Residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes

By Peter Luhanga

News | 13 May 2025

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls

By Sechaba Mokhethi

News | 13 May 2025

Battle looms over abalone quota

Commercial permit holders worried about plan to give quotas to small-scale fishers

By Liezl Human

News | 13 May 2025

Supreme Court of Appeal hears Zimbabwean permit case

Home Affairs is appealing an interdict protecting ZEP holders

By Jan Bornman

News | 12 May 2025

Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project

Streetscapes is fundraising to buy seven inner-city units to expand its reintegration programme

By Marecia Damons

News | 12 May 2025

Buffalo City wants to recover R16-million in Covid housing funds

Officials and contractors need to pay up, council resolves

By Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp Staff

News | 9 May 2025

US pulls funding for South African medical research

NIH cancels subawards and routine renewals for South African grants

By Jesse Copelyn

News | 9 May 2025

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 9 May 2025

Nearly 750,000 driving licences are waiting to be printed - but at least the printing machine is working again

Department of Transport says staff will work extra hours to deal with the backlog

By Elna Schütz

News | 8 May 2025

Judge’s secretary told a colleague that a “father figure” was abusing her, tribunal hears

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge is accused of sexual harassment

By Tania Broughton

News | 8 May 2025

Lottery workers march in Pretoria

Workers demand higher wages and changes to the way the National Lotteries Commission is run

By Ihsaan Haffejee

News | 8 May 2025

Homes bulldozed in Roodepoort

City of Joburg says this is not an “eviction” but a “relocation”

By Silver Sibiya

News | 8 May 2025

We visited SASSA offices. Here’s what we found

People waiting in long queues told us their frustrations

By Marecia Damons and Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 7 May 2025

Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Department of Social Development is improving but problems remain

By Joseph Bracken

News | 7 May 2025

Chaos in Flagstaff as municipality demolishes homes ‘sold’ by chief

Municipality says property is earmarked for development

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana

News | 7 May 2025