News | GroundUp

190 people left homeless after Khayelitsha fire

Families devastated, with newly-bought school uniforms and stationery burnt in the fire

News | 9 January 2023

New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?

Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.

By Daniel Steyn and Nathan Geffen

News | 22 December 2022

How close is Cape Town to taking over commuter rail?

Fikile Mbalula has been ignoring the mayor’s letters. Activists are now threatening legal action against the transport minister.

By James Stent

News | 20 December 2022

“If they are coming to drill oil, who can guarantee there will be fish left in 15 years time?”

West Coast fishers respond to TotalEnergies’ plans to drill for oil and gas

By Liezl Human

News | 20 December 2022

R27-million from Lottery but six years later rehab still not operational

A leaked investigation report finds that value of construction work falls short of the funds paid by the NLC

By Raymond Joseph

News | 19 December 2022

Leaked report shows how Lottery school toilet project was hijacked

Forensic probe reveals details of National Lotteries Commission fiasco in Eastern Cape and Limpopo

By Daniel Steyn

News | 15 December 2022

Zimbabwean parents worried about learners’ move from schools in South Africa

There is still no clear plan for how the governments will help families voluntarily returning to Zimbabwe

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 14 December 2022

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

This would be affordable and would boost the economy, say experts appointed by the Department of Social Development in new report

By Marecia Damons

News | 13 December 2022

Somali owners close spaza shops as crime rises in Gqeberha

Police are no longer trusted by many immigrants

By Joseph Chirume

News | 13 December 2022

Human rights report shows need to decriminalise sex workers, says NGO

The South African government plans to decriminalise sex work, a move expected to give sex workers some protection

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 12 December 2022

R15m for 5-night show - the Tsotsi star’s Lottery-funded musical

Part one in a series about the Southern African Youth Movement and the Lottery

By Raymond Joseph

News | 12 December 2022

Athlone fire victims sleep outside months later

Residents contest list of names given to the City’s Disaster Risk Management Centre

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 12 December 2022

Nearly R2 billion for apartheid reparations is unspent

The President’s Fund is growing as apartheid’s victims wait

By Daniel Steyn

News | 12 December 2022

Mothers speak out about traumatic births at hospitals

Social movement raises awareness about obstetric violence

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 9 December 2022

“I had to put my groceries back” says Delft mother after her SASSA card was declined

Postbank abruptly suspended grant withdrawals at ATMs after incidents of fraud

By Marecia Damons

News | 8 December 2022

Man dies during eight-hour wait for an ambulance

Only one ambulance for hundreds of villages in Matatiele

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 8 December 2022