News | GroundUp

The widows who wait: the Compensation Fund’s endless delays

“I was promised payment months ago, but I’m still waiting.”

By Sipokazi Fokazi

News | 10 September 2025

SANParks deploys “boots on the ground” to deal with crime on Table Mountain

But MPs are not convinced it is enough

By Liezl Human

News | 9 September 2025

Zama Educare offers toddlers a space in crowded Dunoon

Thulani Bashe says she wants to teach children and not just babysit them

By Iva Fulepu

News | 8 September 2025

Lesotho’s giant dam takes shape

Polihali Dam will boost water transfers to Gauteng

By Sechaba Mokhethi

News | 7 September 2025

Lottery corruption case reaches court after years of delays

No progress from National Prosecuting Authority in at least another 18 cases with a further 21 under investigation by SAPS and the Hawks

By Raymond Joseph

News | 6 September 2025

No sex workers will be prosecuted while court process plays out

NPA issues directive to prosecutors not to enroll new cases

By Liezl Human

News | 5 September 2025

Taxi strike leaves Durban commuters stranded

Taxi associations annoyed by impounding of vehicles

By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 4 September 2025

Parents shut down school for weeks

Gauteng Education MEC promises Nigel families a new primary school

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 4 September 2025

Compensation for sick miners: only 30% of claimants paid out by Tshiamiso Trust

Most claims do not meet the medical criteria, AGM told

By Sipokazi Fokazi

News | 4 September 2025

Gauteng DSD’s R215-million irregular expenditure

Department missed several targets in 2024/25

By Joseph Bracken

News | 4 September 2025

KZN is failing to build houses for thousands of flood victims

Floods are expected to leave many more people homeless in the coming years

By Joseph Bracken, Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Daniel Steyn

News | 4 September 2025

New deadline for phase-out of SASSA Gold Cards

About 450,000 people still need to switch to Postbank’s Black Card

By Marecia Damons

News | 3 September 2025

Two years later: Joburg’s inner city buildings at risk of another Usindiso inferno

The City of Joburg is yet to make its “dark buildings” safe

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 2 September 2025

Famine in Gaza: what next for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

UN report confirms hundreds have starved to death despite International Court of Justice ordering Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 2 September 2025

No train to Mitchells Plain: last steps to fully reopen Central Line

Work has been disrupted and more than 1,250 people still live on the tracks

By Sandiso Phaliso and Yaseen Bardien

News | 1 September 2025

New oil transfer regulations a ‘lifeline for penguins’, says Minister

But bird conservation organisations fear that the regulations will be ineffective

By John Yeld

News | 29 August 2025