News | GroundUp

Concern in Parliament over slow pace of prosecutions for Lottery corruption

“We hear a lot of investigation this, investigation that, but we don’t see anyone going to jail” says MP

By Raymond Joseph

News | 28 March 2023

Langa land claimants accuse government of divide and rule

But deputy minister says delays in handing over the land are the result of disagreements between claimants

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 27 March 2023

SACCAWU members march to Parliament

Union wants government to intervene in dispute with Makro

By Vincent Lali

News | 24 March 2023

Tensions brew between coloured and black communities in Nigel over housing occupation

“Our government has succeeded in dividing us as a people because we are now fighting against each other because of the mess it created”

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 24 March 2023

Nearly a year after the floods, eThekwini villagers are still hoping for help

Inanda families say they are being ignored

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 24 March 2023

Workers demand harsher penalties for farms violating labour laws

New study finds poor working conditions even on some Fairtrade-certified farms

By Liezl Human

News | 23 March 2023

Thabo Bester saga: Nandipha Magudumana abandons her rented mansion

Landlord tried to stop associates of Magudumana from removing some of the household contents

By Daniel Steyn, Marecia Damons and Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 23 March 2023

Key legal files involving Lottery’s multimillion-rand litigation have vanished

Minister suspects collaboration between former National Lotteries Commission and lawyers

By Raymond Joseph

News | 23 March 2023

Facebook rapist: Deputy Minister was informed by warder that Thabo Bester escaped

Nothing appears to have been done about it

By Oliver Meth

News | 22 March 2023

No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement

Residents say they have lived without basic services for three years

By Vincent Lali

News | 20 March 2023

Old apartheid police station is a place of hope in Sharpeville

Kitso Information Development Centre offers training courses and hot meals

By Masego Mafata

News | 20 March 2023

Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups

A new means test and bank verification process has resulted in far fewer people getting the grant

By Liezl Human

News | 20 March 2023

Thabo Bester saga: Prison department denies it has autopsy report. Here it is!

The autopsy was completed a day after the fire and found that the man was dead before his body was burnt

By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons

News | 18 March 2023

Nearly 600 families at a temporary relocation area in Durban share eight toilets

eThekwini Municipality says its water and sanitation unit is busy with repairs

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 17 March 2023

Mango tree saves top Malawian musician from death in floods

Giboh Pearson and his neighbours climbed into the trees to escape the devastating effects of Cyclone Freddy

By Thomas Kachere

News | 17 March 2023