News | GroundUp

Photo of a street with evictions taking place

RDP houses torched after evictions in Fynbos

Clashes erupted between occupiers of homes and those claiming to be the legitimate housing beneficiaries

By Johnnie Isaac

News | 15 November 2019

Inmate alleging torture at Leeuwkop disputes psychiatrist’s report

The court case will resume on 11 May 2020

By Zoë Postman

News | 15 November 2019

Photo of two young children staring out window

Toddlers abandoned in room for almost five days

Unclear why authorities took long to respond

By Anton van Zyl and Bernard Chiguvare

News | 15 November 2019

Man dies in agony after ambulance takes ten hours to arrive

Partner of deceased says operator told her to “learn to wait”

By Zakithi Dlamini

News | 15 November 2019

Western Cape government confronts City of Cape Town over “appalling unhygienic” conditions in Dunoon

City says it has “a service delivery obligation but is not itself the cause of the pollution”

By Peter Luhanga

News | 14 November 2019

Site C residents demand a police station

“We had a mobile police station about three years ago, which disappeared a year ago”

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 14 November 2019

Prisoner alleging torture at Leeuwkop sticks to his story under cross-examiniation

“What I’m telling the court today is what happened”

By Zoë Postman

News | 14 November 2019

Protest at school after two educators dismissed for awarding fraudulent marks

“They acted dishonestly and we abide by the decision” says WCED spokesperson

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 14 November 2019

Makhanda High Court orders MEC to improve sanitation in school

Judgment follows six years of petitioning Department of Education for new toilets

By Madison Yauger

News | 13 November 2019

Photo of three men holding up a reflector jacket

Community volunteers try to keep Gugulethu safe

Some Asijiki neighbourhood watch patrollers have been shot at

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 13 November 2019

Patel’s spokesman dodges questions on Lottery

GroundUp told to rather focus on investment conference

By Karabo Mafolo

News | 13 November 2019

“Even the rats don’t feel safe in this school”

Port Elizabeth school battles gangs, neglect

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 13 November 2019

Mitchells Plain store owner given two weeks to respond to Equality Court

Store manager says shop owner might leave the country soon

By Barbara Maregele

News | 12 November 2019

Uber owner claims extortion by taxi drivers - in the police station

Cape Town might soon witness an e-hailing war, says association

By Madison Yauger

News | 12 November 2019

Leeuwkop prisoner says officials gave him electric shocks in showers

“You feel like you can die”

By Zoë Postman

News | 12 November 2019

Barred from school by high transport costs

Cottonlands parents demand their own high school

By Zakithi Dlamini

News | 12 November 2019