The Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden is a lifeline for plants species endemic to the region
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 4 November 2024
The group had been living on the grounds since 2020 but the high court recently granted an order to evict them
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by David Harrison.
News | 1 November 2024
The 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in South America this past fortnight
By John Yeld
News | 1 November 2024
Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated
News | 1 November 2024
“Sometimes we fight over water”
News | 1 November 2024
As global temperature records continue to be broken, cities need to move fast to protect residents from heat stress. Planting trees seems the simplest solution
News | 31 October 2024
Vhembe stadium still unfinished a year after completion was scheduled
By Thembi Siaga and Kaizer Nengovhela
News | 31 October 2024
The School Governing Body has been battling since 2011 to get the buildings fixed
By Thembi Siaga
News | 31 October 2024
Metrorail says 16 trains have been taken out of service for repairs
News | 31 October 2024
“Budget cuts kill education” protesters tell Minister of Finance
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 30 October 2024
City of Cape Town expresses disappointment at the slow pace of change
News | 30 October 2024
Research report released into neglect and abuse of older people in Cape Town’s poor communities
News | 30 October 2024
They claim that an inspector left a Mister Sweet factory with “a lot of packets of sweets”
News | 30 October 2024
Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 October 2024
“There’s public expectation that the parliamentary process we started in the previous term will be concluded,” says MP
News | 29 October 2024
The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations
By John Yeld
News | 29 October 2024