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SANDF cuts Happiness Village off from the world, places community leader under house arrest
Lawyers say army has no right to conduct “military exercises” in and around the informal settlement
News | 26 July 2020
Judge Makhubele skips Zondo Commission due to “trauma” after tyre puncture
Judge Zondo orders that Makhubele return to give oral testimony on 3 August
By James Stent
News | 24 July 2020
SJC head Axolile Notywala arrested
Witness claims arrested activists were filming police but not obstructing them
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 July 2020
At least four arrested during #ServeUsPlease protest
Police use a water cannon and stun grenades to disperse about 200 peaceful protesters
By Ashraf Hendricks and Zoë Postman
News | 24 July 2020
Zimbabweans who missed food assistance deadline are desperate
Many immigrants are struggling to get food in South Africa
News | 24 July 2020
District Six: This time the bulldozers are there to build houses
Long-buried houses revealed as diggers clear the site for housing
Text by James Stent. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 24 July 2020
Covid-19 hits East Rand hard
Benoni shelter battles increase in poverty
By Justin Brown
News | 24 July 2020
Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists
As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and GroundUp Staff
News | 23 July 2020
Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19
“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader
News | 23 July 2020