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Dunoon erupts in protest after the City of Cape Town knocks down walls in informal settlement
Residents have been replacing shacks with brick and mortar homes
News | 13 May 2025
Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers
1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls
News | 13 May 2025
Battle looms over abalone quota
Commercial permit holders worried about plan to give quotas to small-scale fishers
By Liezl Human
News | 13 May 2025
Supreme Court of Appeal hears Zimbabwean permit case
Home Affairs is appealing an interdict protecting ZEP holders
By Jan Bornman
News | 12 May 2025
Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project
Streetscapes is fundraising to buy seven inner-city units to expand its reintegration programme
News | 12 May 2025
Buffalo City wants to recover R16-million in Covid housing funds
Officials and contractors need to pay up, council resolves
By Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp Staff
News | 9 May 2025
US pulls funding for South African medical research
NIH cancels subawards and routine renewals for South African grants
News | 9 May 2025
Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project
The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018
News | 9 May 2025
Nearly 750,000 driving licences are waiting to be printed - but at least the printing machine is working again
Department of Transport says staff will work extra hours to deal with the backlog
By Elna Schütz
News | 8 May 2025