One door of learning has opened, but the others are still firmly shut

Unless we fix the school system, the gains won by the #Feesmustfall campaign will mean very little

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Opinion | 21 May 2019

Got a question? We’ll try to answer it

We’re answering questions about schools, social grants, banks, debt, difficult bosses, and even love (maybe)

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GroundView | 6 February 2019

Over 5 million social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 “bank charge”

SASSA assures MPs that all grants will be paid from 1 April

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News | 28 March 2018

Home Affairs extends deadline for new Zimbabwe Exemption Permit

Applicants have until 15 February to complete the process

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Brief | 1 February 2018

Komape trial shows state at most callous, and other stories

GroundUp’s stories from the past seven days

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Newsletter | 24 November 2017

How two teachers helped George Bizos become a lawyer

A story for his 90th birthday

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Opinion | 14 November 2017

Tokyo Sexwale’s report frustrates Palestinian hopes

FIFA allowed off the hook by struggle veteran’s failure to take legally correct and just stand on Israeli occupation

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Law | 10 November 2017

How to fix the academic peer review system

And the crux of the solution is that a hundred thousand journals need to die

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Opinion | 3 August 2017

SA director pulls out of Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival

“It is impossible to look past the fact that the festival could serve as a diversion from the human rights violations being committed by the state of Israel”

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News | 26 May 2017

Scientific journal threatened by vested interests

Article critical of corporate-funded research retracted

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Opinion | 3 May 2017

Dlamini is to blame for SASSA crisis, says Themba Godi

But Parliament could have done more, says Scopa chair

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News | 11 April 2017

Distinguishing bias from bullshit

Two perspectives on fake news

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Opinion | 31 January 2017

News that mattered: 2016 in photos

Conflict on campuses, hint of justice for miners, a heated election, our most successful Olympics, and other stories on GroundUp this year

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Photo Essay | 19 December 2016

South Africa attempts to stop the work of UN gay rights watchdog

LGBTI activists alarmed and disappointed

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News | 7 November 2016

Should you be prosecuted for exposing someone to HIV?

Many have been found guilty despite lack of scientific evidence

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Feature | 11 August 2016

Anger at huge price tag for life-saving medicine

Price of effective treatment for hepatitis C is over 600 times what it costs to produce

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News | 28 July 2016