High Court to decide on asylum seeker detentions
Home Affairs argues asylum seekers who entered country illegally can be detained
Law | 28 October 2026
Butterworth children still taught in zinc shacks
James Nguza Junior Secondary School has 109 learners studying in overcrowded, leaking classrooms built as a temporary measure in 2009
Brief | 28 October 2026
March and March protests against immigrant delivery drivers
The group’s leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma singled out a GroundUp journalist who was then threatened by the crowd
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 27 October 2026
Soweto housing fraud case postponed for seventh time
“Justice delayed is justice denied,” says victim of alleged housing scam
By Seth Thorne
Brief | 27 October 2026
Luxury lodge fined R15-million for flouting environmental laws
Goats Window luxury safari lodge built 23 units near Bonnievale without environmental authorisation, and cleared 4,000m2 of endangered renosterveld
By John Yeld
News | 27 October 2026
Labour Court slams CCMA commissioner for relying on AI hallucination
Commissioner Menzi Fakude relied on a judgment that did not exist
Law | 27 October 2026
Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade
Upgrades to the Fort Beaufort water treatment works are months behind schedule
News | 27 October 2026
A new study suggests HIV prevention has stalled. But there may be a silver lining
Infections dropped sharply in the 2010s, but progress since 2019 is unclear. More studies are needed across the country
By Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen
Science | 27 October 2026
Lesufi said 80,000 panic buttons were distributed. It was 2,000
Now, the physical panic buttons have been cancelled
By Joel Cedras
News | 27 October 2026