In photos: Army enters Lavender Hill, but some are sceptical
Gang violence continues on Cape Flats
By Matthew Hirsch and Brenton Geach
Photo Essay | 13 April 2026
Quota bungle: Small-scale fishers battle to survive
Several West Coast cooperatives given even lower allocations than they had before their appeals
By Liezl Human
News | 13 April 2026
Slovo Park: a decade of winning in court, losing on the ground
After decades of struggle, residents still lack sanitation and water infrastructure
Opinion | 13 April 2026
Picket in Cape Town against US war on Iran
Protesters called for an end to an “illegal, unprovoked” war
Brief | 10 April 2026
Rape cover-up trial: Police officers describe the day victim was arrested
Two witnesses took the stand on Thursday
By Benita Enoch
News | 10 April 2026
After six years, man is jailed for life in DNA bungled murder case
Thozamile Flathela was convicted of murdering his partner Simbongile Mancotywa in Cofimvaba in 2020
News | 10 April 2026
Court sets aside R86-million border wall tender over fraud
A fake joint venture used a fake B-BBEE certificate and an expired compliance document to win a KwaZulu-Natal transport department contract
Law | 10 April 2026
SARS’s record-breaking tax collection
A look at how tax collection has improved since 1994
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 10 April 2026
A billion tiny insects are getting the better of the Hartbeespoort hyacinth
350,000 hoppers were released last year. Scientists say the impact is visible
Photo Essay | 10 April 2026