It’s tough to be old and without water in Joburg
“I’ve fallen down carrying a bucket of water with no one here to help me”
News | 19 October 2023
Protest after Joburg suburb without tap water for over 50 days
Frustrated South Hills residents blocked main roads and burnt tyres
News | 12 October 2023
Video: Meet the disabled South African dancer who wowed Britain’s Got Talent
“When people see you on stage it’s not like, ‘Aw that’s so cute!’ but they see the actual performance. And then [you] steal the show.”
Video | 11 October 2023
Joburg City to blame for “dark buildings” crisis say property owners
Albert Street fire tragedy sparks renewed attempt to evict hundreds of people living in derelict downtown buildings
News | 9 October 2023
Victim of wrongful arrest gets R2.6-million from Minister of Police
Ntokozo Patrick Xulu spent 813 days behind bars
Law | 19 September 2023
Call for Johannesburg to turn “dark buildings” into decent housing for poor people
Housing collective plans march in city next month to demand housing for the poor
News | 18 September 2023
GroundUp reporters win prestigious journalism award
Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn win 2023 Nat Nakasa Award for Thabo Bester prison escape story
GroundView | 17 September 2023
Loved ones who perished in the Joburg building fire
We spoke to surviving relatives at the Hofland Community Centre shelter
News | 8 September 2023
300 occupants share one tap and one toilet in Joburg “dark building”
The building’s residents say they need help not eviction
Text by Chris Gilili. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 7 September 2023