Police are making arbitrary arrests at protests
Spurious charges are time-consuming and costly, and undermine the right to protest
Opinion | 30 May 2019
Springs residents protest against violent vigilantes
Police say there’s no evidence that the gang being targeted by the vigilantes exists
News | 29 May 2019
Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions
“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”
By Zoë Postman
News | 24 May 2019
“A woman cannot just sit when her children have nothing to eat”
Hawkers sell mops and brooms on the streets of Brakpan
Feature | 24 May 2019
Home Affairs asks UN for help with refugee backlog
Department has to process 150,000 appeals
By Zoë Postman
News | 16 May 2019
Informal settlements to be “made liveable”, Alexandra inquiry hears
Gauteng to provide services to land occupiers rather than evicting them
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 May 2019
City of Johannesburg can’t cope with Alexandra land occupations, inquiry told
“We do demolish but it is impossible to go there every day” says manager
By Zoë Postman
News | 14 May 2019
Rubbish piles up on Diepsloot street
“We eat and breathe this bad smell everyday”
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 13 May 2019
100-year-old man gets R10,000 donation after GroundUp story
“Now we will not go hungry anymore”
Brief | 9 May 2019