At least 116 children died from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape in one year
Conference on hunger hears there’s more than enough food. Policy failures by both government and corporations are causing hunger.
By Mike Loewe
News | 9 September 2024
Activists organise to oppose teacher retrenchments
Over 2,400 posts to be lost by 1 January
By Matthew Hirsch and GroundUp Staff
News | 7 September 2024
PRASA ordered to return building materials to land occupiers
Court ruling follows interdict against eviction sought by housing activist organisation
Brief | 6 September 2024
UIF online services frozen in court battle
Interim interdict stopped the UIF’s new service provider from rendering IT services
News | 5 September 2024
Security guards picket at another Cape Town hospital
Security guards employed by Golden Security Services in Heideveld say they are owed money
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Tori Newby and Ihsaan Haffejee
News | 3 September 2024
Journalist fled Gaza to save her family
Youmna El Sayed says the Israeli military is targeting Palestinian journalists
Interview | 2 September 2024
Man burns to death as police swoop on informal miners
Daggafontein community furious with authorities for “violent” response of authorities to work that fuels their local economy
News | 31 August 2024
Court asked to compel PRASA to return belongings of foreshore land occupiers
But PRASA denies it did anything
Brief | 30 August 2024
Security guards picket at Groote Schuur Hospital
The striking workers claim they have been paid late two months in a row
News | 30 August 2024