City of Cape Town backtracks on housing agreement with Mfuleni backyarders
New housing development will not only be for the backyarders, says the City
News | 22 May 2024
Deadline for comment on City of Cape Town’s new homeless strategy
Public comment closes Wednesday
By GroundUp Staff and Matthew Hirsch
News | 21 May 2024
Last four traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 May 2024
“Silent disease” outed at African Hepatitis Convention
Many South Africans with hepatitis go undiagnosed
By Liezl Human
News | 20 May 2024
Rainbow flags fill the streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu
In its 11th year, Khumbulani Pride renewed calls for justice for victims of hate crime
News | 20 May 2024
Community health workers toyi-toyi outside Alan Winde’s offices
They were demanding full employment by the province
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 17 May 2024
New police station finally opens in Khayelitsha, ending a nearly 20-year wait
Construction of a permanent station in Makhaza will start next year, says Bheki Cele
News | 17 May 2024
UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians
A white sheet with hundreds of names of those killed in Palestine since October was draped down the Sarah Baartman Hall steps
Brief | 16 May 2024
Large fishing companies oppose squid quotas in court
The commercial industry is being “greedy” says Eastern Cape small-scale fisher
By Liezl Human
Law | 16 May 2024