Lottery gives out more money to associates of controversial lawyer
R20m awarded to companies linked to Lesley Ramulifho whose other project is under investigation
Feature | 19 March 2019
Cape Town women’s group pools money to build houses
It’s a stokvel with a difference
Brief | 19 March 2019
Frustrated by lack of services, shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive
“The City will never help us until we protest.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 March 2019
Masiphumelele shack dwellers threaten to occupy land if City doesn’t give dates for new houses
Plato blames De Lille for making promises to community. De Lille says: “He’s talking nonsense.”
By Ella Ndongeni and GroundUp Staff
News | 18 March 2019
Australian mining manager drops defamation claims against journalist
“I have always prided myself in writing objective and truthful articles” says Tossie Beukes
By John Yeld
News | 18 March 2019
Living beside an open sewer in Port Elizabeth
“Raw sewage pops out of the ground … It eventually overflows into the house”
News | 18 March 2019
South African youths march for action against climate change
#ClimateStrike protests held across the world
By Ashraf Hendricks, Zoë Postman and Musa Binda
News | 15 March 2019
Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses
“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2019
Quack claims about oxygen treatment are dangerous
Charlatans exploit patients for financial gain, say doctors
Science | 15 March 2019