South Africa | GroundUp

Pensioners are still struggling to access grants, a week after “system glitch”

Black Sash says it’s been inundated with calls

By Ella Morrison and Daniel Steyn

Brief | 12 September 2023

“I was fearing for my life” officer tells court during homeless murder trial

Her colleague is on trial after Dumisani Joxo was shot and killed in 2022

By Marecia Damons

News | 12 September 2023

51 people homeless after fire in Dunoon

“My whole life was in that shack”

By Peter Luhanga

Brief | 12 September 2023

Cape Town’s long history of struggling for enough water

Science for the People seminar tells the story of the city’s water supply since 1650

By Daniel Steyn

News | 12 September 2023

Another Kariega leader shot dead

Two shootings one year apart have unnerved the community

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 12 September 2023

Four years and R7-million later, villages still sit without power

Mzimvubu Municipality has been incapable of finishing an electrification project it started in 2018

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Brief | 12 September 2023

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Court rules that John Marite has no case against Special Investigating Unit

By Tania Broughton

Law | 12 September 2023

Farmer seeks ‘pardon’ for illegally enlarging dam

The application raises concerns over water use in the Western Cape

By John Yeld

News | 12 September 2023

Langa residents up in arms over indoor sports centre closure

“We are too unfit to compete against other clubs” says Langa rugby player

By Marecia Damons

News | 11 September 2023

Nandipha Magudumana denied bail

Bloemfontein magistrate says “nothing would stand in her way” to assist Bester escape again

By Daniel Steyn

News | 11 September 2023

Social grants is one government system that must not fail

26-million people depend on it

By GroundUp Editors

GroundView | 11 September 2023

Woman “wrongly” sentenced to 16 years for drug dealing must be immediately released

Beaufort West magistrate committed a litany of errors in sentencing says High Court

By Tania Broughton

Law | 11 September 2023

Farm workers march against pesticides

They call on European company to stop exporting EU-banned pesticides to South Africa

By Liezl Human

News | 9 September 2023

Loved ones who perished in the Joburg building fire

We spoke to surviving relatives at the Hofland Community Centre shelter

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 8 September 2023

Zimbabweans in SA march to demand elections be nullified

“We just want to go home,” protesters chanted

By Chris Gilili

Brief | 8 September 2023

Grant recipients have to take loans because of “payment glitch”

“It’s my only source of income” says pensioner

By Daniel Steyn, Ella Morrison, Loyiso Dyongman, Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 8 September 2023