Massacre on the Cape Flats: police search for gunmen
Eight people shot dead in shebeen in Marikana informal settlement
News | 17 January 2026
Education department blames late applications for unplaced learners
Hundreds of parents queued outside the Western Cape Education Department’s offices in Mitchells Plain on Friday
News | 16 January 2026
Gauteng battles to place learners
Many parents are disappointed with the schools they’ve been offered
Brief | 16 January 2026
KZN school devastated by thunderstorms
SGB chair claims education minister promised to build new school. MEC Sipho Hlomuka has not answered our questions.
Brief | 16 January 2026
Cape Flats murders are on the rise
Some areas have improved, but the overall picture is grim
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 16 January 2026
Overberg fires: saving the tortoises and snakes
Kogelberg centre says thousands of animals may have died
By Liz McGregor
News | 15 January 2026
We should not be playing war games with Iran, Russia and China
Repressive regimes should have no place in our military strategy
GroundView | 15 January 2026
Parents close Eastern Cape school where playground is used as a toilet
Toilets at the primary school in Komani have not functioned for six years
Brief | 14 January 2026
Showdown outside Durban school over places for immigrant children
But it appears overcrowding is the main reason why children – both South Africans and immigrants – have not been placed
Brief | 14 January 2026