Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation
The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away
News | 2 February 2024
Battle in Khayelitsha over occupied land
The Khayelitsha Community Trust plans to build a private hospital displacing informal settlement formed during Covid
By Vincent Lali
News | 2 February 2024
Tenants say they’ve been abandoned in Benoni’s crumbling apartheid-era municipal flats
80-year-old Sarah Govender has lived in the Actonville flats since the 1980s
News | 2 February 2024
SCA refuses to hear appeal by dodgy Lottery lawyer
The Legal Practice Council will now have to reconsider GroundUp’s complaint against Lesley Ramulifho
Law | 1 February 2024
Worker who earns R3,500 per month spends R1,200 on transport
Metrorail’s return to service remains extremely limited
Brief | 1 February 2024
Nine years later, here is how Wolwerivier is doing
Residents of the City’s emergency housing development face unemployment, extreme heat, and overcrowding. But “we have achieved a lot” says a community member
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 February 2024
Historic Eastern Cape town hall which burned down a year ago still hasn’t been repaired
Komani town hall was built in 1882
News | 1 February 2024
Gangs make us pay for access to water, say Mamelodi residents
Municipality confirms illegal connections to the reservoir but blames people occupying nearby land
News | 1 February 2024
Kwaito star fails to overturn preservation order on his guesthouse
Judge says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the property Arthur Mafokate bought was from the proceeds of “unlawful activities”
Law | 31 January 2024