South Africa | GroundUp

“We should be able to stay in cities where we work”

Activists from across the country meet to take housing struggle forward

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 29 August 2017

Shaun Abrahams ducks every issue UDF veterans raise

NPA head refuses to withdraw appeal in Zuma corruption case

By GroundUp Staff

News | 29 August 2017

Blind Eastern Cape couple hope to go back to school

When I had my own eyes I had big dreams, says Port St Johns man

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 29 August 2017

Durban drug users show support for last year's Support Don't Punish Campaign. Photo: Ian Broughton

New drug plan promises shift in policy

For the first time, the plan includes input from drug users

By Ian Broughton

News | 29 August 2017

“Drugs is a fight that we will never win”

Part three of our series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 29 August 2017

Muslim marriages under court scrutiny

Women need protection of the law, argues Women’s Legal Centre

By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Zoe Postman

Law | 28 August 2017

Matatiele protesters demand roads and water

Roads closed with rocks and burning tyres

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 28 August 2017

Learners accuse teacher of sexual assault

Education department probe finds teacher not guilty but learners want him fired

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 28 August 2017

CPUT students protest over accommodation

Exams cancelled after students enter hall

By Sune Payne

Brief | 28 August 2017

Swapping “rubbish” for food in Dunoon

Recycle Swop Shop offers unemployed residents an option

By Gill Douglas

News | 28 August 2017

Police lack plan for stopping gangs

Second SAPS appearance before Parliament in two weeks not much more successful than first

By Sune Payne

Parliament | 28 August 2017

1Life to refund pensioner after unexplained policy deductions

“They said one of my children signed me up, but I have never heard of the person with that name”

By Barbara Maregele

News | 28 August 2017

Legality of Howell Street evictions questioned

“You cannot evict someone unless you have alternative accommodation, and these people have nowhere to go” says municipality official

By Nomfundo Xolo

News | 25 August 2017

Three years after the Khayelitsha Commission, has there been progress?

Western Cape Premier and SJC disagree on police track record

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 25 August 2017

“They say we are assaulting people. We say we are blessing them.”

Part two of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 25 August 2017

Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents

Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade

By Christine Hogg

News | 25 August 2017