Topic: Government

In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations

Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town

By Matthew Hirsch and Steve Kretzmann

Photo Essay | 2 October 2024

Only 20% of Public Works targets were met in 2022/23

The Auditor-General’s office on Wednesday told MPs that 107 projects were significantly delayed

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 19 September 2024

Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government does not know

A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament

By Sandiso Phaliso

News | 18 September 2024

Cutting of 2,400 teacher posts questioned in Western Cape Parliament

MEC for education David Maynier insists it is an “absolute last resort”

By Tori Newby

Brief | 12 September 2024

Mike Ngulube’s desperate search for his baby’s body

A year after the Marshalltown fire which killed Memory and her mother Joyce, the child’s body has not been returned to her father

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 6 September 2024

Government spokespersons should take their job seriously

They are well-paid public servants, but diligence is the exception

By GroundUp Editors

GroundView | 19 July 2024

Hold officials personally liable to strengthen our democracy

Accountability through the ballot box is not enough

By Thuto Gabaphethe and Thandeka Kathi

Opinion | 30 May 2024

Gauteng government rejects request for public-funding information

GroundUp asked for details of billions of rands in grants the Department of Social Development paid to non-profit organisations

By Raymond Joseph

News | 10 May 2024

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled the sale of the site for private development was lawful

By Tania Broughton

Law | 12 April 2024

Hundreds of people from mining communities march in Pretoria

The protest follows a summit hosted by Mining Affected Communities United in Action

By Masego Mafata

News | 8 February 2024

New bill to try to enforce clean drinking water

Currently the Department of Water and Sanitation cannot directly intervene when municipalities fail to supply drinking water up to standard

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 18 January 2024

R317-million in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

SIU investigating millions more lost to corruption, maladministration

By Chiara Carter

News | 30 November 2023

Roads fall apart while bureaucracy moves at snail’s pace in Mamelodi

City of Tshwane says Stoffel Park informal settlement must first be approved for township development before it fixes the roads

By Warren Mabona

Brief | 28 November 2023

Rescue plan for the Master’s Office

Details are still sketchy and the plan will not be publicly circulated

By Ella Morrison

Law | 20 November 2023

Coalition governments are here to stay. Here are proposals for making them work better

But even with the best proposals, without a shift in political culture coalition governments will be unstable

By Joel Bregman

Opinion | 6 November 2023

Concourt slaps Home Affairs minister with personal cost order

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights

By Tania Broughton

Law | 30 October 2023