Local government
Pensioners build their own community hall
Households donate a minimum of R100 to the project
Brief | 17 December 2025
Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure
Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records
Feature | 10 December 2025
Kouga’s failed R1.4-million mini market project
A mini fresh food and craft market for Hankey never opened
Brief | 8 December 2025
Kimberley: A provincial capital sunk in sewage
Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth
Feature | 1 December 2025
More than R200-million spent on unused sports stadiums
We know of at least eight stadiums that are currently serving no purpose
By GroundUp Staff and The Outlier
Charts | 28 November 2025
“Sink hole” families to be moved
Dozens of Khayelitsha families have been living above a collapsing sewer pipe
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 26 November 2025
R22-million Limpopo sports complex stands unused
Makhuvha Sports Complex outside Thohoyandou has been left to ruin
Brief | 24 November 2025
Inner city Cape Town: no room for locals
Short-term letting through various platforms, including Airbnb, locks up 70% of residential units in the central city
Analysis | 18 November 2025
Nelson Mandela Bay reopens bridges damaged during 2024 floods
At a cost of R89-million, the Matanzima and Nomakhwezana bridges in KwaNobuhle reopened with a ceremony attended by about 200 residents
Brief | 7 November 2025