In March I visited a village in Pondoland in the Eastern Cape for two weeks as part of GroundUp's investigation into the province's dagga trade.
Photo Essay | 22 April 2016
Jafta Masemola Road strewn with litter
News | 15 April 2016
Most of the city’s residents are excluded from the budget process
Opinion | 15 April 2016
But where are the timeframes?
Opinion | 4 March 2016
Residents and employees of toilet cleaning company Silver Solution are angry that their complaints have not been resolved
News | 25 February 2016
Residents in the informal settlement in Khayelitsha have been forced to live with overflowing drains and rubbish
News | 5 February 2016
Illegal dumping costs Cape Town R350 million a year
News | 28 January 2016
A dispute over who should clean the informal settlement’s toilets is escalating.
News | 21 January 2016
No cleaning services since September
News | 20 January 2016
The informal settlement's toilets are overflowing and unusable.
News | 15 January 2016
Klipheuwel is an informal settlement about 10km north of Durbanville. It seldom gets any news coverage. GroundUp's photographer, Masixole Feni, spent time in the area.
07 January 2016
Mahlubini Junior Secondary School near Cofimvaba has close to 300 students, no electricity in the classrooms and no running water.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 1 December 2015
“The condition that these people live in is uncalled for,” says Ward 52 Councillor Mayenzeke Sopaqa. He is describing a derelict area in Section 18, Langa, known as Emaholweni, established 45 years ago in what has become a no-man’s-land, all but abandoned by the authorities.
Photos by Masixole Feni and Liza Kettil.Text by Thembela Ntongana
News | 19 November 2015
Tempers flared last night in Endlovini in Khayelitsha, with angry residents burning portable toilets and blockading the road in a protest over housing.
Siyavuya Khaya
News | 17 November 2015
Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades today against waste pickers protesting at a dump site in Pietermaritzburg against plans to stop them collecting on the site.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 11 November 2015
Angry residents of an informal settlement in Port Elizabeth who took to the streets on Monday have vowed to continue with their protests until they are moved to better housing nearby.
Joseph Chirume
News | 16 September 2015