Crime statistics: who are we to believe?
Members of the Anti-Gang unit in Hanover Park, Cape Town. Archive photo by Ashraf Hendricks SAPS and Stats SA figures
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant
People with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process.
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Eastern Cape village still without water 30 years since democracy
A villager from Lugada near Matatiele in the Eastern Cape stands next to a covered wellpoint where many of villagers
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Families evacuated from their flooded homes in Nelson Mandela Bay
A flooded sewage pump station in Konofile Street in NU11, Motherwell in Gqeberha. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it is
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Public Works workers picket through the night in Durban
Former EThekwini EPWP workers are protesting job cuts after their contracts were terminated. They demand priority for employment.
GroundUp
October 21, 2024
Court interdicts are being used to stifle protest
Mining companies increasingly use interdicts to suppress protests, damaging the right to protest in marginalised mining communities.
GroundUp
October 18, 2024
KZN villagers use social grants to fix broken taps, pipes and pumps
Ndatshana villagers use social grants to fix water infrastructure after years of local government inaction.
GroundUp
October 17, 2024
Johannesburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power
City Power teams removed about 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at approximately R6-million from Kanana informal settlement in Johannesburg
GroundUp
October 17, 2024
Helping hand offered to woman feeding children in East London
Zandile Mtungata is part of a project that tries to feed hungry children in Duncan Village, East London. Photo: Mike
GroundUp
October 17, 2024
Education department fails to pay water and electricity bills: parents shut down school in protest
Parents shut down Copesville Secondary School over water and electricity cuts, citing human rights violations and disrupting education.
GroundUp
October 16, 2024
Crime & Justice
Crime statistics: who are we to believe?
Members of the Anti-Gang unit in Hanover Park, Cape Town. Archive photo by Ashraf Hendricks SAPS and Stats SA figures
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Economy & Energy
People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant
People with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process.
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape village still without water 30 years since democracy
A villager from Lugada near Matatiele in the Eastern Cape stands next to a covered wellpoint where many of villagers
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Environment & Water
Families evacuated from their flooded homes in Nelson Mandela Bay
A flooded sewage pump station in Konofile Street in NU11, Motherwell in Gqeberha. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it is
GroundUp
October 22, 2024
Government & Service Delivery
Public Works workers picket through the night in Durban
Former EThekwini EPWP workers are protesting job cuts after their contracts were terminated. They demand priority for employment.
GroundUp
October 21, 2024
Democracy & Constitution
Court interdicts are being used to stifle protest
Mining companies increasingly use interdicts to suppress protests, damaging the right to protest in marginalised mining communities.
GroundUp
October 18, 2024
Democracy & Constitution
KZN villagers use social grants to fix broken taps, pipes and pumps
Ndatshana villagers use social grants to fix water infrastructure after years of local government inaction.
GroundUp
October 17, 2024
Economy & Energy
Johannesburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power
City Power teams removed about 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at approximately R6-million from Kanana informal settlement in Johannesburg
GroundUp
October 17, 2024
Eastern Cape
Helping hand offered to woman feeding children in East London
Zandile Mtungata is part of a project that tries to feed hungry children in Duncan Village, East London. Photo: Mike
GroundUp
October 17, 2024
Education & Training
Education department fails to pay water and electricity bills: parents shut down school in protest
Parents shut down Copesville Secondary School over water and electricity cuts, citing human rights violations and disrupting education.
GroundUp
October 16, 2024