Officer testifies why he shot homeless man
The officer, Luvolwethu Kati, shot and killed Dumisani Joxo, who was homeless, in Rondebosch in January 2022.
GroundUp
September 19, 2023
Residents of Northern Cape town in battle against copper mine, DMRE and the police
On 9 August, community members protested outside one of the mine’s gates. Then in the evening police officers went door-to-door
GroundUp
September 18, 2023
“I was fearing for my life” officer tells court during homeless murder trial
A Cape Town law enforcement officer has told the court that she was “fearing for her life” during an altercation
GroundUp
September 14, 2023
Government responds to report on solitary confinement
On Wednesday GroundUp published a report by the Judicial Inspectorate that hundreds, even thousands, of prisoners have been kept in
GroundUp
September 11, 2023
Prisoners are being held for years in solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is not allowed in South Africa, but the Judicial Inspectorate says many prisoners are nevertheless being kept in
GroundUp
September 7, 2023
Zimbabwean LGBTQI+ Community finds home in South Africa
Living in Zimbabwe as an LGBTQI+ person is very difficult because it is considered a taboo and is a crime.
Ubumbano Voice
September 4, 2023
Man “maliciously arrested” by police gets R3.4 million in damages
A man who spent nearly two years and eight months in prison after being “maliciously arrested” by the police has
GroundUp
August 24, 2023
An inmate at Mangaung Correctional Centre commits suicide
Between 2017 and April 2023, the G4S-run Mangaung Prison reported almost 5,000 security incidents. Among them were injuries, gang fights,
GroundUp
August 24, 2023
MACUA leader receives death threats after supporting community against proposed expansion of Tendele Coal Mine
In the wake of the recent KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruling interdicting Tendele Coal Mine from proceeding with its illegal operations
MACUA
June 9, 2023
Zimbabwe is under the church’s political grip
From the enormously influential megachurches of Walter Magaya and Emmanuel Makandiwa to smaller ‘startups,’ the church in Zimbabwe has frightening,
AIAC
June 2, 2023
Crime & Justice
Officer testifies why he shot homeless man
The officer, Luvolwethu Kati, shot and killed Dumisani Joxo, who was homeless, in Rondebosch in January 2022.
GroundUp
September 19, 2023
Environment & Water
Residents of Northern Cape town in battle against copper mine, DMRE and the police
On 9 August, community members protested outside one of the mine’s gates. Then in the evening police officers went door-to-door
GroundUp
September 18, 2023
Crime & Justice
“I was fearing for my life” officer tells court during homeless murder trial
A Cape Town law enforcement officer has told the court that she was “fearing for her life” during an altercation
GroundUp
September 14, 2023
Crime & Justice
Government responds to report on solitary confinement
On Wednesday GroundUp published a report by the Judicial Inspectorate that hundreds, even thousands, of prisoners have been kept in
GroundUp
September 11, 2023
Repression & War
Prisoners are being held for years in solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is not allowed in South Africa, but the Judicial Inspectorate says many prisoners are nevertheless being kept in
GroundUp
September 7, 2023
Gender
Zimbabwean LGBTQI+ Community finds home in South Africa
Living in Zimbabwe as an LGBTQI+ person is very difficult because it is considered a taboo and is a crime.
Ubumbano Voice
September 4, 2023
KZN
Man “maliciously arrested” by police gets R3.4 million in damages
A man who spent nearly two years and eight months in prison after being “maliciously arrested” by the police has
GroundUp
August 24, 2023
Free State
An inmate at Mangaung Correctional Centre commits suicide
Between 2017 and April 2023, the G4S-run Mangaung Prison reported almost 5,000 security incidents. Among them were injuries, gang fights,
GroundUp
August 24, 2023
Environment & Water
MACUA leader receives death threats after supporting community against proposed expansion of Tendele Coal Mine
In the wake of the recent KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruling interdicting Tendele Coal Mine from proceeding with its illegal operations
MACUA
June 9, 2023
Democracy & Constitution
Zimbabwe is under the church’s political grip
From the enormously influential megachurches of Walter Magaya and Emmanuel Makandiwa to smaller ‘startups,’ the church in Zimbabwe has frightening,
AIAC
June 2, 2023