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Tensions rise as 600 RDP houses stand empty in Nigel

High time we got answers, say Alra Park residents

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 2 April 2019

Chief Justice’s office fails to provide list of late judgments

GroundUp’s PAIA request to judiciary has been ignored

By GroundUp Staff

Law | 2 April 2019

RDP house not finished after seven years

Woman in Khayelitsha has been moving from shack to shack as she waits for her house to be completed

By Vincent Lali

News | 2 April 2019

Photo is of nooses at the Apartheid Museum

Death penalty debate is a cheap political trick

Politicians are once again trying to use capital punishment to get votes

By Clare Ballard

Opinion | 1 April 2019

Photo of march for more money to fight TB

International tuberculosis commission praises SA government’s increased investment

TB killed 1.6 million people worldwide in 2017

By Elsabé Brits

News | 1 April 2019

Photo of Masiphumelele community meeting

One thousand new homes earmarked for Masiphumelele

City commitment to start settling people in October follows long period of community discussions

By Ella Ndongeni

News | 1 April 2019

Photo of people in an informal settlement

Bobani must deliver on his promises to PE shack dwellers, say protesters

Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks

By Joseph Chirume

Brief | 1 April 2019

Swimmers promote alternatives to mining the Wild Coast

Over five days, eight people will swim 22 km along the Pondoland Marine Protected Area

By Luke Riley

News | 31 March 2019

Photo of files and pills all over office floor

HIV patient files lie on the floor of disused clinic

Closure of Emmanuel Haven Wellness Center in Motherwell has been poorly done

By Joseph Chirume

News | 29 March 2019

Photo of a woman walking with a bucket on her head

Crumbling infrastructure leaves Eastern Cape villagers without water

“We are lucky because we recently got rain”

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Brief | 29 March 2019

Photo of a woman with two armed security men

Family of 10 left homeless after farm eviction

Ethical trade association to review Windmeul Kelder wine farm

By Barbara Maregele and Velani Ludidi

News | 29 March 2019

Photo of people protesting for higher wages

GROUNDVIEW: Civil society directors should make their salaries public

Coyness over what we earn is the current etiquette, but it needs to change.

By GroundUp Editors

GroundView | 29 March 2019

SARS employees on strike over wage dispute

Labour action starts day before 2017/18 filing deadline

By Tariro Washinyira and Musa Binda

News | 28 March 2019

State drops sloppy attempt at ‘SLAPP’ suit

Charges dropped against prominent public interest lawyer Richard Spoor

By John Yeld

News | 28 March 2019

Union warns PE coalition: “If our demands keep falling on deaf ears, someone will fall”

Hundreds of SAMWU workers march to City Hall

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

Brief | 28 March 2019

Activists haul Blade Nzimande to court

#UniteBehind wants PRASA to hand over list of security contracts

By Wilmien Wicomb

Law | 28 March 2019

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