News | GroundUp

Showdown over Pollsmoor’s “appalling” conditions

Sonke is taking prison authorities to court on 5 December

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 30 November 2016

Passengers shoved into the wrong coaches in Newtown bus war

Mayhem as touts jostle for Zimbabwe-bound trade

By Ray Mwareya

News | 30 November 2016

Masiphumelele residents fear being trapped if there’s a fire

New location has narrow roads and a fence surrounding it

By Thembela Ntongana

News | 30 November 2016

Learners’ photos expose conditions at their schools

Exhibition in Zwelitsha marks missed deadline for fixing schools

By Siphokazi Vuso and Abongile Ndevu

News | 30 November 2016

New suburb in Fisantekraal gets underway

200 houses handed over, but some residents complain of lack of privacy

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 30 November 2016

Photo of student outside dilapidated school

Motshekga misses the deadline for Vukile Tshwete High

School infrastructure promises not kept

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 29 November 2016

Harare sex workers beat the cash crunch

Customers pay online

By Pamela Keletso

News | 29 November 2016

Six years on and no sign of police investigation into missing man

Gift Mutsumba disappeared one night in 2010 and has not been heard from since

By Ray Mwareya

News | 29 November 2016

Social grants: Minister to make announcement on switchover

Black Sash warns of looming national crisis

By GroundUp Staff

News | 28 November 2016

Photo of man looking down at asylum seekers

Home Affairs office loses asylum documents

"How can I work without my asylum?"

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 28 November 2016

Stop giving to beggars so they can move elsewhere, says City councillor

I’m on the streets because my shack has been destroyed by the City, says homeless woman

By GroundUp Staff and Bernard Chiguvare

News | 28 November 2016

Small-scale fishers demand their rights

Dozens protest at Parliament over fishing permit policy

By Ashraf Hendricks

News | 26 November 2016

Screenshot from video showing goods being confiscated

Dispute over City’s confiscation of traders’ goods

Government wouldn’t do this to Pick ‘n Pay, says activist

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 25 November 2016

Robertson Winery’s 14-week strike ends

Union agrees to 8% but says industry is forever changed

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 24 November 2016

Residents try to rescue Somalis trapped in blaze

Four people die in burning buiding

By Joseph Chirume

News | 24 November 2016

No answers from municipality to residents’ complaints of leaking sewerage pipes

Duncan Village residents say their houses are wet and smelly

By Siphokazi Vuso

News | 24 November 2016