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Marikana: Lonmin’s dodgy housing record

GroundUp inquiry reveals painfully slow pace of construction

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Feature | 4 September 2017

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Being a refugee and a lesbian is difficult, says Somali woman

“I felt like I was in a cage”

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Feature | 30 August 2017

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“Drugs is a fight that we will never win”

Part three of our series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 29 August 2017

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“They say we are assaulting people. We say we are blessing them.”

Part two of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 25 August 2017

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“People call us before they call the police”: a vigilante group’s quest for legitimacy

Part one of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 22 August 2017

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Epileptic, asthmatic and on the streets

All Cassiem Johnson wants is a house

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Feature | 21 August 2017

Mxolisi Zondo earns R1,500 a month herding cattle in urban Gauteng. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

Herding cattle in urban Gauteng for R1,500 a month

Motorists taunt 23-year-old herdsman

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Feature | 15 August 2017

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What is government doing about Cape Town’s water crisis?

There are a number of projects underway, but it’s not yet clear if it’s enough

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Feature | 18 July 2017

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Robertson’s dumping ground for farm workers

Councillor threatens GroundUp after we ask questions

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Feature | 10 July 2017

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Black Sash and Net1 in war of words

Chaotic event in Ceres highlights problems with social grant system

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Feature | 14 June 2017

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Man dies in raid by Red Ants

Accusations of theft and assault against eviction squad in Ivory Park

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Feature | 9 June 2017

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Sarah Baartman sculptor speaks out against art censorship

“I was trying to understand my own suffering” says Willie Bester, whose work has been covered up at UCT

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Feature | 5 June 2017

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How Nedbank sold a family’s fully paid home for R10

And other stories of bank repossessions

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Feature | 29 May 2017

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High bank charges force immigrants to send money home “hand-to-hand”

Billions of rands involved, says new Scalabrini Centre report

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Feature | 10 May 2017

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Sand artist makes a living on Port Elizabeth beaches

Siyabonga Duma, 28, wants to inspire other young people

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Feature | 14 April 2017

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“Not a good place for an athlete to live”

Promising Masiphumelele runner pins hopes on success, but may burn out too soon

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Feature | 12 April 2017