Driver and commuters concerned about resurgence of violent taxi feud, after nine taxis were set alight at the Nyanga rank in Cape Town on Friday morning.
Read groundup.org.za/article/nine... by Sandiso Phaliso
Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau has joined the growing chorus opposing the liquidation of Tongaat Hulett, saying it will cause a "jobs bloodbath".
Read groundup.org.za/article/tong... by Tania Broughton.
Hendrik Lottering from Matjiesfontein is one of the many older inhabitants of Laingsburg Local Municipality, which according to the latest economic review by the WC Government, is experiencing an outward migration of young people.
Read groundup.org.za/article/cent... by Steve Kretzmann.
About 80 learners from the Enon farming community in the Eastern Cape have been without scholar transport this year. Learners have no choice but to hitchhike to school every day.
Read groundup.org.za/article/grad... by Thamsanqa Mbovane.
After a decline in ships docking at South African ports between 2019 and 2021, the country’s harbours appear to be making a gradual comeback.
Read groundup.org.za/article/sas-... by The Outlier and GroundUp Staff.
The Universal Basic Income Coalition (UBIC) has criticised the 2026 Budget, warning that government’s efforts to generate billions of rands in savings in social grants risks leaving vulnerable people without support.
Read groundup.org.za/article/civi... by Marecia Damons
Small-scale fishers around the country are breathing a sigh of relief after an announcement on Thursday that linefish quotas will increase and the crayfish season will be extended.
Read groundup.org.za/article/mini... by Liezl Human
A R66-million lottery grant for a Netball World Cup 2023 legacy programme to construct dozens of all-weather courts across South Africa has been frozen following a forensic investigation.
Read groundup.org.za/article/fund... by Raymond Joseph
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) is failing to fulfil its regulatory role.
Read groundup.org.za/article/sa-a... by Ntokozo Dladla
The Newville swimming pool in Newlands’ Region B, Johannesburg, was once a popular communal space where families gathered on weekends and children learned to swim. But after years of neglect, the pool is beyond repair.
Read groundup.org.za/article/negl... by Seth Thorne
Over 100 people living at Singabalapha informal settlement on Main Road, Observatory, want the municipality to finalise its plans to relocate them.
Read groundup.org.za/article/grou... by Mary-Anne Gontsana
The Special Tribunal has “pierced the corporate veil” of four companies used as “sham fronts” in a R14-million lottery grant scam and ordered their directors to repay the funds personally.
Read groundup.org.za/article/comp... by Tania Broughton
The Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society (CLAWS) says it is at breaking point due to an overwhelming increase in cases of animal abuse and disease.
Read groundup.org.za/article/volu... by Liezl Human.
Attorneys GroundUp spoke to have described the Pretoria Master’s Office as “completely dysfunctional” and “abysmal”.
Read groundup.org.za/article/pret... by Justin Brown
Trains between Philippi and Kapteinsklip on Cape Town’s central Metrorail line are running again, nearly seven years after widespread vandalism forced the line to close.
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Suspended Gauteng High Court Judge Nana Makhubele, who is facing impeachment after being found guilty of gross misconduct, is fighting to keep her job.
Read groundup.org.za/article/judg... by Tania Broughton
The Greater Kokstad Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has spent R24.4-million on a sports facility, which has finally been completed after nine years of tender disputes and delays.
Read groundup.org.za/article/frus... by Joseph Bracken
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and professional, administrative, and support service (PASS) staff unions have reached an agreement after two days of strike action over salary increases last week.
Read groundup.org.za/article/uct-... by Liezl Human
Noncedo Holiwe was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2008. Delays in accessing treatment resulted in surgery in 2015. She now lives with a permanent opening in her throat and goes for regular check-ups.
Read groundup.org.za/article/woma... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
The west end of Maitland is being transformed from dowdy single-story retail to bustling blocks of apartments for low to mid-income Capetonians.
Read groundup.org.za/article/mait... by Steve Kretzmann
Community members in Driftsands, Cape Town want their badly vandalised play park to be repaired. They say children in the area have no choice other than to play in dangerous spaces.
Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Vincent Lali
In 1986, I was shot in the head. The bullet paralysed the left side of my body—my arm, my hand, my leg. In an instant, simple tasks like tying my shoelaces became impossible.
Read groundup.org.za/article/i-wa... by Mbuyiselo Botha
A second suspect in the January massacre of nine people in Phillipi East appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Keith le Keur on Monday.
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Thando Lelo Nkhoma says her experience of giving birth in a Johannesburg hospital nearly four years ago left her traumatised because of the way she was treated by staff.
Read groundup.org.za/article/acti... by Kimberly Mutandiro
Green Point attorney Gary Trappler has been ordered by the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court to pay his neighbour, Thandi Mgwaba, R7,500 in damages for slashing her car tyres.
Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Riyadh Karodia
The National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry is seeking to liquidate Drake Clothing, alleging it contracts with unregistered sweatshops.
Read groundup.org.za/article/drak... by Tania Broughton
More than 48% of Johannesburg’s water is lost to leaks, bursts and illegal connections.
Read groundup.org.za/article/joha... by Seth Thorne
One of the largest landfill sites in Cape Town has been running a “pioneering” project by converting gas from waste into enough electricity to power over 4,300 homes.
Read groundup.org.za/article/in-p... by Jeffrey Abrahams
Learners from several schools in Mamelodi say they do not feel safe on buses contracted by the Gauteng Department of Education to transport them to school at no cost.
Read groundup.org.za/article/mame... by Warren Mabona
Mbombela Master’s Office faces major challenges, including backlogs, insufficient resources and staff shortages.
Read groundup.org.za/article/gove... by Justin Brown
