Lesotho’s prisons in bad shape despite years of recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
News | 24 April 2026
Collapsing asbestos classrooms force Cradock school closure
Parents doubt government promise to rebuild their school
Brief | 24 April 2026
New bank takes swift action after GroundUp alerts it to data breach
But the Information Regulator is missing in action
By Nathan Geffen and Joel Cedras
News | 24 April 2026
A shameful judicial record
Late judgments hit a new high in 2025, crossing the 300 mark
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 24 April 2026
Permit chaos leaves Joburg traders in limbo
City blames delays on its legal battles with SERI
News | 23 April 2026
How renting a photocopier helped destroy a school
A North West school owes over R600,000 after defaulting on rental agreements for two photocopiers and a phone system. Meanwhile 789 learners are left with broken toilets and crumbling classrooms
News | 23 April 2026
Untangling the red tape of crèche registration
City of Cape Town is trying to make the process easier for Early Childhood Development centres
News | 23 April 2026
Durban organisations come together to fight xenophobia
But dozens of shops were closed in the city centre as the March and March “clean-up” continued
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 23 April 2026
Appointment of new lottery board chair inches forward
Names of three candidates submitted to Minister
News | 23 April 2026
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