SA may reach its emissions targets, but are they too easy?
If every country follows this approach, global warming could reach 3°C above pre-industrial levels
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 25 September 2026
Debate over new Makhanda wind farm
Questions raised about jobs, community benefits, ownership and environmental impact of proposed 37-turbine facility
By Gcina Ntsaluba and Asemahle Vumsindo
News | 25 September 2026
Heritage Day: poet celebrates Kaaps dictionary
The first-ever Kaaps Woriboek was released earlier this year
By Liezl Human
Brief | 24 September 2026
Hundreds march through Cape Town against planned N2 wall
“It’s going to make us live as if we are prisoners”
By Abonge Chiya
Brief | 24 September 2026
Elections 2026: This failing town is knee-deep in sewage
Tswaing municipality in the North West spends money on court battles and consultants
Text by Seth Thorne. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Feature | 24 September 2026
Intercape secures court interdict after Ngcobo taxi strike
Buses are loading passengers outside the police station
News | 24 September 2026
Cape Town roads blocked in electricity protest
Philippi informal settlement residents want the City of Cape Town to negotiate with the private landowners to install services
Brief | 23 September 2026
My two-hour “detention” while reporting on water challenges in Bronkhorstspruit
Nothing will deter me from doing my work and defending press freedom
News | 23 September 2026
State land must be used for housing, activists say
Applications were submitted three years ago, but vast areas of government-owned land remain unused
Brief | 23 September 2026