“How can they say that he just dropped dead?” asks his stepdaughter after witnesses describe how Petrus Miggels was beaten by police
Feature | 29 April 2020
Mandeni informal settlement got six toilets and running water after 10 years of waiting
Brief | 28 April 2020
Men living in Ramaphosa informal settlement accused of attacking women in Victoria Mxenge community
News | 28 April 2020
No demolitions, but residents of Khenana informal settlement say they were threatened and harassed
News | 28 April 2020
The municipality says tanks are delivering water to villages across the district
Brief | 28 April 2020
We introduce a new occasional column to help make sense of the science
GroundUp and Spotlight staff
Covid-19 Report | 28 April 2020
Unclear why National Lotteries Commission was selling a non-essential good during lockdown
News | 25 April 2020
“I have no fence so I am forced to keep him indoors. Taking a walk is very important for his mental and physical benefit”
News | 24 April 2020
“The prevention of the spread of the virus can be achieved through self-isolation at home”
News | 24 April 2020
No explanation offered as to why this has remained an essential good
Opinion | 24 April 2020
Department of Health acted swiftly in screening and testing at fruit packhouse
By Liezl Human
News | 24 April 2020
“There is every reason to fear that the virus may spread more fearsomely within our correctional system, and soon”
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 24 April 2020
Inspecting judge calls for prisoner releases
Opinion | 24 April 2020
Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years
Interview | 24 April 2020
MEC calls for eradication of stigma against Covid-19 patients
News | 23 April 2020
“We have every right to the land and even have a court interdict protecting us from demolitions” says resident
News | 23 April 2020
The youth needs housing but now they are being forced to rent flats and unaffordable houses. When w… Read more
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