Informal miners say they are continuing operations amid lockdown
News | 30 April 2020
Proposed amendments would allow officials to conduct search and seizure without a warrant
Analysis | 30 April 2020
After their shacks were demolished during the lockdown, families have been left in dire straits and at the mercy of criminals
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 30 April 2020
Hundreds of psychologists and psychiatrists are volunteering to offer support
By Mental Health Care for Covid-19 Healthcare Workers
Opinion | 30 April 2020
Activists and academics say government’s grant increases are a “way of appearing generous while actually reducing the disaster relief budget”
News | 29 April 2020
If there is no personal protective equipment, don’t resume any duties, says union
Brief | 29 April 2020
Popular beaches are among 31 polluted sites, long-awaited water quality report shows
News | 29 April 2020
Email reveals plan to close it on Thursday
By James Stent
News | 29 April 2020
Hundreds of millions budgeted for bulk water and sanitation projects to be shifted to emergency response plan
News | 29 April 2020
Emergency grant was paid out to hundreds of thousands within three weeks
By Jeremy Seekings, Lena Gronbach and Nicoli Nattrass
Analysis | 29 April 2020
“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
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