Feature
Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms
After reports were sent to cabinet, water test results have not been released for five years
Feature | 25 February 2019
Forget cigarette smuggling. The big money is in stealing coal
Coal theft siphons off billions of rands a year
By Ciaran Ryan
Feature | 22 February 2019
Immigrants targeted in Alexandra housing battle
Vigilantes accused of throwing families out of RDP housing
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 21 February 2019
Lawlessness at Gupta mines was behind deadly tragedy
Men trapped underground at Gloria Coal Mine were allegedly stealing cable
By Ciaran Ryan
Feature | 18 February 2019
The men who make a living from an old gold mine dump
“The gold is right here in the soil”
Feature | 14 February 2019
Unemployment: our biggest problem
We are taking an in-depth look at the issue South Africans are most concerned about
By Aidan Jones
Feature | 12 February 2019
Mantashe inspects West Coast mine ahead of its expansion plans
Mining department granted Tormin prospecting rights to substantial part of coastline and 15km of Oliphants River estuary
By John Yeld
Feature | 12 February 2019
Sex workers campaign for law to be changed
“It’s like any other type of work”
By Ashraf Hendricks and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 4 February 2019
Mushroomville waste pickers avoid eviction, for now
“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 4 February 2019