News
Your call is being recorded – and broadcast to the internet
IT company exposes thousands of telephone recordings, many dealing with confidential medical and financial matters
By Nathan Geffen and Joel Cedras
News | 6 November 2026
Thembisa resident’s dream to turn a polluted riverbank into a botanical garden
Samuel Mashimbi wants people to reconnect with nature
Text by Seth Thorne. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 6 November 2026
SAHRC takes City of Cape Town to court over land sales
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has accused the commission of “electioneering”
News | 5 November 2026
In photos: South Africans vote to shape the future of their municipalities
Millions of people came out to make their mark on 4 November
News | 4 November 2026
Behind the leadership crisis at NUMSA
Fight between Irvin Jim and his rivals goes way back
By Greg Dor
News | 4 November 2026
Asylum seekers could lose Tshwane refugee office
Home Affairs wants to open a new refugee reception office at Beitbridge
News | 4 November 2026
GroundUp calls on police to protect journalists covering anti-immigrant protests
Heads of police service urged to direct officers to protect reporters
News | 3 November 2026
President visits shoddily built homes for flood victims
KZN flood victims from April 2022 who moved to the Cornubia housing development this year complain of poor workmanship
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 3 November 2026
EThekwini won’t say what it pays plumbing middlemen
Plumbers question the value and sense of the appointment of a panel of companies to manage them on behalf of the municipality
News | 3 November 2026