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Kou-Kamma heads for another coalition
We reported on Kou-Kamma’s water supply and other service challenges before the election. Here is how residents voted.
News | 12 November 2026
Cape Town café helps former prisoners brew a new life
The Gangstar Café in Mowbray has trained and employed many former prisoners since 2017
By Alice Scott
News | 12 November 2026
Daughter of Nepal flood victims says government is no help
Anashnee Maharaj-Domun says the only information received from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation is already public
News | 11 November 2026
The Eastern Cape municipality where projects quietly die
Two promised projects in Middledrift have come to nothing
News | 11 November 2026
Hundreds of Festive Chicken workers down tools
Workers are demanding a monthly wage of R13,500, medical aid benefits and safer working conditions
By Seth Thorne
News | 10 November 2026
Civic movements rise as ANC loses grip on Eastern Cape
New political party born from Ngcobo shutdown movement wins council seats
By GroundUp Staff, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 10 November 2026
ANC loses ground in North West but remains biggest party
We reported from three troubled North West municipalities before the elections. Here’s what voters decided.
By Seth Thorne
News | 10 November 2026
Khayelitsha families have to use buckets as toilets again
The communal ablution block has been completely vandalised and is no longer functional
By Vincent Lali
News | 10 November 2026
Insurer refunds Khayelitsha pensioner after we query funeral policy deductions
Three elderly women say strangers offering vouchers or a business opportunity left them with funeral policy deductions they don’t recall agreeing to.
News | 9 November 2026