News | GroundUp

New book tells the life of veteran activist Mandla Majola

The book was written by two professors from the United States

By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp Staff

News | 30 June 2025

US aid cuts leave rural Lesotho schools searching for alternative funding

Across Lesotho, many children are still learning in church halls and outside, says education official

By Sechaba Mokhethi

News | 27 June 2025

People with HIV go hungry as Gauteng government cuts funds

Organisations say thousands of beneficiaries are no longer getting food parcels

By Joseph Bracken and Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 27 June 2025

Lottery licence evaluators had no lottery experience

Audit firms refused to get involved because of “reputational risk”

By Raymond Joseph

News | 26 June 2025

Open Secrets report: How big consulting firms are cashing in on the climate crisis

Multinational firms are benefitting from “just transition” funding while serving the world’s largest fossil fuel companies

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 26 June 2025

Late judgments have increased. Here’s what’s being done to fix the problem

The Chief Justice plans a full rollout of Court Online for civil matters by 2026 to reduce backlogs

By Marecia Damons

News | 26 June 2025

Parents vow to keep children out of school after murder of learner

Demand for scholar transport after 13-year-old Anga Ndema was killed on her way back from school

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 26 June 2025

Khayelitsha residents take over SASSA meeting to voice grievances

“What solutions is the minister bringing?” Residents unimpressed by promised visit by Social Development Minister

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 25 June 2025

Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service comes after months of US funding cuts and tariffs put immense pressure on the country’s economy

By Sechaba Mokhethi

News | 24 June 2025

SANCO and ANC clash in Eastern Cape

Protestors gathered at Ngcobo’s municipal offices, despite a court order

By Johnnie Isaac

News | 24 June 2025

South Africans and Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks

Mob in Addo killed four, injured dozens, and displaced hundreds of families

By Joseph Chirume

News | 24 June 2025

A taste of Somalia on the streets of Joburg

We visited a Somali-owned coffee shop in Mayfair which serves qaxwo and other Somali treats

Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.

News | 24 June 2025

Court to decide fate of Hope Street homeless camp

Housing rights group argues the City’s Safe Space shelters do not meet constitutional requirements for alternative accommodation

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 24 June 2025

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago

By John Yeld

News | 23 June 2025

Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Heritage approval granted, but funding is uncertain and informal settlement families still need to be relocated

By Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn

News | 23 June 2025

Call for Stellenbosch University to take a stand on Gaza

Other universities in South Africa have passed resolutions criticising the war

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 21 June 2025