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Eastern Cape clinic serving a dozen villages is falling apart
Patients at Gilton clinic complain of medication shortages, broken medical equipment, no proper furniture, staff shortages and high patient volume.
News | 24 May 2024
Councillor denies giving people permission to occupy land in Johannesburg
The occupiers are mostly backyarders and tenants who say they could no longer afford to pay rent or buy a house. They have been clearing the open field for a week now.
News | 24 May 2024
Strandfontein development could make critically endangered butterfly extinct
The only colony of one of the world’s most endangered butterflies is within sight of a large, multi-storey development
News | 24 May 2024
Thousands of children with disabilities are not receiving the Care Dependency Grant
And the R2,180 monthly amount is too little to cover the costs of caring for a child with disabilities
By Daniel Steyn
News | 23 May 2024
Colchester clinic is crumbling, with broken ceilings, windows and no electricity
But the Eastern Cape Department of Health says there’s no money to renovate the clinic
News | 22 May 2024
City of Cape Town backtracks on housing agreement with Mfuleni backyarders
New housing development will not only be for the backyarders, says the City
News | 22 May 2024
“You have no idea how difficult it is to get a coffin inside the camp”
After 13 years in a “transit camp”, Ntuzuma flood victims are afraid they’ll die there
News | 22 May 2024
Deadline for comment on City of Cape Town’s new homeless strategy
Public comment closes Wednesday
By GroundUp Staff and Matthew Hirsch
News | 21 May 2024
State neglect of young children leads to lifelong damage
Only about one in four early learning programmes get subsidies, and that funding is only R17 per child per day and has not increased since 2019
By Liz McGregor
News | 21 May 2024