News | GroundUp

Cape Flats fishermen still catching carp despite City health warning

The municipality has suspended fishing at Zeekoevlei due to high heavy metal levels, but people are still fishing in the Lotus River canal

Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 17 October 2023

This is how I try to survive crime in Philippi

Living in Samora Machel, Cape Town, you hear gunshots any time of the day

By Qaqamba Falithenjwa

News | 17 October 2023

Protesters from 68 Eastern Cape villages converge in Bhisho to demand clean water

Representatives march to the provincial office of COGTA under the banner of the Inyanda National Land Movement

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 16 October 2023

African states urged to lobby International Criminal Court on Gaza

Southern African Litigation Centre says reports of war crimes must be probed

By Tania Broughton

News | 16 October 2023

Court error causes years of delay in prisoner’s appeal

Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services received 2,244 complaints from prisoners appealing their sentences. KZN accounted for nearly half of these.

By Marecia Damons

News | 16 October 2023

Court showdown over Cape Flats evictions

“We are not here because we want to be here. We are here because we need homes.”

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 16 October 2023

March in Cape Town in support of Gaza as Israel orders evacuation

Official death toll rises to 3,000 - over 1,200 Israelis and about 1,800 Palestinians - as violence escalates

Text by Matthew Hirsch and Nathan Geffen. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 13 October 2023

eThekwini land occupiers claim officials attacked them without warning

The municipality claims it faced violent resistance when it was carrying out shack demolitions

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 13 October 2023

Every Saturday this small shack turns into a vibrant children’s book club

Philippi resident Sindeka Mandoyi started the Chosi-chosi book club in 2019 to share her passion for reading

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 13 October 2023

Almost 4,000 households still to be moved off Cape Town railway land

While plans for temporary relocation of 891 households occupying the Central Line are making progress, thousands of households remain on the railway

By Steve Kretzmann and Sandiso Phaliso

News | 12 October 2023

Protest after Joburg suburb without tap water for over 50 days

Frustrated South Hills residents blocked main roads and burnt tyres

By Silver Sibiya

News | 12 October 2023

MPs grill Social Development over grant payments

“If the same findings are coming through, how effective are these enforcement powers of the Auditor-General?”

By Marecia Damons

News | 12 October 2023

No rubbish collection for third month in Mamelodi

Vendors desperate as garbage piles up

By Warren Mabona

News | 12 October 2023

Protests in Cape Town in solidarity with Palestinians

Dean of St Georges Cathedral calls for peace vigil

By GroundUp Staff

News | 11 October 2023

MPs blast Post Office and Postbank leadership

“I don’t see a clear way forward. What I see is yet another failed entity” says MP

By Sonia A. Rao

News | 11 October 2023

Government wants oil and gas exploration to be speeded up

Africa Oil Week panellists discuss opposition to oil and gas at Africa Oil Week

By Liezl Human

News | 11 October 2023