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Covid-19: South Africa is racing to produce the masks needed to fight the virus

After a slow start, production has been ramped up

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Feature | 22 April 2020

Covid-19: Civil society left to feed thousands of children on Cape Flats

Civil society network feeding more than 1,300 children in Lavender Hill and surrounds

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Feature | 17 April 2020

Covid-19: A view from the townships

GroundUp’s reporters describe what they see

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Feature | 16 April 2020

Covid-19: Court decision is a heavy blow to waste-pickers’ hopes

Recyclers are not essential services during lockdown, court rules

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Feature | 15 April 2020

Covid-19: Lockdown creates ripe pickings for corrupt police

Revealed: A staggering range of police corruption

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Feature | 15 April 2020

Housing backlog exceeds half a million in Western Cape

City and Province’s housing demand drive adds 10,000 more to the database

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Feature | 26 March 2020

Huge church accused of scamming members

Former members of Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance Ministries say the money they invested has disappeared

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Feature | 25 March 2020

How the Lottery funded an R8.5 million Facebook page

Director of Harmonica Jazz Foundation was a member of a National Lotteries Commission distributing agency

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Feature | 16 March 2020

Zibsifusion: a case study of Lottery corruption

Toilets were promised to schools with pit latrines, but never delivered

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Feature | 3 March 2020

The Lottery and the missing minstrel museum

Six years ago the Lottery gave R13 million for a museum which still does not exist

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Feature | 21 February 2020

Support for property developer angers Khoi leadership

A statement claiming First Nations support for River Club development is rejected by tribal authorities

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Feature | 7 February 2020

BEE partners did nothing, say auditors of SASSA contract

Explosive report into costs claimed by Cash Paymaster Services on social grants payment contract

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Feature | 6 February 2020

Cash Paymaster Services might have to pay SASSA R1 billion

Auditor’s report suggests the company understated its profits by more than R840 million

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Feature | 6 February 2020

Lottery paid millions of rands to COO’s wife’s company

Companies linked to Phillemon Letwaba’s friends and family have received huge amounts of Lottery money

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Feature | 28 January 2020

Money from Lottery goes to cousin of National Lotteries Commission boss

Only a fraction of the R11 million grant appears to have gone to its intended purpose

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Feature | 20 January 2020

Our best photos of the year

Evictions, protests, street art - and a Minister who missed the train

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Feature | 19 December 2019