News | GroundUp

Fentanyl is here: South Africans test positive for potent opioid

Preliminary research shows people are using fentanyl, a lab-made opioid over 30 times as potent as heroin, responsible for thousands of deaths in the US

By Jesse Copelyn

News | 9 December 2024

Here’s how an SRD beneficiary spent their R370 grant

We joined Willem Witbooi from George while shopping on Black Friday

By Marecia Damons

News | 6 December 2024

We visited eight boreholes in Cofimvaba: not one of them is operational

Municipal workers accused of stealing vital equipment

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 6 December 2024

New hospital for Elim at last

But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling

By Thembi Siaga

News | 5 December 2024

Minister moves to appoint National Gambling Board members after ten years

Board positions have been vacant since 2014

By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph

News | 4 December 2024

Father’s heartbreaking 15-month search for baby’s body after Marshalltown fire

Broken promises and dashed hopes in Mike Ngulube’s desperate quest to locate Memory’s misplaced body

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 4 December 2024

“Implausible” 2022 census cost R4-billion

There are serious concerns about the reliability of the census data

By Daniel Steyn

News | 3 December 2024

SASSA accuses media of “overstating the problems” at the agency

“These negative reports have led to an unfortunate conclusion that SASSA has completely failed in its responsibility” SASSA’s Sibusiso Nhlangothi tells the Western Cape provincial legislature

By Marecia Damons

News | 3 December 2024