“How many of you have been on the housing waiting list for more than 20 years?” Half the room raised their hands.
News | 7 August 2019
The building is without roof, doors, windows, electricity and sanitation
News | 7 August 2019
The facility is the only one of its kind in Amajuba district
News | 6 August 2019
Mthuthuzeli Swartz’s case is being heard in the Port Elizabeth Specialised Crimes Court
News | 6 August 2019
Shop owner says there’s no space and he has to protect his store from shoplifters
News | 2 August 2019
Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 August 2019
For members of the Rastafarian community it’s an economic opportunity, but some want it shut down
News | 31 July 2019
“We can’t allow people that contribute or enable corruption to continue doing their work as if nothing happened” says activist
News | 31 July 2019
“Only those with significant financial resources are able to comply fairly easily with the bylaw process”
News | 31 July 2019
No houses for some, unfinished houses for others in Mdantsane RDP project
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and GroundUp Staff
News | 30 July 2019
“Now that we are doing what other communities are doing, police shoot at us. Protesting is the last option but we had no choice.”
News | 30 July 2019
One person killed, but body burnt so badly that their sex cannot be determined
News | 29 July 2019
Elderly widow evicted from her home of 35 years
News | 29 July 2019
Collapse of Metrorail and policing is hurting poor people
By Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp Staff
News | 28 July 2019
Testimony given on last day of final sitting of SAHRC inquiry
By Zoë Postman
News | 27 July 2019
“Passengers are accosted by criminals on the trains. Our employees are being threatened at gunpoint and assaulted. We can’t continue under these conditions.”
News | 26 July 2019