News
Freight trains stopped for weeks as backyarders fight for land in Dunoon
“We need land to build shacks. If we demand houses we are going to wait till we are old and frail.”
News | 10 March 2018
Court interdicts PRASA from intimidating activists
“We are not going to accept undemocratic, repressive and violent behaviour in a democracy” says Zackie Achmat
By Aidan Jones
News | 9 March 2018
Masiphumelele riders join the Cape Town Cycle Tour
Songezo Jim’s cycling academy is struggling to find a principal sponsor
News | 9 March 2018
Riot in Mfuleni follows shack removals
“I want to have my own place and stand on my own two feet because I’m an adult”
By Vincent Lali and GroundUp Staff
News | 8 March 2018
Mother tells of her child’s death in shack fire
Family unable to afford funeral for nine-year-old
News | 8 March 2018
Learners bullied into using taxis
High school students say taxis are cramped, late, unsafe, and expensive
News | 8 March 2018
SASSA is trying to blackmail Constitutional Court, says judge
Social Security Agency argues for extension of CPS contract
By Zoë Postman
News | 7 March 2018
Informal gold miner shot dead and eight arrested
Security guards accused of corruption and double-crossing illegal miners
News | 7 March 2018
“We are 52 students in one container”
Philippi students marched to Parliament to demand better school infrastructure and more teachers
News | 6 March 2018