Threat to cut off water and electricity spark protests, but a multitude of festering problems underlie community’s anger
Photo Essay | 12 June 2017
City’s informal settlement residents battle to stay dry and warm during this week’s storm
Photo Essay | 9 June 2017
Communities in Macassar Village and Taiwan section of Khayelitsha mopped up, tried to keep warm and assessed the damage
Photo Essay | 8 June 2017
At least five dead, and many lose their homes
By GroundUp Staff and Mandla Mnyakama
Photo Essay | 8 June 2017
Some shacks that were rebuilt after the fires earlier this year blew down
By Natalie Pertsovsky and Lilly Wimberly
Photo Essay | 7 June 2017
The legality of the action initiated by Prasa under dispute in court
Photo Essay | 2 June 2017
Residents in the overcrowded settlement are building apartments and adding storeys
Photo Essay | 17 May 2017
Constitutional Court hears argument on how Parliament should vote
Photo Essay | 15 May 2017
Perilous state of city’s water supply is starkly visible
Text by Trevor Bohatch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 15 May 2017
“There is no future for the youth here”
Photo Essay | 9 May 2017
Across the world, people march for decriminalisation of weed
Photo Essay | 6 May 2017
Removal of some works reflects an increasingly gentrified neighbourhood
Photo Essay | 28 April 2017
Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 25 April 2017
Political marches rock cities across the country
Photo Essay | 8 April 2017
From Pretoria to Port Elizabeth, South Africans call for the president to go
Photo Essay | 7 April 2017
Participants at memorial for Ahmed Kathrada call for President Jacob Zuma to go
Photo Essay | 6 April 2017