Giant puppet’s 8,000 km journey started in Muizenberg
“Little Amal” will walk on stilts across Europe to highlight the plight of young refugees
Feature | 11 November 2020
Forgotten farm dwellers in Philippi plead for services
They say they do not know who to ask for help as farm owner is impossible to track down
News | 10 November 2020
Raymond Joseph recognised for Lottery investigation
Free Press Unlimited commended GroundUp’s reporter for “his tenacity in reporting from areas where government accountability is lacking”
By Liezl Human
Brief | 9 November 2020
Tensions reach breaking point in Franschhoek valley
There is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 November 2020
Home Affairs moves against Cape Town refugees
“Why are they talking about reintegration when people don’t want refugees in their communities?”
News | 6 November 2020
Elsies River youth start garden to feed their community
The pair are set to start a larger garden in the area soon
By James Stent
Brief | 5 November 2020
Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon
Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
News | 4 November 2020
Dunoon mother and six children among families left homeless after blaze
Some people started rebuilding on Tuesday after the homes of 139 people were gutted by a shack fire on Monday
Brief | 4 November 2020
Churchgoers want their money back
Former congregants protest outside the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries in Bellville
News | 2 November 2020