Cape Flats families bury their children on Youth Day
“It happens every day, uncle, every single day”
Photo Essay | 18 June 2020
Covid-19: COSAS closes down Cape Town school
Matric students sent home
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 June 2020
Shack dwellers make up their own housing list for new City of Cape Town project
Dozens try to occupy land set aside for Maroela Project
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 June 2020
SANCO closes Crossroads school after teacher tests positive for Covid-19
Education department says unnecessary to shut down school
Brief | 17 June 2020
City councillor Zahid Badroodien says there’s room for homeless people in Cape Town’s shelters. But our investigation found very few empty places
GroundUp contacted shelters across the city
By James Stent
News | 17 June 2020
Family of five die in shack fire
Teenage daughter survives as she was visiting her cousin at the time of the fire
News | 15 June 2020
Asylum seeker with spinal cord injury faces eviction from his shack
Markus Nyoni can no longer pay his rent because of the Covid-19 pandemic
News | 12 June 2020
Conflict in Hout Bay as City demolishes structures
Teargas, rubber bullets and stones exchanged between police and residents
By James Stent
News | 11 June 2020
In photos: Cape Town flooded
The city has been hit by hail, lightning, thunder and heavy rain since Wednesday
By Ashraf Hendricks, Buziwe Nocuze and Lucas Nowicki
Photo Essay | 11 June 2020