Government spending has stagnated since covid
Budgets are not keeping up with the growth in the population
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 5 June 2026
Belhar residents demand halt to housing project
The community of Pentech say they instead want a school built on the land
News | 5 June 2026
What lies behind the decline in commercial crime prosecutions
New research says delays, withdrawals and poor case management are to blame for the poor performance by specialised commercial crime courts
News | 4 June 2026
North West municipality fails to pay May salaries for general workers
Tswaing Local Municipality says it will make payment by 15 July
By Seth Thorne
News | 4 June 2026
Hawks act on lottery looting cases
Within weeks of missing a parliamentary briefing, the Hawks submitted 13 lottery fraud dockets to prosecutors
News | 4 June 2026
No grievance can justify xenophobic attacks, warns top cop
Violence is not activism, says Deputy National Police Commissioner
Brief | 3 June 2026
Soweto officials accused of fraudulently selling houses
A receptionist from the Pimville housing office faces fraud and corruption charges after a Hawks probe found officials forged title deeds
By Seth Thorne
News | 3 June 2026
The state says its computer systems are secure. We looked. They’re not
SITA’s internet services have more than 5,000 security flaws
By Joel Cedras and Nathan Geffen
News | 3 June 2026
Lottery Olympics scammers must pay back the money
R25-million in lottery funds looted through a fake Rio Olympics roadshow
Law | 3 June 2026