South Africa | GroundUp

Families evicted from farms have been dumped in Spoekiesdorp

The households in the Worcester informal settlement must be relocated, says the South African Human Rights Commission

By Marecia Damons

News | 31 October 2023

Housing in South Africa: How have we done since 1994?

We’ve made progress but the quality of the data is poor, especially the latest census

By Sonia A. Rao and Nathan Geffen

Analysis | 31 October 2023

Two die and hundreds left homeless by Khayelitsha fire

Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby

By Vincent Lali

News | 30 October 2023

Concourt slaps Home Affairs minister with personal cost order

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights

By Tania Broughton

Law | 30 October 2023

Rural women shed light on food insecurity

“Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity” says activist

By Liezl Human

News | 30 October 2023

Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion

About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 30 October 2023

Children play among rubbish and rodents at this Dunoon park

City official says a developer is waiting for approval to fund the repairs of Thandabantu Park but suggest moving the equipment to a different place

By Peter Luhanga

News | 30 October 2023

Parents fear for children’s safety at this crumbling school

Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 30 October 2023

Welkom municipal workers furious after learning they won’t be paid

A letter signed by the municipal manager states workers may have to wait until the end of October to get their salaries

By Becker Semela

News | 27 October 2023

Over 100 grannies march in Durban to demand better healthcare and housing

This follows a three-day conference that brought together grandmothers from across the country

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Brief | 27 October 2023

Criminal case against former PRASA director kicked down the tracks – again

Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 27 October 2023

Life-saving TB drug is now cheaper in South Africa, but not as cheap as it can be

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40%

By Daniel Steyn

News | 27 October 2023

Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office

SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved

By Qaqamba Falithenjwa

News | 27 October 2023

Helen Suzman Foundation goes to court to “avert human catastrophe”

The organisation wants an execution order that will protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders

By Tania Broughton

Law | 27 October 2023

Landmark decision for housing in Cape Town

City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 26 October 2023

Backyarders demolish shacks in Cape Town

Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha

By Vincent Lali

News | 26 October 2023