Court case exposes violence in Wild Coast mining dispute

Four men accused of assaulting residents of the Amadiba coastal area were released on R2,000 bail each yesterday at the Mbizana Magistrates’ Court.

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News | 12 January 2016

Court stops City from evicting Newcastle residents

On 14 December, the Western Cape High Court temporarily suspended an eviction order against the group who have been living on the land directly behind the Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha since May 2014.

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News | 12 January 2016

How much do university students have to pay at registration?

Nationwide demonstrations at universities look set to begin again following protests today at the University of Johannesburg, Wits and Unisa, as the registration period began.

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News | 11 January 2016

Where are the traffic death statistics?

The government agency responsible for publishing them has not done so since March 2011.

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Feature | 11 January 2016

Robots will replace most jobs

And our current economic system is not prepared for it.

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Opinion | 11 January 2016

Fire leaves over 50 homeless in Khayelitsha

Residents of BT section in Site B Khayelitsha lost their homes and belongings after a fire hit the area late afternoon yesterday. Many do not know where they will sleep tonight.

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News | 8 January 2016

What do the matric results mean?

Equal Education researchers explain what's promising, and what isn't.

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Analysis | 8 January 2016

I was jailed for filming a police assault

How the cops locked me up for trying to stop police brutality and then carried out an even more vicious beating in front of me.

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News | 8 January 2016

The forgotten people of the Western Cape

Klipheuwel is an informal settlement about 10km north of Durbanville. It seldom gets any news coverage. GroundUp's photographer, Masixole Feni, spent time in the area.