Activists organise to oppose teacher retrenchments
Over 2,400 posts to be lost by 1 January
By Matthew Hirsch and GroundUp Staff
News | 7 September 2024
PRASA ordered to return building materials to land occupiers
Court ruling follows interdict against eviction sought by housing activist organisation
Brief | 6 September 2024
Durban commuters stranded while PRASA and Transnet haggle over repairs
KwaMashu and North Coast lines not operational
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 6 September 2024
How much worse are coloured plastics for the environment?
Studies are finding more reason to boycott coloured plastic products
Science | 6 September 2024
Mike Ngulube’s desperate search for his baby’s body
A year after the Marshalltown fire which killed Memory and her mother Joyce, the child’s body has not been returned to her father
News | 6 September 2024
UIF online services frozen in court battle
Interim interdict stopped the UIF’s new service provider from rendering IT services
News | 5 September 2024
Women in Limpopo village had to dig their own water well
Vhembe District Municipality says repairs to faulty boreholes across Elim will be done by end September
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 5 September 2024
Half a billion in unspent funds returned to Treasury by Gauteng department
Auditor-General flags irregular expenditure and insufficient controls in 2023/24 report
By Daniel Steyn
News | 5 September 2024
Durban flood victims told to vacate emergency housing
eThekwini Municipality says its planning to rehouse the affected families but can’t assist those who had previously benefitted from RDP projects
Brief | 5 September 2024