Three people die in shack fire in Joe Slovo Park
73 people left homeless by the blaze on Saturday night
Brief | 19 September 2023
Call for Johannesburg to turn “dark buildings” into decent housing for poor people
Housing collective plans march in city next month to demand housing for the poor
News | 18 September 2023
CPUT agrees to increase payment to private residence after students locked out
This is despite the owner of 210 Long Street not meeting all NSFAS requirements of a fully accredited accommodation.
News | 18 September 2023
Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs
About 700,000 identity documents are blocked
Law | 18 September 2023
Makhanda households fed up with living in a sewage nightmare
Residents of Hooggenoeg and Scotts Farm say the sewer system has been dysfunctional for over a decade
News | 18 September 2023
GroundUp reporters win prestigious journalism award
Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn win 2023 Nat Nakasa Award for Thabo Bester prison escape story
GroundView | 17 September 2023
Lottery official’s bank accounts frozen because of suspicious payments
R32-million paid by hundreds of grassroots organisations into accounts of KZN NLC official and his wife
By Raymond Joseph and Ella Morrison
News | 15 September 2023
Social housing in Woodstock: City wins heritage hearing
Woodstock residents intend to appeal, saying they support social housing but some green space needed
News | 15 September 2023