GroundUp reporters hijacked and robbed
This was one of many car hijackings in Philippi and Nyanga this past week
By James Stent
News | 8 July 2022
Takealot workers strike for permanent positions
Hundreds of workers walk out of Montague Gardens warehouse
Brief | 8 July 2022
Learners picket against government scrapping deadlines to fix schools
Department says learners’ memo will be considered along with other public comments on its proposed amendments
Text and Photos by Magnificent Mndebele
News | 8 July 2022
Increased housing subsidy will result in more informal settlements
By not increasing the overall housing budget, fewer people will be getting formal houses from government
By Ronald Eglin
Opinion | 8 July 2022
Kariega by-election: “I voted without taking a bath. I was stinking!”
“No water, no vote” say voters fed-up with Nelson Mandela Bay’s water shortage
Brief | 8 July 2022
Hundreds of families in inner-city Johannesburg may lose the only home they have known for years
The Bekezela settlement building is owned by PRASA
Feature | 8 July 2022
Video: Making fun books for children in their mother-tongue
“It’s not that children don’t like to read. It’s that they haven’t found the right book yet” says Tina Akuoko of Ethnikids.
Video | 8 July 2022
Loadshedding may have killed Khayelitsha couple
Daughter suspects they went to bed when the electricity cut and forgot to switch off a stove
Brief | 7 July 2022
Developer strikes landmark deal with families occupying Kommetjie land
Eviction case withdrawn from High Court
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 7 July 2022