Kariega shack dwellers stop electrification project
Informal settlement residents are demanding their homes get electricity first
Brief | 3 May 2021
GroundUp takes lawyers’ council to court
Incompetent LPC decision has given the green light to lawyers who wish to commit fraud
GroundView | 3 May 2021
Long queues at post offices as activists picket for Covid-19 grant extension
”I do not even have money to go back home if I don’t get paid today. I am hungry” says hopeful beneficiary
By Liezl Human, Kimberly Mutandiro, Masego Mafata and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 30 April 2021
Cape Town firefighters fear they will be fired
City says it is trying to resolve the matter and has made no such decision
News | 30 April 2021
Gay refugees denied asylum by Home Affairs bigotry - report
Organisations analysed letters denying LGBTI applicants refugee status
News | 30 April 2021
Life after a devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana
The informal settlement is home to about 6,000 people
Photo Essay | 30 April 2021
What has been granted in the Tafelberg leave to appeal?
Leave to appeal the sale was denied, but a higher court is to hear appeals on a number of related issues
By James Stent
News | 30 April 2021
Complaints of shoddy workmanship at new multi-million rand housing development
“I don’t know why they moved us here when they know that there is still a lot of work to be done” says resident
News | 30 April 2021
Last-minute call to extend Covid-19 grant
Grant due to end on 30 April
By Liezl Human
Brief | 29 April 2021