South Africa | GroundUp

Matatiele protesters demand roads and water

Roads closed with rocks and burning tyres

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 28 August 2017

Learners accuse teacher of sexual assault

Education department probe finds teacher not guilty but learners want him fired

By Tariro Washinyira

News | 28 August 2017

CPUT students protest over accommodation

Exams cancelled after students enter hall

By Sune Payne

Brief | 28 August 2017

Swapping “rubbish” for food in Dunoon

Recycle Swop Shop offers unemployed residents an option

By Gill Douglas

News | 28 August 2017

Police lack plan for stopping gangs

Second SAPS appearance before Parliament in two weeks not much more successful than first

By Sune Payne

Parliament | 28 August 2017

1Life to refund pensioner after unexplained policy deductions

“They said one of my children signed me up, but I have never heard of the person with that name”

By Barbara Maregele

News | 28 August 2017

Legality of Howell Street evictions questioned

“You cannot evict someone unless you have alternative accommodation, and these people have nowhere to go” says municipality official

By Nomfundo Xolo

News | 25 August 2017

Three years after the Khayelitsha Commission, has there been progress?

Western Cape Premier and SJC disagree on police track record

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 25 August 2017

“They say we are assaulting people. We say we are blessing them.”

Part two of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 25 August 2017

Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents

Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade

By Christine Hogg

News | 25 August 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments - at R800,000 each

Buyers would have to earn at least R25,000 a month

By Ashleigh Furlong

News | 25 August 2017

No quick fix for Cape Town’s trains, commuters told

Western Cape operating at 60% of capacity

By Zoe Postman

News | 24 August 2017

Cofimvaba parents forced to find teacher for their children

Eastern Cape education department has failed us, say families

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 24 August 2017

Lavender Hill women share stories of abuse

“Go back and work on your marriage” magistrate told woman

By Zoe Postman

News | 24 August 2017

PE deputy mayor breaks ranks on land occupation

Bobani tells residents the municipality was wrong

By Joseph Chirume

News | 23 August 2017

Should the state pay damages if a police officer hurts his partner?

The High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal reached different decisions. Now the Constitutional Court must decide.

By Safura Abdool Karim

Law | 23 August 2017