Government
Shack dwellers make up their own housing list for new City of Cape Town project
Dozens try to occupy land set aside for Maroela Project
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 June 2020
City councillor Zahid Badroodien says there’s room for homeless people in Cape Town’s shelters. But our investigation found very few empty places
GroundUp contacted shelters across the city
By James Stent
News | 17 June 2020
Mothers say they are not receiving child maintenance payments during lockdown
New payment system at Department of Justice is blamed by protesters
News | 9 June 2020
“Our people cannot be treated like napkins”: public works programme challenged in court
Johannesburg Expanded Public Works Programme workers want to be made permanent
By Elna Schütz
News | 2 June 2020
Free State ordered to pay NPOs R120 million in outstanding subsidies
“If financial constraints were an issue, the respondents should have played open cards,” says judge
Law | 26 May 2020
Arcadia Place: City of Cape Town moves against occupiers
Several fines and one arrest
News | 20 May 2020
Doubts over Compensation Fund’s ability to pay out for Covid-19 claims
However, the Fund’s glitchy computer system is at last showing some improvement
By Liezl Human
Brief | 18 May 2020
Covid-19: We asked government and experts to explain the controversial disaster regulations
We got no response from government, but most experts are scathing
News | 13 May 2020
Covid-19: We don’t have a full picture of what’s going on in the Eastern Cape
Province has failed to keep the population informed
Opinion | 13 May 2020