Tired of continual backups into their pipes due to blocked sewer lines, some residents have reverted to pit toilets
News | 27 May 2024
Case to stop Israeli attack on Rafah was brought by South African government
By Matthew Hirsch and Nathan Geffen
News | 26 May 2024
Patients at Gilton clinic complain of medication shortages, broken medical equipment, no proper furniture, staff shortages and high patient volume.
News | 24 May 2024
The occupiers are mostly backyarders and tenants who say they could no longer afford to pay rent or buy a house. They have been clearing the open field for a week now.
News | 24 May 2024
The only colony of one of the world’s most endangered butterflies is within sight of a large, multi-storey development
News | 24 May 2024
And the R2,180 monthly amount is too little to cover the costs of caring for a child with disabilities
By Daniel Steyn
News | 23 May 2024
But the Eastern Cape Department of Health says there’s no money to renovate the clinic
News | 22 May 2024
New housing development will not only be for the backyarders, says the City
News | 22 May 2024
After 13 years in a “transit camp”, Ntuzuma flood victims are afraid they’ll die there
News | 22 May 2024
Public comment closes Wednesday
By GroundUp Staff and Matthew Hirsch
News | 21 May 2024
Only about one in four early learning programmes get subsidies, and that funding is only R17 per child per day and has not increased since 2019
By Liz McGregor
News | 21 May 2024
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 May 2024
Many South Africans with hepatitis go undiagnosed
By Liezl Human
News | 20 May 2024
In its 11th year, Khumbulani Pride renewed calls for justice for victims of hate crime
News | 20 May 2024
Children in KZN are being placed in foster care instead of care centres
News | 20 May 2024
Protest highlights the catastrophic mess the department has made of funding for non-profit organisations
News | 17 May 2024