Social grant recipients say they have to pay to get to front of queue.
News | 18 January 2016
GroundUp previously reported the poor service by the Department of Home Affairs' foreshore offices. Today, the situation remains unchanged.
Brief | 18 January 2016
The informal settlement's toilets are overflowing and unusable.
News | 15 January 2016
Residents of Blikkiesdorp work hard to give their animals a good life, gathering with their pets to receive basic vet care, food and advice from volunteers at Tin Can Town animal rescue organisation.
News | 15 January 2016
But for many students this is easier said than done.
News | 15 January 2016
A man claims to have been physically and verbally assaulted by a security guard in Site C’s Shoprite.
News | 15 January 2016
An article by Eduard Grebe highlighting police brutality spurred the Cape Town Rastafarian community to protest outside Woodstock Police Station today.
News | 14 January 2016
There is a political battle underway in Philippi's Ward 33. The fight is not between opposing political parties, however, but within the ANC itself, with former ward councillor Monwabisi Mbaliswano in one corner and the present incumbent, Nico Mzalisi, in the other.
Feature | 14 January 2016
The skyrocketing price of both white and yellow maize during 2015 as well as estimates of only half of the usual crop sizes being planted for the 2016 season raise concerns for food price inflation.
Analysis | 13 January 2016
Yesterday's fires left more than a hundred Capetonians homeless.
News | 13 January 2016
A fire in an informal settlement in Langa earlier today destroyed dozens of shacks, leaving many homeless.
Photo Essay | 12 January 2016
Bernard Chiguvare describes the shenanigans on his trip from Cape Town to Harare.
News | 12 January 2016
Four men accused of assaulting residents of the Amadiba coastal area were released on R2,000 bail each yesterday at the Mbizana Magistrates’ Court.
News | 12 January 2016
On 14 December, the Western Cape High Court temporarily suspended an eviction order against the group who have been living on the land directly behind the Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha since May 2014.
News | 12 January 2016
Nationwide demonstrations at universities look set to begin again following protests today at the University of Johannesburg, Wits and Unisa, as the registration period began.
News | 11 January 2016
The government agency responsible for publishing them has not done so since March 2011.
By Barbara Maregele and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 11 January 2016
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