Articles for GroundUp Editors

The rights of prisoners must be protected, even if we dislike them

Solitary confinement is torture

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GroundView | 19 September 2024

Government spokespersons should take their job seriously

They are well-paid public servants, but diligence is the exception

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GroundView | 19 July 2024

Thousands of people abandoned as the Gauteng Social Development Department implodes

Vulnerable people are being failed by an inefficient and corrupt department

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GroundView | 14 May 2024

Water: government is failing to realise this human right

Human Rights Day is a reminder that the Constitution’s Bill of Rights guarantees everyone’s right to access clean water

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GroundView | 21 March 2024

Sunday World and Lottery corruption: time for an inquiry

Former editor of Sunday World Makhudu Sefara has not explained what happened

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GroundView | 7 February 2024

ICJ ruling is a victory for human rights and justice

The judgment is likely to be more important for the moral statement it makes than any short-term results it produces

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GroundView | 29 January 2024

FNB should fix The Big Issue fraud

If FICA cannot prevent this kind of fraud then its use is questionable

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GroundView | 30 November 2023

The Lottery: A South African good news story

Will there also be a good news story about Metrorail?

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GroundView | 19 October 2023

Social grants is one government system that must not fail

26-million people depend on it

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GroundView | 11 September 2023

Today we launch a system to track late judgments

We can work together to make sure justice is neither delayed nor denied

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Law | 17 July 2023

Late judgments are undermining confidence in judges. Here’s how to fix this

The Chief Justice must act with urgency

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GroundView | 25 May 2023

Zuma’s attack on the media won’t work

We stand with Karyn Maughan

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GroundView | 23 March 2023

GROUNDVIEW: NEHAWU has lost a vital opportunity

Union has failed to win public support for its strike, but the government should listen to its demands

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News | 9 March 2023

Ronald Lamola’s promise to protect whistleblowers is good news. Especially coming from him

The Minister of Justice’s former law firm has represented the National Lotteries Commission against whistleblowers

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GroundView | 14 February 2023

Why GroundUp is taking the Legal Practice Council to court

Matter is scheduled to be heard on Monday, 7 November Thursday 10 November in Johannesburg

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GroundView | 2 November 2022

A victory for PRASA’s corruption-busters

The dismissal of Siyangena’s court appeal vindicates years of hard work

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GroundView | 1 November 2022