News | GroundUp

CPUT agrees to increase payment to private residence after students locked out

This is despite the owner of 210 Long Street not meeting all NSFAS requirements of a fully accredited accommodation.

By Qaqamba Falithenjwa

News | 18 September 2023

Makhanda households fed up with living in a sewage nightmare

Residents of Hooggenoeg and Scotts Farm say the sewer system has been dysfunctional for over a decade

By Lucas Nowicki

News | 18 September 2023

Lottery official’s bank accounts frozen because of suspicious payments

R32-million paid by hundreds of grassroots organisations into accounts of KZN NLC official and his wife

By Raymond Joseph and Ella Morrison

News | 15 September 2023

Social housing in Woodstock: City wins heritage hearing

Woodstock residents intend to appeal, saying they support social housing but some green space needed

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 15 September 2023

Families displaced by World Cup occupy RDP houses in Durban

Fed up Isipingo transit camp residents say they are the rightful beneficiaries of houses in Kanku Road

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 15 September 2023

Silicosis: the astonishing story of the driller from Lesotho

Family receives R340,000 payout after death of miner who suffered from silicosis

News | 15 September 2023

Postbank board axed over unlawful contracts

Over 600,000 beneficiaries were affected by last week’s system failure, Ministers confirm

By Daniel Steyn, Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Ella Morrison

News | 14 September 2023

Officer testifies why he shot homeless man

“I believed they were going to injure me, take my gun and shoot me”

By Marecia Damons

News | 14 September 2023

Here’s what caused the social grant payment “glitch”

Postbank’s legal dispute with “payment switch” software provider sheds light on ongoing technical troubles

By Daniel Steyn

News | 14 September 2023

Silicosis: diagnosing the disease beyond the grave

Q(h)ubeka Trust finds way to pay out widow of miner in spite of lack of medical records

News | 14 September 2023

Activists protest as huge oil and gas conference gets underway in Cape Town

“Gas and oil and nuclear don’t need to be in our energy mix”

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 13 September 2023

Court grants Benoni company final interdict against EFF

Last year an armed group wearing EFF regalia blocked the entrance to Gas Giants after demanding it fire immigrant workers and pay protection money

By Tania Broughton

News | 13 September 2023

SA’s injury statistics are not accurate, experts warn

South African Medical Research Council says death notification form must be changed

By Sonia A. Rao

News | 13 September 2023

Silicosis: 68-year-old mineworker gets compensation payout months before he dies

Q(h)ubeka Trust winds up after paying out R420-million in compensation following court settlement with employers

News | 13 September 2023

Langa used to be a “place of ubuntu” says 82-year-old resident

Langa centenary: former beauty queen Nomsa Banjatwa remembers a township abuzz with social events

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 13 September 2023

“I was fearing for my life” officer tells court during homeless murder trial

Her colleague is on trial after Dumisani Joxo was shot and killed in 2022

By Marecia Damons

News | 12 September 2023