The Cape Flats’ suburbs are notoriously gang-ridden and face high youth unemployment. Murders on the Cape Flats make up 75% of all murders reported in the City of Cape Town district between January ...

Germany, the UK and Netherlands are, on the other hand, among the top ten export markets for South Africa. Their relations ...

Hundreds, possibly thousands of animals have died in fynbos fires in the past months, says rescue centre founder ...

None of Siyancuma municipality’s towns have landfills compliant with national legislation. Drinking water fails national ...

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GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

But it appears overcrowding is the main reason why children – both South Africans and immigrants – have not been placed ...

Parents are protesting daily outside Van Coller Primary School in Komani, Eastern Cape, stopping classes. They have vowed to ...

Five District Six families must vacate their Victorian cottages in Searle Street by 6 March, after acting magistrate Juan de ...

GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

Commuters and street vendors in Durban are battling to access public toilets. Toilets at three sites — the bus rank and taxi ...

These police beat Juma Igiranieza, not suspected of any crime, with a bat and smothered him with a plastic bag. They were ...