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

21 hours ago · The ANC’s official statement on its January lekgotla makes no mention of the Basic Income Grant, in spite of a decision taken at the meeting to phase in this grant this year. Graphic: Lisa Nelson According to a leaked document from its January 2025 lekgotla, the ANC supports phasing in a basic income grant (BIG) this year. But the official statement on the outcomes of the meeting by ANC ...

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

22 hours ago · Thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and strong winds on Friday and Sunday have left a trail of destruction in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Siboniso Khoza, from disaster management at Msinga Municipality, said hundreds of homes, six schools and eight roads were seriously damaged. Ward 11 Councillor ...

Jan 29, 2025 · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

2 days ago · Busisiwe Simelane collecting water leaking from the floor above her. Photos: Tsoanelo Sefoloko Victims of the April 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods say they are living in unsafe and unpleasant conditions. They were relocated from various areas – Umlazi, Isipingo Beach and Zwelitsha in Verulam – to a building in South Beach, Durban, on Mahatma Ghandi Road. But they say the building leaks between ...

Jan 29, 2025 · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

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

Jan 24, 2025 · One of the wetlands affected by the Helderfontein Estate development near Midrand. Photo supplied Environmentalists argued that a 2021 lawsuit was a deliberate SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation) action to discourage and silence them. A constitutional court ruling last year that a SLAPP defence is valid in South African law was probably a crucial factor in the developer ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Ismail Johnson and Nora Unruh at the new indigenous garden at Dryden Street Primary in Salt River. Photo: Matthew Hirsch. Vacant plots of land in Cape Town are being turned into indigenous gardens thanks to a collaboration between South African organisations and a German work exchange programme. As part of the exchange programme, ASA, young people from Germany come to South Africa to work on ...