Lorraine Muzendami was among the group of miners who hid in the reeds and were badly burnt during an Operation Vala Umgodi ...

Eric van Rooy is 69. He grew up in the little town of Wupperthal in the Western Cape, and has lived there most of his life. He worked in the old glove factory for a while before it closed down. Now, ...

Our article on the failures of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant system has unfortunately been met with a very defensive response from SASSA.

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Matilda Gasela is facing corruption and fraud charges for tender irregularities when she was head of the agriculture ...

Under its previous administration, the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) spent at least R1-million on lawyers to try to stop or counter GroundUp’s reportage exposing corruption at the NLC.

City Power teams removed about 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at approximately R6-million from Kanana informal ...

The council and its disciplinary committee not only failed to act in the public interest but also contributed to injustice, ...

Frustrated villagers in Ndatshana, near Nquthu in rural KwaZulu-Natal, have used their social grants to contribute towards fixing old water pipes and installing basic infrastructure. Taps in the ...

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