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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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.
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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