GroundUp: South African news that matters
3 days ago · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
South Africa | GroundUp
Dec 20, 2024 · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
Lenasia residents march for water | GroundUp
1 day ago · About 200 people from Phumla Mqashi informal settlement near Lenasia took to the streets for the second time in less than two months to demand a permanent solution to their water troubles. They want taps to be installed at each household. Phumla Mqashi is home to about 17,000 people, according to ...
News | GroundUp
Dec 20, 2024 · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
MPs demand probe into “entire social grant payment system”
2 days ago · The Portfolio Committee on Social Services has called for an investigation into the entire grant payment system to tackle fraud. This follows the current probe into fraud over the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress Grant(SRD). Committee chair Bridget Masango says any officials found guilty of ...
Parents block enrolment at new primary school in Kraaifontein
1 day ago · Parents from Solomon Mahlangu Primary School are demanding their children be moved to Blue Ridge Primary School in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein. On Wednesday and Thursday, they blocked teachers, learners and parents from entering Blue Ridge, a new school that opened for the first time on Wednesday. The ...
Cape Town | GroundUp
Dec 18, 2024 · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
GroundUp: News That Matters | GroundUp
GroundUp’s work is, first and foremost, informed by the South African Constitution, which gives people the rights to housing, education, health, safety, justice, food and dignity. Our articles show what these rights mean in daily life. We aim to ensure more people in South Africa have their ...
Corrections and updates | GroundUp
Nov 27, 2024 · In this quote: “Change in rivers typically occurs slowly, over hundreds of years, but in Johannesburg’s rivers we are now observing strange behaviour from a geomorphology and a hydrology point of view, linked to higher flow rates in the last several decades.” "several decades" originally read as "30 years".
Universal Basic Income Grant: who should run it? | GroundUp
May 8, 2024 · The need for a Universal Basic Income Grant. A UBIG is a payment made to all people to help them meet basic needs. A truly universal income grant is made unconditionally, granted to all without requiring any work, activity, or means tests.