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Small news companies pin hopes on new Google fund, but already there’s controversy

Liezl Human 3 days

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

Hundreds of students marched on the University of Cape Town campus last week protesting against financial exclusion. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Higher Education

UCT and SRC strike deal to help students with outstanding debt

Liezl Human 25 Feb 2025

In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

CSI & Philanthropy

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

Adam Harrower from the South African National Botanical Institute and Karel du Toit who was head of the SAPS Springbok Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit appear in the dock at the regional court in Springbok on Tuesday. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Plant poaching fraud case to be heard in March

Liezl Human 5 Dec 2024

Last night, Thursday 8 November, the national winners of the 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards’ (VJOY) were honoured at a ceremony in Johannesburg (Image supplied)

Media

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

8 Nov 2024

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links hosted the Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August. Small-scale fishers from across the country gathered in Kalk Bay to share testimonies. GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

Liezl Human 16 Aug 2024

In 2021 GroundUp reported on streetlights in Kariega, under Nelson Mandela Bay, that had been off for years despite complaints by residents. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane / GroundUp

Criminal Law

SIU to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in Nelson Mandela Bay

Liezl Human 16 Jul 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Agriculture

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Liezl Human 8 Jul 2024

Huge march to parliament for better schools

Primary & Secondary Education

Huge march to parliament for better schools

Liezl Human 13 May 2024

Equal Education takes education department to court over unplaced learners

Primary & Secondary Education

Equal Education takes education department to court over unplaced learners

Liezl Human 30 Apr 2024

The Carbon Majors list of the companies responsible for four fifths of the world’s CO2 emissions includes Sasol. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Climate Change

Sasol makes the world CO2 emissions blacklist

Liezl Human 17 Apr 2024

Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species

Fishing

Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species

Liezl Human 5 Mar 2024

Members of the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) are on strike. They are demanding a 1.5% increase to 2023 salaries and a 7.5% increase to 2024 salaries, among other demands. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks /GroundUp

Higher Education

Waive 'no work no pay' principle, say striking UCT workers

Liezl Human 14 Feb 2024

UCT strike begins – support staff demand 7.5% increase for 2024

Higher Education

UCT strike begins – support staff demand 7.5% increase for 2024

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2024

At least 12 fishing companies are taking the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) minister to court over the commercial fishing rights allocation process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas

Liezl Human 6 Feb 2024

About 50 workers, mostly forklift drivers, are taking Heineken Beverages to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Workers take newly merged Heineken-Distell to the CCMA

Liezl Human 19 Jan 2024

Western Cape small-scale fishers finally get their rights

Fishing

Western Cape small-scale fishers finally get their rights

Liezl Human 16 Nov 2023

Rural women shed light on food insecurity

Food Security

Rural women shed light on food insecurity

Liezl Human 1 Nov 2023

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Agriculture

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Liezl Human 26 Oct 2023

Simple games help children learn to read

Primary & Secondary Education

Simple games help children learn to read

Liezl Human 19 Sep 2023

Image: Danette Breitenbach. All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award 2023 winners

Media

#SBSJA2023: All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 winners

24 Jun 2023

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Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced

Media

Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 shortlist announced

13 Jun 2023

SA's children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

Early Childhood Development

SA's children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

Liezl Human and Daneel Knoetze 19 May 2023

UCT failed to bargain with Employees Union, says CCMA

Labour Law & Unions

UCT failed to bargain with Employees Union, says CCMA

Liezl Human 6 Apr 2023

Distell workers down tools and picket

FMCG

Distell workers down tools and picket

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2023

Image: UCT Employees Union is planning to strike as negotiations deadlocked with university management at the CCMA on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Higher Education

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock

Liezl Human 27 Jan 2023

Western Cape fishers want rights allocation process to be started all over again

Fishing

Western Cape fishers want rights allocation process to be started all over again

Liezl Human 1 Aug 2022

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Food Security

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Liezl Human 5 Jul 2022

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Affordable & Social Housing

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Liezl Human 26 May 2022

Dozens of North West NPOs face closure as Social Development department fails to pay subsidies

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Dozens of North West NPOs face closure as Social Development department fails to pay subsidies

Liezl Human 31 Mar 2022

Protest against West Coast seismic blasting ahead of court case

Environment & Natural Resources

Protest against West Coast seismic blasting ahead of court case

Liezl Human 7 Feb 2022

Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests

Food, Water & Energy Security

Boat club questions City of Cape Town's water quality tests

Liezl Human 1 Feb 2022

"Go to hell Shell" - protesters

Environment & Natural Resources

"Go to hell Shell" - protesters

Liezl Human 6 Dec 2021

Local manufacture of army's new uniforms will create jobs

Design & Manufacturing

Local manufacture of army's new uniforms will create jobs

Liezl Human 5 Nov 2021

Zandvlei opens for boating after sewage scare

Food, Water & Energy Security

Zandvlei opens for boating after sewage scare

Liezl Human 8 Oct 2021

6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality

Circular Economy & Waste Management

6,000 people sign petition demanding City of Cape Town comes clean on water quality

26 Aug 2021

Treasury considering return of Covid-19 R350 grant

Health & Social Welfare

Treasury considering return of Covid-19 R350 grant

Liezl Human 21 Jul 2021

Bathabile Dlamini, former minister of social development

Law Practice

Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs

Liezl Human 14 May 2021

Luxor Paints workers awarded R38 million by CCMA

Labour Law

Luxor Paints workers awarded R38 million by CCMA

Liezl Human 28 Jan 2021

Massive CCMA budget cut will hurt workers, say unions

Labour Law & Unions

Massive CCMA budget cut will hurt workers, say unions

Liezl Human 22 Jan 2021

Machines like this (Gene Xpert) can be used to test for Covid-19, but they require cartridges to be imported into the country and demand currently appears to far exceed supply. Photo: Wikimedia user Wizi09 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Covid-19

Huge delays in Covid-19 test results

Liezl Human and GroundUp staff 11 May 2020

Fruit packhouse continues operations after Covid-19 scare

Agribusiness

Fruit packhouse continues operations after Covid-19 scare

Liezl Human 28 Apr 2020

How a Cape Town group is helping neighbourhoods fight Covid-19

Health & Social Welfare

How a Cape Town group is helping neighbourhoods fight Covid-19

Liezl Human 24 Mar 2020