Author name: Scott Balson

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has outlined measures aimed at modernising technology systems and tightening accountability across the justice sector. At a briefing on Saturday, the Minister said the seventh administration remains committed to building “a modern, transparent and accessible justice system”, where all are equal before the law. The Minister, supported by […]

Families in the Lansdown Road informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have had raw sewage flowing through their shacks since Saturday. GroundUp visited the settlement, near Somerset Taxi Rank, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Sewage was gushing out of manholes. Sinkholes have developed under some shacks, causing them to collapse. The City of Cape Town’s

The North West Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Transport Management has threatened to open a criminal case and invoke arrest powers against the Business Rescue Practitioner for the beleaguered North West Transport Investments (NTI). The move follows the practitioner’s failure to appear before the committee on Wednesday, 03 December 2025, reportedly due to illness. This is

In a stark television interview, social worker and justice monitor John Clarke painted a dire picture of the lethal risks facing whistleblowers in South Africa, describing a state infiltrated by criminal syndicates that actively work to silence those who expose corruption. Clarke, who has worked with whistleblowers for five years and was an activist for

The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is making a second attempt to convene its Provincial General Council (PGC) this week, after its first gathering was nullified due to widespread failures at the branch level. The urgent rerun, ordered directly by ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, is a final bid to secure the province’s delegate credentials

Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe, the concealed witness known only as “Witness D” at the Madlanga Commission, was shot dead outside his Brakpan home on Friday night. Van der Merwe arrived home with his wife shortly after 20:30. As he opened his gate, he was shot multiple times in the upper body and died at

South Africa has moved to bar further charter flights transporting Palestinian refugees from Gaza from landing in its territory, following an investigation that revealed a coordinated extraction operation allegedly facilitating the forced displacement of civilians. The decision to deny airspace access comes after requests from United Arab Emirates-based charter companies were refused by South African

The Khayelitsha Wetlands Park, a former centre for tourism, sport, and community life, has been rendered unusable by a severe infestation of invasive water hyacinth, forcing the beloved Khayelitsha Canoe Club to suspend all operations. The park, once described as the pride of the Makhaza area, has seen its waterways completely smothered under a thick

 A swift, coordinated operation between the South African Police Service (SAPS), local farmers, and private security led to the arrest of six suspects following a violent house robbery on a farm near Warden on Friday, 05 December 2025. The incident began at approximately 08:30 when a 74-year-old farmer, traveling on a dirt road after refueling

The community of Saulsville is reeling in shock and grief after a pre-dawn mass shooting at a local hostel on Saturday left eleven people dead, including a three-year-old child. The death toll rose after one of the wounded succumbed to injuries in hospital, according to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe. Fourteen other victims are receiving treatment