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In a two-page anonymous letter a “disgruntled board member” has alleged that PRASA tenders are rigged to benefit certain members of the board. This follows a detailed whistleblower report over tender fraud in March this year, after which the Hawks raided PRASA headquarters in Braamfontein. Along with allegations of corruption, the letter notes no-one has […]

Two families from Gushindoda informal settlement near Symphony Way in Delft, Cape Town, have been left homeless after a police van crashed into their shacks. Two people were injured. The SAPS van smashed into their homes in the middle of the night and was clearly marked as being from Prince Albert, a town in the

A businessman from Kokosi, Fochville near Carletonville has been dubbed a good samaritan after opening up his boreholes this week as the community battles ongoing water outages. Residents are blaming the Merafong Local Municipality for failing them because taps have been dry for over a month now. When GroundUp visited the township, we noticed scores

About 300 residents of Bottlebrush informal settlement near Chatsworth, eThekwini, took to the streets on Tuesday to complain that they have been short of water for nearly four months. The water provided by municipal water tankers is not enough to service the area, where there are more than 1,500 houses, according to community leader Nzuzo

A group of Durban families living in a dilapidated building owned by the eThekwini municipality are upset. They claim the municipality has reneged on its promise of providing them with decent housing. Construction of the Donnelly Road housing project in The Bluff started in 2021 and was completed in June 2024. More than 60 Durban

Teachers and learners at Jongikhaya Junior Secondary School in Lusiksiki in the Eastern Cape share dangerous old pit toilets. Teachers have given up one of their less dilapidated toilets for grade R learners, after a child nearly fell into one of the learners’ pit toilets. The school is not on the Sanitation Appropriate for Education

  The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) recently met with the National Horseracing Authority (NHA) to address urgent concerns raised in the #ReinInThePain campaign, including the use of tongue-ties, excessive crop use, and the racing of underage horses – all practices that compromise equine welfare. While the NHA stated that “everything we do is for

Three male suspects, aged between 27 and 35, made their initial appearance before the Gilead Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 15 September 2025, facing charges related to a violent business robbery. Their case has been postponed to Monday, 22 September 2025, for a formal bail application. The arrests stem from an incident on the morning of

The Strand Regional Court has handed down a 20-year prison sentence to 52-year-old Mhlayifani July for the murder of his girlfriend, 25-year-old Phumeka Plaatjie, in June 2022. The court heard that the crime occurred on the night of Saturday, June 18, 2022, following an argument between the couple at their home in the Pholile informal

The Parys Regional Court has handed down a 15-year prison sentence to two individuals convicted of a violent house robbery that occurred last year. Issah Chisumbi (27) and Naledi Dangaje (21) were sentenced on Monday, 18 August 2025. The court heard that in the early hours of Tuesday, 2 September 2024, a 49-year-old man was