JOBURG WATER CRISIS Johannesburg’s water supply crisis: Phumla Mqashi residents battle scarcity and health risks daily 7 min 1 By Julia Evans and Nonkululeko Njilo
RUBBISH RUCKUS Cape Town mayor moves to suspend director following collapse of waste management 5 min 45 By Velani Ludidi
THE ACTIONISTS The struggle sets the stage – Thokozani Ndaba’s activism is animated by her love of theatre 3 min 0 By Thom Pierce
GROUNDUP Ekurhuleni’s multibillion-rand housing project stalls as nearby shack dwellers demand services 5 min 0 By Kimberly Mutandiro
GROUNDUP 'We don’t have a single tap here,' says community leader of 280 families living in Cape Town informal settlement 3 min 2 By Vincent Lali
GROUNDUP A decade of waiting - 3000-strong Tshwane community sick and tired of broken promises to provide basic services 3 min 0 By Chris Gilili for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Illegal electricity connection tensions mount between families in shacks and government housing in Kariega 2 min 1 By Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Masiphumelele residents left to pick up the pieces after second devastating fire in less than a month 3 min 0 By Lucas Nowicki
TOWNSHIP BLAZE Fire rages in Masiphumelele – the second blaze in a month 3 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SERVICE DELIVERY Paarl community fed up after nine years without electricity 4 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
GROUNDUP PUBLIC WORKS Gqeberha’s Kliprand residents faced with blocked-toilets ordeal after non-renewal of cleaners’ contracts 2 min 0 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Bylaws vs survival — Lansdowne informal settlement sparks dispute among residents 4 min 0 By Tariro Washinyira
GROUNDUP Judgment reserved in city's bid to overturn interdict preventing eviction of 31 families living in Obs main road 2 min 0 By Mary-Anne Gontsana
DEADLY WATERS City of Tshwane pledges to find permanent homes for flood-stricken shack dwellers but no timeline given 5 min 0 By Peter Mothiba
GROUNDUP Khayelitsha shack dwellers resort to installing their own taps and toilets 3 min 0 By Vincent Lali for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Residents left to pick up the pieces following devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana 3 min 0 By Nokulunga Majola for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Woman dies, teenager hurt as fire guts 49 shacks in Cato Manor 3 min 0 By Nokulunga Majola for GroundUp
Gazine Blaze Living conditions in fire-ravaged Joburg CBD informal settlement ‘worse than hell’ 4 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
GROUNDUP ‘Unrecognised’ Mfuleni settlement growing amid Covid hardships 3 min 2 By Vincent Lali for GroundUp
MAVERICK CITIZEN: EVICTIONS Life in Happiness Valley, Gauteng: It is all too much 4 min 2 By Shiraaz Mohamed and Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP No water, no sanitation, no electricity, but for these families this is ‘paradise’ 7 min 0 By Ashraf Hendricks
