GROUNDUP 20 September 2023 Swellendam community centre burnt down as residents rampage over electricity hike and indigent policy Matthew Hirsch 4 min 28
GROUNDUP 8 September 2023 Cape Town to push for intergovernmental dispute despite President’s rail devolution assurances Matthew Hirsch 3 min 2
GROUNDUP 25 August 2023 Taxi strike cost Western Cape economy R5-billion and City of Cape Town R18-million in damages — MEC Matthew Hirsch 3 min 2
GROUNDUP 24 August 2023 Watch — EFF, ANC fracas brings COCT council meeting to standstill over JP Smith handling of taxi crisis Matthew Hirsch 3 min 24
GROUNDUP 27 July 2023 UK professor Jim Skea elected chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at critical juncture Matthew Hirsch 2 min 0
GROUNDUP 1 June 2023 Bo-Kaap and District Six plan passed — residents, opposition say public participation was inadequate Matthew Hirsch 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 22 May 2023 District Six families fight eviction by new owner, having resisted apartheid forced removals Matthew Hirsch 4 min 2
GROUNDUP 19 April 2023 Last-minute delay to court hearing on eviction of homeless people on Cape Town’s streets Matthew Hirsch 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 11 April 2023 Cape Town’s new Safe Space for homeless people plan opens for public comment until 8 May Matthew Hirsch 4 min 0
GROUNDUP 3 April 2023 Social workers experience spike in attacks amid resource constraints in Cape Town communities Matthew Hirsch 3 min 0
GROUNDUP 2 March 2023 City of Cape Town is removing homeless people from the street - and offering them a Safe Space instead Matthew Hirsch 4 min 2
GROUNDUP 2 March 2023 Luxury home of Tsotsi star built with Lottery money fails to go under the hammer Matthew Hirsch 3 min 1
