GROUNDUP 13 November 2024 Life On hold - 12 learners have been waiting for their matric certificates for three years By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 2 min 0
GROUNDUP 25 October 2024 R66-million spent, yet villagers in Ngcobo still face water crisis amid broken promises By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 1 October 2024 Daily struggle as pupils forced to relieve themselves on open field at rural school with no toilets and only one teacher By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 3 min 2
GROUNDUP 26 September 2024 One-armed Eastern Cape man has to build his own house after housing project stalls By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 4 min 3
GROUNDUP 21 August 2024 King promises to help as extortion cripples Mthatha schools and businesses By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 5 min 3
GROUNDUP 12 August 2024 Eight years and counting – raw sewage pouring continuously into Butterworth river By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 23 July 2024 Butterworth’s crumbling apartheid-era flats are ‘a ticking time bomb’ amid fight over rent By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 4 min 2
HOUSING CRISIS 9 July 2024 Families evicted in 2011 to make way for mall still waiting for promised homes By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 5 min 0
GROUNDUP 27 November 2023 EC municipality head of good governance embroiled in alleged tender scandal worth R3.5-million By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 2 min 0
GROUNDUP 13 November 2023 After 24 years, almost 1,000 RDP houses in Mthatha are still not finished By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 20 July 2023 EC municipality provided one tap for 1,000 desperate families — and it’s been dry for seven years By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 12 July 2023 Public Protector probes billions in unspent government funds meant for 2022 KZN flood relief efforts By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp 3 min 0
