Heavy flooding in January has left hundreds of people in Boelang village, about 15km southwest of Ba-Phalaborwa in Limpopo, ...

Sources close to the Master’s Office rate it higher than Master’s offices in other major centres GroundUp has investigated ...

Failing sewage systems, rapid urbanisation and industrial pollution have turned Gauteng’s rivers into an environmental and public health problem ...

The Eastern Cape Department of Health awarded a R5-million tender in 2024 to renovate the Ugie clinic. The project includes upgrading the building, installing toilets, and a septic tank and adding two ...

Johannesburg’s power utility says credits of R136-million have been issued to 86 customers who were overcharged ...

A once derelict heritage building in Welcome Glen in Glencairn Valley, Cape Town, has been turned into a thriving community centre through a partnership between government and local volunteers.

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Failures in firearm oversight and the growth in licensed guns have contributed to this reversal.

“We have nowhere to go,” says Sofe Zwane, whose shack near Sherwood, Durban, has been demolished several times since October ...

The fire started in the early hours that Saturday, destroying a shack and killing its occupants: Asamkele Somtsewu, 19; her ...

Under a heavy police presence on Monday, dozens of drivers marched to the Nyanga police station, demanding better policing and the proper investigation of extortion cases. They said there has been no ...

The fourth ITROTRA–MAP Dance Festival was held last week with artists coming from Madagascar, Mozambique, Sweden, France and Germany ...