One repeated theme of the memoir Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, by Andre de Ruyter, former CEO of South Africa’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is that “negligence and carelessness had become cemented into the organisation”… writes Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape. (Read full synopsis at bottom of article.) Dirt piled […]

Water samples gathered by an accredited laboratory on Tuesday from the Vaal River at Parys have tested positive for cholera. The samples, taken by the laboratory for AfriForum and Save Ngwathe, were taken from different locations in the town under the supervision of a water specialist: The first water sample, taken at the outlet of […]

Andries Booysen’s family has lived on their farm in Greater Chatsworth, near Malmesbury, for more than 100 years. Small farmers near Malmesbury in the Western Cape are facing eviction from homes they have lived in all their lives. The government’s Housing Development Agency says it only plans to evict three individuals who it says are […]

The inflation statistics revealed by StatsSA on Wednesday are not merely numbers – they are glaring symptoms of an unrelenting cost of living crisis gnawing at the core of South African households, according to the DA. DA Shadow Minister of Finance Dr Dion George says the official inflation rate, which surpassed 6.8% on a year-to-year […]

A cholera outbreak such as is occurring in Hammanskraal, where 17 people have died from the disease so far, was just a matter of time given South Africa’s failing sewage systems. 17 people have now died due to a cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. The pollution of Hammanskraal’s water source by upstream failing […]

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is refusing to hand over crucial documents required in a court challenge by the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) and the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NDPD) against drastic changes to what the fund will pay road accident victims. The Law Society of South Africa and […]

Double murder suspect Ruth Lawrence, who has been hiding in South Africa for years, is on her way home to Ireland tonight in handcuffs. The 42-year-old is being escorted by Irish detectives after being extradited to stand trial in Dublin following nine years on the run. Fugitive Ruth had been lying low since the brutal […]

If you’re baking fish, roasting vegetables or preparing a piece of meat for dinner tonight, chances are that you’ll wrap your food in aluminium foil. What you may not realise is that some of the foil will leach into your meal – and this could be bad for your health. Research that I conducted with […]

In Parliament on Tuesday, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) blamed poor literacy rates and the failure of its National Reading Plan (implemented in 2019) on the Covid pandemic. Briefing Parliament on Tuesday, the Department of Basic Education blamed poor literacy rates on the Covid pandemic. Last week the Progress on International Reading Literacy Study […]

Experts are advising healthcare workers to treat all diarrhoea cases as suspected cholera until proven otherwise. This is while government is working tirelessly to contain the spread of the disease that has already claimed 15 lives in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. Head of the Centre for Enteric Diseases at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases […]

‘Add a filter maybe it will be better,’ one person advised the man who took to Twitter to share how KFC ‘did him a dirty’ with their kota. A young TikToker has left South Africans in stitches after heading online to share his hilarious “What I ordered vs What I got” experience. The man is […]

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula may have told the BBC today that South Africa could become a failed state, as per the BBC’s headline (“South Africa could become failed state, says ANC’s Fikile Mbalula”), but he was quite clear that SA is neither in that category nor heading that way. Watch the full interview below. […]

DID TOO MUCH HOLIDAY LUGGAGE CAUSE DEATH OF SAFARI FAMILY? Details have emerged about the tragic air crash last year which claimed the lives of a South African pilot and a German family who were enjoying the last day of their dream safari holiday in southern Africa. The family of four died in the light […]

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For a long time, there has been grave concern among conservationists over declining standards in South Africa’s provincial nature reserves. Now a recent report by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) says many provincial reserves are in a shocking state, compromising the long-term survival of wildlife and ecosystems. If biodiversity is to be conserved, it will require […]

Police in Bolobedu, Limpopo have launched a massive manhunt for unknown suspects who allegedly torched an office building and cars worth more than R2 million in Kgapane location. The incident reportedly happened on Saturday, 20 May 2023 at about 00:10. SUSPECTS BURN AN OFFICE AND CARS IN LIMPOPO South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in Limpopo, […]

A farm murder report in South Africa shows that for the first quarter of 2023 (Jan to March) there were at least 77 farm attacks, nine of which were murders. The AfriForum report was made public today and focuses on verified farm attacks for the first quarter of 2023. For many South Africans the shocking […]

Consumers are under a lot of financial strain. The World Economic Forum reports that the cost-of-living crisis is affecting people across the globe. With food and fuel prices rising, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep financially afloat. On top of that, salaries aren’t keeping up with inflation, making it more difficult to save and build […]

Kunyashe is a Grade 1 pupil in Cape Town, South Africa. She’s very focused on her schoolwork. She shares a tiny one-roomed shack, hardly bigger than a double bed, with her mother and four siblings. Kunyashe receives a meal at school – her teacher once saw the little girl spooning some of this meal into […]

Excavation for a vast open-cast copper mine in the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park has begun. The bulldozers’ move into Zambia’s pristine wildlife sanctuary and famous tourist attraction follows a decade-long fight by activists trying to stop the mining. The move follows an about-turn by Zambia’s government environmental agency and by President Hakainda […]

After having withstood apartheid-forced removals, five District Six families are now facing eviction from their cottages on Searle Street by a private owner based in Mpumalanga. A row of Victorian cottages in District Six survived apartheid demolition after a Catholic religious order begged for their protection. The cottages were put up for sale by the […]

Getting an award at the end of the season is what all Premier Soccer League (PSL) players are dreaming about in South Africa… writes Godfrey Sigwela.  However the players’ efforts in the field of play seem to not be relevant to their dreams. Apparently PSL fans are not happy and are complaining about the lack […]

According to the report, the suspect was electrocuted with high voltage while tampering with the substation and was transported to hospital. An electrocuted individual has worsened the power woes in large parts of Roodepoort this evening, Friday, 19 May. UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL ELECTROCUTED DURING LOADSHEDDING Following the loadshedding schedule, a number of areas remained in the […]

Each month, 7.5% of workers’ salaries are deducted by the Post Office as a contribution to the Post Office Retirement Fund. The employer’s contribution is supposed to be 13.55% of each worker’s salary. But for three years, neither amount has been paid in by the South African Post Office (SAPO). The Post Office has been […]

GroundUp has received an instruction from its US-based internet hosting service to take down one of its own stories about dodgy lawyer Lesley Ramulifho after it received a breach of copyright complaint. Failure to comply would result in access to GroundUp’s website being restricted, GroundUp was warned in an email from Akamai Cloud Computing Services. […]