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Technology has fuelled overtourism – now it could also help to stem the tide

Tourism

Technology has fuelled overtourism – now it could also help to stem the tide

Adrian Palmer 1 day

Image credit: Photo by Mathurin NAPOLY / matnapo on Unsplash

Public Health

The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how

Jonathan E. Cohen 1 day

Julius Malema took Kenny Kunene to court, accusing Kunene of hate speech. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 2 days

Economy

Lesotho aims for 10% tariff on exports to US

Sechaba Mokhethi 3 days

Cattle graze in Brakpan while a shepherd looks after them. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

ConCourt confirms stopping people from letting their cattle graze amounts to eviction

Tania Broughton 4 Aug 2025

Image credit: Cora Pursley on Dupe Photos

Aesthetic Medicine

From raw garlic cloves to cayenne pepper: why ‘natural’ DIY skincare can leave you burnt, itchy – or worse

Adam Taylor 5 Aug 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 4 Aug 2025

Image credit: Kaybee Photography on Pexels

Mental health

Extreme weather affects mental health: what vulnerable women in Kenya told us

Cyprian M. Mostert 1 Aug 2025

Students from Ekurhuleni West TVET College protested on Tuesday over unpaid NSFAS payments. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Higher Education

Students march in Germiston over unpaid NSFAS fees

Kimberly Mutandiro 30 Jul 2025

Lesotho’s largest diamond mine, Letšeng Diamonds blame a weakening US dollar and uncertainty over US trade tariffs for its latest bid to cut hundreds of jobs as a cost-saving measure. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

Mining

Hundreds of Lesotho diamond mining jobs to be axed following US tariff threats

Sechaba Mokhethi 30 Jul 2025

Source: Makhanda Tourism.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Steve Kretzmann 30 Jul 2025

Human Rights Law

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 29 Jul 2025

Marketing

What makes a person cool? Global study has some answers

Todd Pezzuti 29 Jul 2025

Source: ZipZap Circus.

Affordable & Social Housing

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

Matthew Hirsch 29 Jul 2025

KwaZulu-Natal Judge Jacqueline Henriques will face a Judicial Conduct Tribunal arising from her conduct around a judgment she failed to deliver for years. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Law Practice

KZN judge faces tribunal over late judgment – after 12 years

Tania Broughton 28 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Tertuis Simmers 28 Jul 2025

Nonkolelo Jijingubo’s husband died of TB in 2009 while working at Beatrix Gold Mine in the Free State. Despite lodging her claim in 2021, she is yet to receive payment. Photo supplied

Health & Social Welfare

Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TB

Sipokazi Fokazi 25 Jul 2025

Image credit: Thirdman on Pexels

Medtech

AI chatbots can boost public health in Africa – why language inclusion matters

Songbo Hu, Anna Barford and Anna Korhonen 29 Jul 2025

Jozi’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

Art

Jozi’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

Mariapaola McGurk 24 Jul 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

Limpopo villagers block road to protest three-month water outage

Judas Sekwela 23 Jul 2025

was the master of ceremonies at the Songs for Freedom at St George Cathedral on Friday. She performed with her band, Feminine Force. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

CSI & Philanthropy

St George’s Cathedral hosts sold-out fundraiser for Gaza

Matthew Hirsch 22 Jul 2025

Image credit: Tara Winstead on Pexels

Aesthetic Medicine

Scroll, watch, burn: sunscreen misinformation and its real‑world damage

Rachael Kent 23 Jul 2025

Image credit: Georgii Eletskikh on Unsplash

Mining

Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea

Hanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field 22 Jul 2025

Construction & Engineering

R400m and eight years later, these rural roads in Limpopo are still not finished

Judas Sekwela 21 Jul 2025

Lesotho Palace of Justice in Maseru. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority wants a case against it dismissed. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Jul 2025

At least 275 ECD centres are struggling with late subsidy payments in KwaZulu-Natal, the Legal Resources Centre says. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Early Childhood Development

KZN government fails to pay crèches despite court order

Joseph Bracken 17 Jul 2025

A learner holds up trading cards featuring some of the SuperScientists. This cartoon series, created by Justin Yarrow with a team of local scientists, illustrators and designers, is based on real-life African scientists. Photos: Justin Yarrow/SuperScientists

Education

Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes

Ihsaan Haffejee 15 Jul 2025

A constitutional court case brought by communities affected by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is to be heard by the Lesotho High Court. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

The human cost of SA’s water lifeline: Lesotho communities go to court

Sechaba Mokhethi 14 Jul 2025

IP Law

Training AI with copyrighted books ruled ‘fair use’ in US: Implications for SA

Kate Beretta and Ashleigh Brink 10 Jul 2025

Source: Own Haven Housing Association. Conradie Park in Pinelands is being built on land previously owned by the Western Cape Government. It will create 3,500 homes, of which 1,715 will be state-subsidised affordable housing. More than 1,250 units have already been completed.

Property Development

Affordable housing, no state subsidies – City says it will work

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 9 Jul 2025

Cape Town lawyer Gary Trappler was convicted on Monday. Archive photo: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Court finds Cape Town lawyer guilty of slashing neighbour’s tyres

Riyadh Karodia 8 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 8 Jul 2025

Eco labels in SA don’t do the job: how to help customers make informed choices

Packaging

Eco labels in SA don’t do the job: how to help customers make informed choices

Miemie Struwig and Storm Watson 7 Jul 2025

Image credit: Fernand De Canne on Unsplash

ESG & Sustainability

Gen Z and the sustainability paradox: Why ideals and shopping habits don’t always align

Melise Panetta 7 Jul 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

Extortionists “hell-bent” on derailing MyCiTi bus project, says City of Cape Town

Sandiso Phaliso 4 Jul 2025

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Higher Education

Can academics use AI to write journal papers? What the guidelines say

Sumaya Laher 30 Jun 2025

Source: Holland & Associates (fair use). The Namaquasfontein Skool Dam was illegally enlarged in 2017.

Construction & Engineering

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

John Yeld 27 Jun 2025

Social Media

WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

Yusuf Oc and Janina Steinmetz 25 Jun 2025

The CEO of T-Connect Lesotho, Phelane Phomane, at the launch of Starlink. Image: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Internet

Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

Sechaba Mokhethi 25 Jun 2025

Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 24 Jun 2025

Harmony Gold has lost an appeal against a ruling by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in the Labour Court. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Harmony Gold to pay R100k in damages for k-word incident

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 19 Jun 2025

Source: Living Limpopo.

Construction & Engineering

Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Andries van Zyl 19 Jun 2025

A lack of refuse removal services in Caledon’s Riemvasmaak informal settlement results in waste being dumped at the bottom of the hill on the bank of the Bath River. Riemvasmaak resident Anele Boyce said the dumping problem could be reduced if the municipality supplied bin bags and a skip. Photos: Steve Kretzmann

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jun 2025

New crèches in the Drakensberg may have to close because of late payments of subsidies by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Early Childhood Development

New crèches may have to close because of late payments by education department

Joseph Bracken 17 Jun 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

There are more than 20,000 unfinished RDP houses in the Free State

Tladi Moloi 13 Jun 2025

Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s system

Marecia Damons 12 Jun 2025

Parliament recently heard submissions on the One-Stop Border Post Bill. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Legislation & Regulation

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

Jan Bornman 11 Jun 2025

In South African law, gig workers, such as Checkers Sixty60 drivers, are classified as “independent contractors” with limited labour protections or benefits. Photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Employee Wellness

South African law is failing gig workers

Nick Fabré 10 Jun 2025