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Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Legal

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 2 days

Infrastructure & Utilities

Limpopo villagers block road to protest three-month water outage

Judas Sekwela 23 Jul 2025

Marilize Jacobs wants African PR professionals to take charge of the African story. Source: Supplied.

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 | VocalCord PR's Marilize Jacobs: Stereotyping African narratives

Marilize Jacobs 16 Jul 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

Image source: Markus Spiske from

Climate Change

Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world

Oscar Berglund and Tie Franco Brotto 7 Jan 2025

Source: Border Management Authority

Transport

Lebombo port operations resume after disruptions

13 Dec 2024

Media

‘News influencers’ are racking up billions of views – and not checking their facts

Kelly Fincham 13 Dec 2024

Protest at Cape Town primary school over vacant teaching posts

Primary & Secondary Education

Protest at Cape Town primary school over vacant teaching posts

Sandiso Phaliso 27 Nov 2024

Early childhood development groups picket for increased funding

Early Childhood Development

Early childhood development groups picket for increased funding

Silver Sibiya 21 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Kenya begins national debt audit, finance minister says

Duncan Miriri 16 Sep 2024

Source: Andrew Thomas via

Aviation

Kenya aviation workers plan strike over Adani airport deal

Humphrey Malalo 12 Aug 2024

UCT students have set up about 10 tents with Palestinian flags and banners near the main plaza in solidarity with similar movements at universities like Wits and in the United States. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Higher Education

UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians

Ashraf Hendricks 17 May 2024

Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment

Higher Education

Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment

Ihsaan Haffejee 16 May 2024

Court interdicts protesting college students

Higher Education

Court interdicts protesting college students

Joseph Chirume 14 May 2024

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Higher Education

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Matthew Hirsch 13 May 2024

Huge march to parliament for better schools

Primary & Secondary Education

Huge march to parliament for better schools

Liezl Human 13 May 2024

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Higher Education

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Ihsaan Haffejee 8 May 2024

Nelson Mandela University workers march for higher salaries

Higher Education

Nelson Mandela University workers march for higher salaries

Thamsanqa Mbovane 14 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2024

The Sharara oil field is managed by Spain's Repsol, France's TotalEnergies, Austria's OMV, and Norway's Equinor. Source: Repsol/Flickr

Coal, Oil & Gas

Libya's largest oil field shut by protestors, again

Ayman Werfalli 4 Jan 2024

Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine. Source: Implats

Mining

Implats resolves underground protest peacefully

Lindsey Schutters 21 Dec 2023

Facilities & Property Management

Swellendam community centre burnt down as residents rampage over electricity hike and indigent policy

20 Sep 2023

Facilities & Property Management

Rioters rampage, causing destruction of Swellendam municipal offices

16 Aug 2023

Lack of mining jobs spurs protest in Kagiso

Mining

Lack of mining jobs spurs protest in Kagiso

Chris Gilili 10 Aug 2023

File photo: Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 August 2020. Reuters/MacDonald Dzirutwe

Criminal Law

Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Nyasha Chingono 8 May 2023

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

Human Rights Law

Public display of old SA flag is hate speech, rules SCA

Tania Broughton 25 Apr 2023

Source: iStock. Police cleared burning tyres at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp on Tuesday (7 March 2023) as Nehawu members picketed outside the hospital.

Healthcare

Tensions mount as Nehawu strike intensifies

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2023

Members of Earthlife Africa and the Eastern Cape Environmental Network protested on Wednesday outside TotalEnergies service station in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha. Photo: Joseph Chirume/GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

"Total madness": Fishers protest against ocean drilling

Joseph Chirume 9 Feb 2023

Cyber Law

India's proposed Data Protection Bill fosters state surveillance; fails to protect privacy of children

30 Dec 2022

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Economy

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 20 Dec 2022

Curb on rights weakens Egypt's climate talks, campaigners say

Climate Change

Curb on rights weakens Egypt's climate talks, campaigners say

Dominic Evans 14 Nov 2022

Protesters demanding jobs were addressed by community leaders outside the mall. Photos: Bernard Chiguvare

Commercial Property

Limpopo shopping mall closed by protesters demanding jobs

Bernard Chiguvare 14 Oct 2022

Newspapers

Racism in South African newspapers persists - even after decades of Black media ownership

Prinola Govenden 13 Sep 2022

First Nations Collective leader Zenzile Khoisan addressing about 200 demonstrators supporting the River Club development outside the High Court on 12 July. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

River Club construction carries on amidst court delays

Steve Kretzmann 5 Sep 2022

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Labour Law & Unions

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Bhargav Acharya and Anait Miridzhanian 25 Aug 2022

Source: Kimberly Mutandiro. Hundreds of union members and supporters marched in Pretoria on Wednesday demanding measures against the high cost of living.

Economy

Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country

Vincent Lali and Kimberly Mutandiro 25 Aug 2022

Period poverty campaigners to host menstrual rights march this Women's Month

Health & Social Welfare

Period poverty campaigners to host menstrual rights march this Women's Month

24 Aug 2022

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, poses for a picture after being declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya 15 August 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Legal

Kenya braces for legal battle after Ruto declared president-elect

James Macharia Chege and others 16 Aug 2022

Source: Mkhuseli Sizani. Nurses and nursing assistants at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba local municipality, Eastern Cape protesting, demanding to be paid a R1,200 rural allowance.

Nursing

Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers down tools

Mkhuseli Sizani 29 Jun 2022

Protesters block roads to coal plants after wage talks break down

Energy

Protesters block roads to coal plants after wage talks break down

Anait Miridzhanian 23 Jun 2022

Amidst a rise in social unrest incidents, businesses need to prepare for supply chain disruptions

Supply Chain

Amidst a rise in social unrest incidents, businesses need to prepare for supply chain disruptions

14 Jun 2022

Rio Tinto's Madagascar mine restarts after reaching deal with protesters

Mining

Rio Tinto's Madagascar mine restarts after reaching deal with protesters

Helen Reid 25 May 2022

Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike

Agriculture

Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike

Thamsanqa Mbovane 3 May 2022

Eastern Cape court interdicts protesting workers from being 500m from farms

Legislation & Regulation

Eastern Cape court interdicts protesting workers from being 500m from farms

25 Apr 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Sustainability

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

Taxis bring Cape Town city centre to a standstill

Public Transport

Taxis bring Cape Town city centre to a standstill

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 25 Mar 2022

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Ukraine weaponises web

Brendan Seery 8 Mar 2022

Protest against West Coast seismic blasting ahead of court case

Environment & Natural Resources

Protest against West Coast seismic blasting ahead of court case

Liezl Human 7 Feb 2022

FMCG

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

Zandile Christmas Mafe, a suspect accused of breaking into Parliament when the fire started, appears in the Cape Town Magistrate Court, in Cape Town, South Africa, 4 January 2022. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Criminal Law

Terrorism charges for Parliament fire suspect

Shafiek Tassiem and Tim Cocks 11 Jan 2022