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Food, Water & Energy Security

Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outages

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff. 2 Oct 2026

Wind turbines on the Eastern Cape bushveld along the R350 road to Bedford, outside Makhanda. The area around has some of the country’s best wind power potential but is also among the Eastern Cape’s most ecologically sensitive landscapes. Photos: Aphiwe Ngowapi

Food, Water & Energy Security

Debate over new Makhanda wind farm

Gcina Ntsaluba and Asemahle Vumsindo 28 Sep 2026

Social Development Minister Dina Pule speaking to Sassa beneficiaries during her oversight visit to the Delft office. Photo: Sindisiwe Tshona

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa: Pensioners complain to minister about deductions from their grants

Sindisiwe Tshona and Abonge Chiya 23 Sep 2026

An African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) emerging from its burrow at the Stony Point Penguin Colony in Betty’s Bay, Western Cape. Photos: David Harrison

Environment & Natural Resources

Stop sardine fishing, warn conservationists

Alice Scott 17 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Environment & Natural Resources

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Data & Analytics

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Brutus Mogotlo 2 Sep 2026

People collecting water at the Newlands Spring in Cape Town in February 2018.

Food, Water & Energy Security

Cape Town desalination plans delayed while water demand soars

Steve Kretzmann 2 Sep 2026

Newly appointed Minister of Social Development Dina Pule speaks to beneficiaries at the Sassa Bellville office on Thursday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

Health & Social Welfare

“We are failing them” Sassa staff tell minister

Matthew Hirsch 17 Aug 2026

Ekapa Minerals’ diamond mine in Kimberly has been placed into business rescue after a court challenge by NUMSA. Photo supplied

Mining

Numsa wins bid to block liquidation of diamond mine

Greg Dor 11 Aug 2026

Rubbish piles up near a park in Nyanga. Photos: Emihle Ngwane

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Battle to stop illegal dumping in Cape Town’s townships

Emihle Ngwane 6 Aug 2026

Social grant beneficiaries have until 31 August to switch from the Sassa Gold Card to the Postbank Black Card. Archive photo: supplied

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa Gold Card: 280,000 people still need to switch

Marecia Damons 30 Jul 2026

Harvesting pine trees in the Dennedal compartment of Lower Tokai on 30 August 2016. Work was halted later that day by an urgent High Court interdict. Photos: John Yeld

Environment & Natural Resources

New battle looms over future of Tokai and Cecilia pine plantations

John Yeld 28 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. A photograph of the outbuildings and farmhouse comprising the Mouton House in McGregor, taken in 2018 before it was completely stripped by vandals.

Property

Heritage farmhouse in McGregor unlawfully demolished by municipality

Steve Kretzmann 26 Jun 2026

The Department of Social Development underspent on social grants in the 2025/26 financial year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

R4.8-billion meant for social grants goes unspent

Marecia Damons 25 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Joseph Bracken.

Affordable & Social Housing

Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg

Joseph Bracken, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro. Johan Swanepoel and his partner, Wilma De Villiers, outside their home at Sondela Village.

Affordable & Social Housing

Hundreds of families face eviction from “hijacked” social housing estate

Kimberly Mutandiro 11 Jun 2026

Source: Pexels.

Property

Belhar residents demand halt to housing project

8 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing project for KZN flood victims creeps forward

3 Jun 2026

On Monday, fishers and environmental activists picketed outside the Cape High Court on the first day of a case against the government granting environmental authorisation for seismic surveys off the West Coast. Photo: Liezl Human.

Coal, Oil & Gas

Fishers in court to stop West Coast oil search

Liezl Human 2 Jun 2026

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Environmental Law

Private water trading faces total ban under 2026 NWA Amendment Bill

James Ross, Alysa Buntin and Emily Raubenheimer 2 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Sechaba Mokhethi.

Construction & Engineering

Lesotho explores R5bn floating solar project on its highland reservoirs

Sechaba Mokhethi 1 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Housing activists oppose eviction bill

Matthew Hirsch 27 May 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Katlehong residents use digger to tear up main road during protest

Kimberly Mutandiro 26 May 2026

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks.

Property

De Doorns farm workers’ homes destroyed in floods

Liezl Human 21 May 2026

Source: GroundUp.

Property Development

Government may finally be heeding calls for Cape Town military land to be developed for housing

Matthew Hirsch 19 May 2026

Two Portlands Primary School learners wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on Monday morning. Photo: David Harrison

Climate Change

In photos: Cape storm wreaks havoc

GroundUp Staff 12 May 2026

Source: GroundUp/Jacques Malherbe.

Property Development

Oude Molen Eco Village’s fight for survival

Jacques Malherbe 2 Apr 2026

Pictured (left to right): Stuart Townshend - Director at Edge Growth, Lesego Lebuso - Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Janice Johnston – Chief Executive of Edge Growth Ventures, Mandla Mbuyazi - Impact Investment and Ideation Lead at First Rand and keynote speaker at the launch, Susan Moloisane Chief Executive of Edge Growth Solutions, Nabeela Vally - Head of Business Development Edge Growth

Social Entrepreneurship

Unpacking positive social and economic upliftment to facilitate and enhance job creation

Issued by Edge Growth 29 Nov 2024

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Entries for the 2025 Product of the Year South Africa programme are open

Branding

Entries for the 2025 Product of the Year South Africa programme are open

Issued by Product of the Year South Africa 3 Sep 2024

Western Cape tech SMEs urged to apply for Innovator Trust ED Incubation Programme

SMEs

Western Cape tech SMEs urged to apply for Innovator Trust ED Incubation Programme

Issued by The Innovator Trust 27 Aug 2024

SADC economic future takes flight – Aviation leaders call for liberalisation of skies

Aviation

SADC economic future takes flight – Aviation leaders call for liberalisation of skies

11 Mar 2024

Image source: Aleksandr Khakimullin –

Legislation & Regulation

Business licensing policy up for public comment

12 Dec 2023

A wind turbine produces renewable energy outside Caledon. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

South African mines seek to turn up renewables to ease power crisis

Nelson Banya 28 Jun 2023

Adobe Firefly uses generative AI to facilitate new creative expression

Design

Adobe Firefly uses generative AI to facilitate new creative expression

Issued by DaxData 17 May 2023

Samro distributes royalties of more than R220m

Music

Samro distributes royalties of more than R220m

15 May 2023

SAA not scaling down operations

Aviation

SAA not scaling down operations

30 Sep 2022

Radio & Audio

Why is community radio an essential investment?

Luthando Mkumatela 30 Mar 2022

Aviation

AASA welcomes new service councils

11 Mar 2022

Southern Africa air transport industry needs urgent government interventions - Aasa

Aviation

Southern Africa air transport industry needs urgent government interventions - Aasa

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©Dmitry Kalinovsky

Covid-19

First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

Save time. Reduce churn. Increase revenue. Welcome to Learning Curve Marketplace

Design

Save time. Reduce churn. Increase revenue. Welcome to Learning Curve Marketplace

Adrian Ashley, Issued by Learning Curve 11 Oct 2021

Lisl Pullinger, principal consultant, SRK Consulting

Mining

#WomensMonth: Women affected by mining beyond the workplace

Lisl Pullinger, 4 Aug 2021

MTN South Africa will bid in second Ethiopia telecoms licence round

Telecoms & Networks

MTN South Africa will bid in second Ethiopia telecoms licence round

4 Jun 2021

What SA agriculture needs from international trade

Agribusiness

What SA agriculture needs from international trade

Antonie Delport 12 May 2021

Yushanta Rungasammy, director and co-head: corporate & commercial, and Rembuluwani Nembudani, senior associate, CMS South Africa

Mining

4 hindrances to increasing mining's GDP contribution in 2021

8 Mar 2021

Image: Getty/Gallo

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Embedded generation: Key to supporting SA's energy intensive industries

Michael Ball 4 Mar 2021

#BizTrends2021: Together we can do so much more

Tourism & Travel

#BizTrends2021: Together we can do so much more

David Frost 6 Jan 2021