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Chair of the Unemployed People’s Movement was Makhanda’s most prominent activist LOYISO DYONGMAN AND GROUNDUP STAFF Ayanda Kota, who founded the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) in 2009, has died of cancer. He was born in Grahamstown in…
Judge gives scathing ruling with punitive cost order TANIA BROUGHTON • A woman and three organisations took Home Affairs to court for blocking Identity Documents without following a just administrative process. • About 700,000 IDs were…
The bill will give South African artists and creators benefits and rights already enjoyed in many countries By Denise Rosemary Nicholson On 1 September 2022, the Copyright Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly with 163 votes…
Municipality alleges “deliberate infrastructure sabotage” Mkhuseli Sizani/ GROUNDUP Tens of thousands of Amathole District Municipality residents have been left without water since Tuesday last week because of a strike at the…
This comes after police opened a water cannon on people queueing for grants in Bellville The Western Cape Premier and the MEC for Social Development have called on the President to intervene in the crisis at SASSA involving lapsed…
As thousands prepare to travel long-distance, operators say they need help with masks and sanitisers Though numbers are down because of Covid-19 job losses, about 20,000 people are expected to travel from the Western Cape to the Eastern…
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled that a group of former Dippin Blu Racing horse groomers from Port Elizabeth are entitled to claim unemployment benefits. Representing the former grooms on Friday,…
But SASSA beneficiaries still have to queue for hours Health officials have warned that “self-defeating” practices by government departments are contributing to the spread of Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape. They mentioned long queues with…
About 500 households in Missionvale in Nelson Mandela Bay have had their electricity supply blocked because the municipality says their water bills have not been paid. But the families said they have never run up bills of up to R63,000.…
CCMA ruling suggests you can if it doesn’t impair your performance At a recent hearing of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), commissioner Nomsa Mbileni ordered the reinstatement of a factory worker who had…
CPS owes SASSA R1.5bn, says spokesperson The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) intends to recover “every cent which is owed” by former grant payment company Cash Paymaster Services, a spokesperson says. Paseka Letsatsi told GroundUp on…
The housing department says it has since appointed contractors to complete two projects in Stutterheim Two housing projects in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, have been abandoned by contractors. The first was Mlungisi when the department…
A sewage spill in Extension 9 has been unresolved for months Residents have been complaining about overflowing sewage in Mthathi Street in Extension 9, Makhanda, since March. The sewage flows down to Transit Camp, an informal settlement…
Community says police minister has not kept his promise to tackle gangs Residents of Booysens Park and Pollar Park in Port Elizabeth have called for the army to be sent in to reduce crime. This follows the torching of several homes last…
The struggling racing industry is beset with labour conflict On Friday former horse grooms from Dippin Blu Racing head to the CCMA. If they can show they were fired they will receive UIF payments. The struggling race horse industry has…
