Business leaders, small and big, can help end homelesssness by offering work experience, says the writer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp A growing list of cities are solving homelessness. Movements like Built for Zero prove it’s possible to implement dignified, lasting solutions—and save money in the process. These success stories were possible because of…
A spaza shop in South Africa. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has convened an urgent meeting with 54 municipalities to discuss spaza shops. At least 23 people have died countrywide since the start of October after buying food from spaza shops. In KwaZulu-Natal, three siblings from the Ndlovu family from uMzumbe on the South…
The African National Congress (ANC) Free State Chairperson addresses the Special PEC meeting in Bloemfontein on August 20, 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) in Free State is set to announce the outcomes of Wednesday’s special Provincial Executive Council (PEC) meeting. The ANC indicated last month that there would be restructuring in at least five…
Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu. 2 minutes Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu says he will start a process to the establish the formation of a new political movement in South Africa. The deposed secretary-general of the MKP has broken his silence on the reasons for his removal, saying it was due…
Emmanuel Ziocha scored the first goal for Dynamos in the fourth minute after Arenel Movers goalkeeper Aaron Ngwenya made a school boy blunder. ARENEL MOVERS. . . . . . . . . . . (0) 1 DYNAMOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2)…
1 minute Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Live court proceedings:
Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the budget speech in the National Assembly. 1 minute Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says insufficient revenue collection during the past financial year has caused the reduction in government spending allocation for 2025/26 budget. He told the four committees of Parliament on Finance and Appropriations that National Treasury was forced to…
The trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of the accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn statements’ in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continues in the High Court in Saldanha Bay. 1 minute The trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of accused Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn’s…
Image supplied The partnership kicked off in 2023 to investigate and advance the feasibility of an electric minibus taxi in South African conditions by testing production vehicles in South Africa. The project team, consisting of GoMetro, Powerfleet (formerly MiX Telematics), HSW, ACDC Dynamics, and various entities within Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Engineering, conducted rigorous and…
[File photo:] An open shaft left by illegal miners. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the mine rescue team that have been approached by government to assist to bring illegal miners in Stilfontein in the North West back to the surface is ready to start with their work. Mchunu, who was addressing community members,…
