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How foot and mouth disease ran amok

Farmers saw it coming but they couldn’t prevent it

March and March “aftershock” floods Joburg court in asylum cases

Judge orders Home Affairs to process asylum seekers at Lindela after deportation cases swamp court

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GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

Author: Emihle Ngwane

GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

University official must pay back R18m after taking student housing bribes

Labour Court finds Andries Helani accepted more than R3.2-million in payments linked to private student accommodation providers

Lesotho, SA courts freeze assets in M700m clothing industry fraud case

Appeals have delayed the implementation of two forfeiture judgments handed down in May

World’s largest research funder lifts ban on South Africa

Many clinical trials were halted, and many researchers were retrenched when the NIH stopped funding

Home or hospice: The debate over the closure of St Luke’s inpatient unit

While most people prefer to die at home, a minority desperately need specialist care that can only be provided in an institution

How much did judges really spend on their Durban conference?

Travel agency quoted the Office of the Chief Justice R9,000 for return plane tickets from Johannesburg to Durban

Families live with rubbish and rats in Joburg stadium

Hundreds of people have been stuck for years in “temporary” accommodation

Our classrooms “will collapse on us”, says Limpopo learner

Radzambo Secondary School in Matsila village is crumbling, overcrowded and short of teachers

Mass sardine die-off: new threat to African Penguins?

Researchers say it’s too early to draw firm conclusions

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GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

Sex work bill back in Parliament years later

SWEAT and Asijiki Coalition welcome some progress by government

Nearly half of SA’s young people are not working or in training

NEET rate for 15-34 year olds has risen from 38% to 45% since 2012

Immigrant traders see their livelihoods destroyed by March and March

Traders with documents and permits chased away, leaving Bellville bus terminus market almost empty

What happens when a shack appears in a gated community?

Playwright Amy Jephta’s new play explores race, class, land and the pressures of fitting in