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groundupGroundUp publishes original public interest news. They mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories. Journalists at GroundUp have won the prestigious 2021 Nat Nakasa Community Award.

GroundUp started in April 2012 as a joint project of Community Media Trust and the University of Cape Town's Centre for Social Science Research. As of June 2020, we became a standalone non-profit company.

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GroundUp's Articles:


Activist organisations are battling to secure meetings. The Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant came to an end in April, but activists are calling for it to be extended.
By Marecia Damons


Some students started returning to classes on Monday. For two days last week students burnt tyres and wood in front of the South Cape Bitou campus.

 By Siphokazi Mnyobe


Schools are battling to accommodate children. Parents at Laerskool Piet Hugo say the Limpopo education department has provided mobile classrooms but not the teachers to use them. 

By Bernard Chiguvare


Some students in Bellville protested for travel allowances. Others in Parow narrowly avoided eviction from their residence. 

By Liezl Human and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik


University of Johannesburg has extended it's registration for NSFAS-funded students. Students believe it’s unfair that classes started without students having financial access to books and food due to delays in NSFAS payments.

By Julia Evans


By Bernard Chiguvare. Local post offices are not paying out grants, say Limpopo beneficiaries. Many of the people queuing for their Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant at Makhado post office came from out of town, some from as far away as 87 kilometres.


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