Police investigate as fatal shootings rock Cape Town communities

Cape Town police have had their hands busy as recent fatal shootings, including two...

The photos that told our stories in 2024

Pictures and Words: GroundUp Staff South Africans voted in national elections, miners were trapped underground...

Pup-up shop: new mobile clinics for dogs and cats

Words and pictures: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp The Emma Animal Rescue Society (TEARS) launched...

Cape Town electricity protest brings traffic to a halt

Words and pictures: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp Over 100 residents from Lavender Hill brought...

Arrests made in Steenberg kidnapping, victim’s body discovered

Two suspects, aged 23 and 49, have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping...

Convicted child killer gets 48 years after shooting six-year-old

SAPS management in the Western Cape has welcomed the hefty sentence handed to a...

Lavender Hill residents fear a gang retaliation after the killing of gang leader and son

The residents in Lavender Hill, Cape Town are on edge after the killing of...

Gang violence claims another life, this time it is a young mother

A young mom from Hillview in Lavender Hill was killed while she was protecting...