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

Can I get permanent residency if my parent does, and I have lived in SA for more than five years? Yes, if you are a dependent of a permanent residence holder and are aged under 21 years. But there is ...

My fiancé and I have been waiting for four months to get his visiting visa approved by the High Commission in Nigeria. What can we do? South Africa's High Commission in Nigeria is over-burdened. You ...

How can I get my ID if my parent has multiple IDs? Following a recent court ruling about blocked IDs, you should be able to apply for an ID the normal way. Home Affairs officials may not be aware of ...

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

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

Thabo Bester prison escape Here are our articles on the notorious prison escape on 3 May by convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester.

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

In 2014, Judge Kate O'Regan and Advocate Vusi Pikoli chaired a commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha. GroundUp covered the inquiry in depth. Here are our reports as well as contributed ...

NUPSAW provincial secretary, Mzi Nkata, said that 98% of CHWs are women and are often the breadwinners in their households. Nkata said it was unfair to only offer contracts to CHWs for one to three ...

How the Try button works The Try button is very useful for hard Sudoku problems. If you get to a point where you can't make progress without trying one of, say, two options in a cell, click the Try ...

The 33 African states that are members of the International Criminal Court should ask the court to probe reports of war crimes in Gaza, says the Southern African Litigation Centre. The Centre says ...