The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Buffalo City Metro has called off its week-long strike and instructed members to return to work. Read groundup.org.za/article/muni... by Johnnie Isaac

Chaos erupted in the streets of Kokosi, Fochville, on Tuesday as hundreds of people protested for their water to be restored. Read groundup.org.za/article/hund... by Silver Sibiya

Residents of Marikana informal settlement set fire to a storage room at Town Two Clinic, Khayelitsha, on Monday night after police stopped them from making illegal electricity connections. Read groundup.org.za/article/clin... by Vincent Lali

The former home of the Mamelodi Sundowns soccer club, the Hezekiel Mothibe Pitje Stadium is now a shadow of its former self. Read groundup.org.za/article/form... by Warren Mabona

Malawian politician Helen Buluma was appointed as secretary of the Lesotho HWC in April. Buluma previously acted as deputy CEO of Malawi’s state oil company, where she faced allegations of mismanagement. Read groundup.org.za/article/mala... by Sechaba Mokhethi

There was a twist on Monday in the matter involving three police officers who are accused of covering up a rape. Read groundup.org.za/article/twis... by Benita Enoch

The torture case involving three police officers has been postponed eight times since June last year. Read groundup.org.za/article/dela... by Mary-Anne Gontsana

Hadeco, a family-owned flower farm, has been cultivating flowers since 1945. The farm opens its doors a few times a year for the public to visit and view colourful fields. Read groundup.org.za/article/peta... by Ihsaan Haffejee

The Constitutional Court will be hearing arguments this week in the landmark case about “consent” in sexual offences, including rape. Read groundup.org.za/article/apex... by Tania Broughton

After a fire swept across 3,000 hectares of Table Mountain National Park in April, millions of invasive plants have popped up. This is a rare opportunity to remove them before they get too large. Read groundup.org.za/article/a-si... by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Eighteen rural communities in Lesotho have filed a complaint with the African Development Bank over the implementation of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Read groundup.org.za/article/leso... by Sechaba Mokhethi

National Wills Week is held annually, allowing people to have their wills drafted for free by participating law firms and various Legal Aid offices. Read groundup.org.za/article/lega... by Iva Fulepu

All around the City of Johannesburg, communities and residents’ associations are organising themselves and their wider community to rescue their living spaces from years of neglect by officials. Read groundup.org.za/article/joha... by Yvonne Grimbeek

In the past five years, SAPS has confiscated 21,702 illegal firearms. 6,853 confiscated guns were involved in murder cases. Many more confiscated firearms may have been involved in murders, but not yet linked to specific cases. Read groundup.org.za/article/char... by Zora Hollie and The Outlier.

About 500 people from communities across Johannesburg participated in the Draw the Line/People’s Power Campaign to demand an energy transition that puts people and communities, not profit, at its centre. Read groundup.org.za/article/hund... by Ihsaan Haffejee

A businessman from Kokosi, Fochville near Carletonville has been dubbed a good samaritan after opening up his boreholes this week as the community battles ongoing water outages. Read groundup.org.za/article/gaut... by Silver Sibiya

The Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside the 2019 environmental authorisation for Eskom’s planned 3,000MW gas-to-power plant in Richards Bay. Read groundup.org.za/article/appe... by Tania Broughton

Two families from Gushindoda informal settlement near Symphony Way in Delft, Cape Town, have been left homeless after a police van crashed into their shacks. Two people were injured. Read groundup.org.za/article/delf... by Phumeza Halonisi

The National Lotteries Commission has extended its reparations process to include current staff who experienced “hurt” and former employees who “suffered harm” under its previous management. Read groundup.org.za/article/lott... by Raymond Joseph

Members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) began their strike action on Tuesday after receiving authorisation for the strike from the Bargaining Council, when negotiations with the Buffalo City municipality failed Read groundup.org.za/article/thou... by Johnnie Isaac

A 30-day suspension of taxi routes running from Khayelitsha to Somerset West came into effect on Wednesday. This comes after eight people have been killed in violence between taxi associations CODETA and CATA. Read groundup.org.za/article/comm... by Sandiso Phaliso, Vincent Lali and Zora Hollie

Tender corruption within the board of the Passenger Rail Agency South African has been raised in an anonymous letter to transport minister Barbara Creecy by a “disgruntled board member”. Read groundup.org.za/article/expl... by Steve Kretzmann

About 140 waste reclaimers at Marie Louise landfill have been left with no income after Pikitup stopped accepting domestic waste from 1 September, giving workers just ten days’ notice of the decision. Read groundup.org.za/article/jobu... by Ihsaan Haffejee

South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George has published draft regulations for the banning of plastic microbeads, and plans to start phasing out single-use plastics. Video by Carol Albertyn Christie

Teachers and learners at Jongikhaya Junior Secondary School in Lusikisiki in the the Eastern Cape who are using dangerous old pit toilets may be in for a long wait for proper toilets. Read groundup.org.za/article/teac... by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana

A group of Durban families living in a dilapidated building owned by the eThekwini municipality are upset. They claim the municipality has reneged on its promise of providing them with decent housing. Read groundup.org.za/article/ange... by Tsoanelo Sefoloko

About 200 activists marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday to support Wild Coast communities opposing seismic surveys and oil exploration rights granted to Shell and Impact Africa. Read groundup.org.za/article/abou... by Ihsaan Haffejee and Thamsanqa Mbovane

About 300 residents of Bottlebrush informal settlement near Chatsworth, eThekwini, took to the streets on Tuesday to complain that they have been short of water for nearly four months. Read groundup.org.za/article/chat... by Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) downed tools on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with Buffalo City Metro Municipality (BCCM). Read groundup.org.za/article/buff... by Johnnie Isaac

Six people, including a community leader, arrested during the protest blocking Voortrekker Road next to the Maitland cemetery are due to appear in court on Wednesday on charges of public violence. Link to the article below.

The families of two women serving life sentences for drug trafficking in Nepal are concerned about their whereabouts after violent riots hit the country last week. They fear they may be injured, dead or trapped in hiding. Read groundup.org.za/article/sout... by Hazel Friedman

The situation is currently calm at Mondlo township in northern KwaZulu-Natal after a community dialogue with provincial KZN Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi on Friday. Read groundup.org.za/article/mond... by Bongane Motaung

Learners from Carnarvon High School, Northern Cape, traveled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, earlier this month to represent South Africa in the World Robot Olympiad Open Championship. Read groundup.org.za/article/karo... by Zora Hollie

Scores of protesters blocked busy Voortrekker Road near Maitland cemetery and brought peak-hour traffic to a standstill on Monday. They demanded they be given water and electricity. Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Ashraf Hendricks

National Lotteries Commission (NLC) company secretary Nompumelelo Nene has finally thrown in the towel in her ongoing legal battles against those who wanted to hold her accountable for her role in plundering NLC funds. Read groundup.org.za/article/puni... by Tania Broughton

In the space of five days, journalist Sandiso Phaliso has been assaulted and twice had his phone confiscated by police in the Nyanga area while reporting at crime scenes. Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Steve Kretzmann

Residents of Relela village, outside Tzaneen, Limpopo, protested for two days last week, demanding the removal of their ward councillor, accusing him of neglecting their village and diverting development projects elsewhere. Read groundup.org.za/article/limp... by Judas Sekwela

The trial of three Brighton Beach police officers accused of attempting to cover up a rape was postponed in the Durban Magistrate’s court on Friday. Read groundup.org.za/article/magi... by Benita Enoch

Lesotho Times editor Mohalenyane Phakela was arrested on 29 August and held overnight in a freezing police cell after the DCEO accused him of posing as one of its officers to obtain documents for a corruption story. Read groundup.org.za/article/leso... by Sechaba Mokhethi

Hundreds of people joined a march by the Municipal Employees and Civil Servants Union (MECSU) on Thursday over the outsourcing of cleaners and security guards by the City of Ekurhuleni. Read groundup.org.za/article/hund... by Silver Sibiya

The Constitutional Court will hear arguments on 16 September over Shell’s Wild Coast oil exploration right, which the courts found was granted unlawfully in 2014 due to inadequate community consultation. Read groundup.org.za/article/shel... by Tania Broughton

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is the police watchdog responsible for investigating police officers who break the law while on duty. But IPID has a massive backlog. Read groundup.org.za/article/char... by GroundUp and The Outlier

A fire at the Mavhungeni Communal Property Association (CPA) farm near Elim has left workers without an income and the farm struggling to recover. Read groundup.org.za/article/fire... by Thembi Siaga

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has told Parliament it has implemented 98% of the corrective actions the Auditor-General required of it, but there are still gaps in its systems. Read groundup.org.za/article/sass... by Marecia Damons

Rubbish is piling up in the streets of KwaMushu township in Durban as waste workers downed tools this week over cuts to their salaries. Read groundup.org.za/article/pile... by Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Maseru residents living near the Tšosane dumpsite have been choked by smoke from a fire that has been ablaze since Saturday night. Read groundup.org.za/article/dump... by Sechaba Mokhethi

Municipal offices in Mondlo township in northern KwaZulu-Natal were set alight by residents on Wednesday night after a day-long protest over electricity cuts. Read groundup.org.za/article/muni... by Bongane Motaung

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office has failed to back up his claim that most residents of informal settlements in the province are undocumented immigrants. Read groundup.org.za/article/lesu... by Joseph Bracken

Over the past two-and-a-half years, the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has had six Chief Executive Officers. The latest, Onke Dumeko, was appointed in an acting role on Monday. Read groundup.org.za/article/nati... by Steve Kretzmann

Parliamentarians debated South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. Read groundup.org.za/article/mps-... by Matthew Hirsch