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26/09/2025

On Thursday, dozens of business owners led by members of the MK party marched through the streets of Vyheid’s city centre to demand better services.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/vryheid-business-owners-join-mk-march-for-better-service-delivery/ by Bongane Motaung

IFP holds counter protest

26/09/2025

Eight years after construction began on the Waterval Sports Facility near Elim, it is still not complete. The Makhado Municipality has spent about R40-million on the project, according to annual reports.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/r40-million-sports-stadium-in-elim-stands-incomplete-unused/ by Thembi Siaga

Tens of millions have been spent on a stadium in Elim since 2017. The stadium is still not complete.

26/09/2025

By 2021, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) had collapsed. As corruption and mismanagement took hold over the previous ten years, the rail service became increasingly unreliable and unsafe.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/passenger-rail-gets-back-on-track-slowly/ by GroundUp and The Outlier

Most rail lines have reopened, but there is still a long way to go

26/09/2025

A sudden shift in US trade policy has shaken the foundations of Lesotho’s fragile economy, threatening its vital textile industry and the livelihoods of approximately 30,000 workers, mostly women, says the International Monetary Fund.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/trumps-tariffs-could-cost-lesotho-30000-jobs-the-imf-warns/ by Sechaba Mokheti

Garment exports make up 80% of the country’s exports to the United States

26/09/2025

At least 15 disabled and elderly people were allocated special houses by the City of Ekurhuleni. Now over two years later they still do not have access to running without water and electricity.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/elderly-and-disabled-ekurhuleni-residents-allocated-houses-without-water-and-electricity/ by Kimberly Mutandiro

The houses were specifically given to elderly and people with disabilities in Extension 2, Mackenzieville

25/09/2025

The EFF has been criticised for bringing “extremely urgent” court applications which unnecessarily take judges away from other, deserving, matters

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/judge-scolds-eff-for-repeatedly-wasting-court-time/ by Tania Broughton

“The laxity with which the EFF acted is unexplained … the extreme urgency was entirely self-created and unwarranted, it inconvenienced the court, the participating party and other litigants”

25/09/2025

“My heritage is represented in the food I grew up with,” said Aletta Hendricks, as she shared the story of her life with the food she made at the Heritage Festival in Porterville on Wednesday.

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25/09/2025

Young musicians from the Morris Isaacson Centre for Music, dressed in colourful traditional attire, showcased their music skills at the centre in Soweto on Heritage Day.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/soweto-youth-honour-their-heritage-with-music-concert/ by Ihsaan Haffejee

The Morris Isaacson Centre for Music teaches music to more than 340

25/09/2025

The contract between SASSA and Postbank is to be terminated this month. But Postbank has approached the court to get this set aside, saying it will have “severe consequences for vulnerable citizens”.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/court-battle-looms-over-termination-of-postbanks-service-agreement-with-sassa/ by Marecia Damons

Postbank argues that ending its contract could have “severe consequences” for millions of social grant beneficiaries

25/09/2025

Families forcibly removed from Constantia in the 1960s and 70s were honoured during a heritage walk through the suburb on Wednesday.

The Jaftha family, who run Jaftha’s Flower Farm in the suburb, organised the walk to mark Heritage Day.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/apartheid-forced-removals-remembered-in-constantia/ by Matthew Hirsch

Heritage Walk by Jaftha family Flower Farm honours displaced families

25/09/2025

“My heritage is represented in the food I grew up with,” said Aletta Hendricks, as she shared the story of her life with the food she made at the Heritage Festival in Porterville on Wednesday.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/porterville-women-share-their-heritage-through-food/ by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

The Purple Mountain Arts Residency hosted its second Heritage Day festival

25/09/2025

In a new book, local cartographer Peter Slingsby explains that vernacular place names are a crucial part of human heritage, and why it’s been so rewarding for him to map place names in the Cederberg.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/hundreds-unique-cederberg-place-names-rescued-from-potential-extinction/ by John Yeld

Names like Slangbosfontein, Katstertdrif, Pendoornkraal, Sterrebosbank, Vogelgesang, Haasvlakte, and Jakkalskop