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19/12/2025

GroundUp's office will be closed for the summer break from 19 December 2025 and will reopen on 12 January 2026.

During this time, our phone line will not be attended and emails won't be monitored. We’ll only be able to respond once we reopen in January.

We wish everyone a restful festive season.

Looking forward to bringing you more news that matters in 2026!

KwaZulu-Natal magistrate Ian Blose has been suspended without pay pending a disciplinary inquiry into charges that he li...
18/12/2025

KwaZulu-Natal magistrate Ian Blose has been suspended without pay pending a disciplinary inquiry into charges that he lied on application forms for acting appointments.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/magistrate-ian-blose-suspended-without-pay/ by Tania Broughton

Ian Blose was charged with making false declarations and failing to disclose his suspension by the Legal Practice Council

When Lutendo Mundzhelele noticed frothy saliva dripping from the mouths of his cattle two weeks ago, he feared foot-and-...
18/12/2025

When Lutendo Mundzhelele noticed frothy saliva dripping from the mouths of his cattle two weeks ago, he feared foot-and-mouth disease had reached his farm in Makonde, Limpopo.

Read https://groundup.org.za/article/foot-and-mouth-disease-hits-limpopo/ by Thembi Siaga and Maanda Bele

Three recent outbreaks pose a threat to small-scale farmers’ livelihoods

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GroundUp is a news agency. Our articles are made available for republication, usually under a Creative Commons license, to news publications. We report news that is in the public interest, with an emphasis on the human rights of vulnerable communities. We want our stories to make a difference.

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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.