Lottery fast tracks R500,000 grant for Simphiwe Dana’s extravaganza: Funding was awarded just weeks after the company was registered, and after the event took place
Source: GroundUp News.
Dunoon land occupiers build flood barrier: Last winter the Diep River burst its banks flooding homes
Source: GroundUp News.
Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities: Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February
Source: GroundUp News.
South Africa’s carbon emission targets not nearly ambitious enough: South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance
Source: GroundUp News.
Parents demand brick and mortar classrooms for rural Limpopo school: The provincial education department says construction will start during the 2022/23 financial year
Source: GroundUp News.
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