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The only weightlifting club in Soweto is changing lives – News from GroundUp

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The only weightlifting club in Soweto is changing lives: Started in 2019, Lifting Dreams is running out of space
Source: GroundUp News.

Promises, promises: the residents of Marikana Soutpan have almost given up hope: Informal settlement was first promised water and sanitation in 2017
Source: GroundUp News.

All in a day’s work for reclaimers in Gauteng: Waste-pickers are responsible for collecting 80 to 90% of used packaging and paper that is recycled in South Africa
Source: GroundUp News.

“When we arrived there, the fire was going crazy”: Firefighter Nathan Phillips is one of 714 employed by the City of Cape Town
Source: GroundUp News.

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

GroundUp encourages and values high-quality, ethical journalism.

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.

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