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A lack of refuse removal services in Caledon’s Riemvasmaak informal settlement results in waste being dumped at the bottom of the hill on the bank of the Bath River. Riemvasmaak resident Anele Boyce said the dumping problem could be reduced if the municipality supplied bin bags and a skip. Photos: Steve Kretzmann

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jun 2025

Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

South Africa’s world-class scientific research vessel, the SA Agulhas II, heads toward Cape Town after a stop over in East London following its annual relief and supply voyage to the SANAE IV Antarctic base. The back of Table Mountain, seen in the distance here, was a welcome sight for some researchers returning from a 12-month overwintering stay at SANAE IV, along with sobering news on the state of the southern oceans. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Climate Change

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica with alarming news

Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: ESG & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2024: ESG & Sustainability

17 Dec 2024

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

More than 200-million litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is released into False Bay daily. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Failing sewage plants continue to pollute False Bay

Steve Kretzmann 16 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

#BestofBiz 2023: Construction & Engineering

Construction & Engineering

#BestofBiz 2023: Construction & Engineering

19 Dec 2023

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

Environment & Natural Resources

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

Source: Vodacom All the Vodacom Journalist of the Year competition regional finalists have been announced

Media

All the Vodacom Journalist of the Year competition regional finalists

17 Nov 2023

The Green Point marine outfall is one of three in Cape Town through which millions of litres of sewage are pumped out to sea daily. The City has been ordered to embark on a public participation process over the permits required for the operation of these outfalls. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town ordered to hold public hearings on sewage being pumped into the sea

Steve Kretzmann 21 Sep 2023

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Office Property

Lawyer in River Club development controversy caught in qualification lie

30 Aug 2023

The Prasa property in Newlands, Cape Town, which axed board chairperson Leonard Ramatlakane rented for three months, had not been rented out by the rail agency for eight years, according to Ramatlakane’s affidavit before the High Court. Photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Axed Prasa board chair goes to court to get his job back

Steve Kretzmann 23 Aug 2023

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Property Development

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Steve Kretzmann 9 Mar 2023

A fire above Lakeside, Cape Town, was swiftly extinguished on 16 January after the City dispatched several helicopters and numerous firefighters. The quick response ensured the fire didn’t cause major damage. (GroundUp)

Climate Change

Climate change almost doubles the risk of wildfires in Cape Town, study shows

Steve Kretzmann 7 Mar 2023

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Infrastructure & Utilities

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

Sewage on the seashore: Here's what's causing Cape Town's beach closures

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage on the seashore: Here's what's causing Cape Town's beach closures

Steve Kretzmann 13 Jan 2023

Construction of the controversial multi-billion rand development at the River Club in Observatory continues despite legal challenges. This is how it looked on Friday 23 September 2022. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

What next in the twisty River Club saga?

Steve Kretzmann 26 Sep 2022

First Nations Collective leader Zenzile Khoisan addressing about 200 demonstrators supporting the River Club development outside the High Court on 12 July. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

River Club construction carries on amidst court delays

Steve Kretzmann 5 Sep 2022

Members of the Goringhaicona and others opposing the River Club development celebrate the dismissal of an urgent application to depose Tauriq Jenkins (centre) as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council. Together with the Observatory Civic Association, the council has led litigation against the development. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

River Club contempt of court hearing pushed back another week

Steve Kretzmann 28 Jul 2022

River Club was not on Amazon's shortlist - court papers

Property Development

River Club was not on Amazon's shortlist - court papers

Steve Kretzmann 2 Dec 2021

Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2021 announces Western Cape regional winners

Media

Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2021 announces Western Cape regional winners

4 Nov 2021

MyCiTi N2 route to open again early next year, promises new Cape Town transport chief

Public Transport

MyCiTi N2 route to open again early next year, promises new Cape Town transport chief

Steve Kretzmann 3 Sep 2021

Cape Town has reached Transport Day Zero. This is why

Public Transport

Cape Town has reached Transport Day Zero. This is why

Steve Kretzmann and Peter Luhanga 30 Jul 2021

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph 5 Nov 2020

Province goes to court over River Club ruling

Land & Property Law

Province goes to court over River Club ruling

Steve Kretzmann 30 Oct 2020

The River Club, currently a nine-hole golf course, is to be rezoned and will house new headquarters for giant multi-national company Amazon, following a decision by the City’s Municipal Planning Tribunal on Friday. Photo: Steve Kretzmann

Property Development

Municipal tribunal gives go-ahead to mega-development at Two Rivers Urban Park

Steve Kretzmann 23 Sep 2020

Coca-Cola and Cape Town's sweetheart Day Zero deal

FMCG

Coca-Cola and Cape Town's sweetheart Day Zero deal

Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph 8 May 2020

Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast

Steve Kretzmann 30 Apr 2020

Tribunal slams province and city over River Club developments

Property Development

Tribunal slams province and city over River Club developments

Steve Kretzmann 20 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Civil society left to feed thousands of children on Cape Flats

Food, Water & Energy Security

Covid-19: Civil society left to feed thousands of children on Cape Flats

Steve Kretzmann 17 Apr 2020

Heritage Western Cape slams River Club development plan

Property Development

Heritage Western Cape slams River Club development plan

Steve Kretzmann 20 Feb 2020

Homeless people win court victory against City of Cape Town

Human Rights Law

Homeless people win court victory against City of Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 13 Dec 2019

Land to be freed up in Cape Town city centre

Affordable & Social Housing

Land to be freed up in Cape Town city centre

Steve Kretzmann 31 Oct 2019

Rising sea levels already causing problems for Cape Town

Climate Change

Rising sea levels already causing problems for Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 2 Sep 2019

Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back

Affordable & Social Housing

Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back

Steve Kretzmann 19 Jun 2019

How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?

Infrastructure & Utilities

How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?

Steve Kretzmann 29 Mar 2019

Did De Lille stall while Bo Kaap developers scored?

Affordable & Social Housing

Did De Lille stall while Bo Kaap developers scored?

Steve Kretzmann 27 Mar 2019

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

Affordable & Social Housing

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

Steve Kretzmann 22 Mar 2019

Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms

Infrastructure & Utilities

Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms

Steve Kretzmann 28 Feb 2019

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Infrastructure & Utilities

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Steve Kretzmann 12 Feb 2019

Fringe Fresh Awards winners announced

Theatre

Fringe Fresh Awards winners announced

10 Oct 2016

Lwandile Fikeni overall Arts Journalist of the Year

Media

Lwandile Fikeni overall Arts Journalist of the Year

1 Dec 2015

Ovation Awards winners announced

Events

Ovation Awards winners announced

14 Jul 2014

Arts Journalism Award winners announced

Art

Arts Journalism Award winners announced

7 Jul 2014

Silver Awards finalists for Arts Journalism Awards

Media

Silver Awards finalists for Arts Journalism Awards

25 Jun 2014