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GROUNDUP
GroundUp
is the only national publication in South Africa
dedicated to covering human rights news.
South Africa's Constitution gives people the
rights to housing, education, health,
safety, clean water, food and dignity.
GroundUp'sarticles show what these rights
mean for people in their daily lives.
GroundUp aims to
amplify the voices of vulnerable
communities, with an emphasis on reporting
on the work of activist organisations.
Published under a Creative Commons licence,
their content is offered free of charge to
the mainstream media in order to increase
the reach of these important stories. More
than half of GroundUp's articles are
republished in the country's largest media.
GroundUp works with reporters, primarily
from working-class backgrounds,to report on
issues within their communities, and pairs
them with experienced editors. GroundUp is
training the next generation of South
African journalists.
The organisation also maintains a
social grants and
government housing guide, as well as a
questions and answers column and free
image gallery.
GroundUp's Editor Nathan Geffen and
Journalist Raymond Joseph won the 2021 Nat
NakasaAward for Courageous Community
Journalism for revealing that hundreds of
millions of Rands have been diverted from
charitable projects to those connected to
the board and top-management of the
state-owned National Lotteries Commission
(NLC). GroundUp continues to report on NLC
corruption, maladministration and nepotism
even when faced with sustained legal attacks
from those connected to the NLC.
The Claude Leon Foundation has
supported GroundUp's Lottery reporting and
legal defence as well provided general
operating support since 2012. |
