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Start off strong with alternative education in 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

Start off strong with alternative education in 2025

Issued by Impaq Education 4 hours

Healthcare

The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

23 hours

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele 1 day

Source: World Economic Forum.

Economy

SA's president calls for global partnerships at World Economic Forum in Davos

1 day

Got a flat tyre from rocks or spikes? This is the role tyres play in getting you to safety

Safety

Got a flat tyre from rocks or spikes? This is the role tyres play in getting you to safety

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 1 day

Matlock – but not as you know it – comes to M-Net

TV

Matlock – but not as you know it – comes to M-Net

Issued by DStv Media Sales 1 day

Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.

Taxation & Regulation

America's path to ‘liquid gold’: Trump reveals new tariffs and national energy strategy

Katja Hamilton 1 day

Ashley du Plooy, Chief Executive Officer at ERA

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Why 2025 looks green for SA

Ashley du Plooy 2 days

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Zaakir Mohamed and Mawande Ntontela 2 days

Source: © News Nine Sorry Tiktok is not available right now.

Media Freedom

Updated: TikTok is now available again in the US

Danette Breitenbach 2 days

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Agree to disagree: Why mutual agreement is required when referring a dispute for arbitration

Ziyanda Sibeko and Johnson Mthembu 16 Jan 2025

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Cyber Law

Social media personality appears in court

15 Jan 2025

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

5 immigration service targets and what Home Affairs needs to achieve them

Imraan Mahomed, Taryn York and Mapaseka Nketu 15 Jan 2025

Provantage CEO Jacques du Preez explains why OOH advertising poised for growth in SA in 2025 (Image supplied)

Media

#BizTrends2025: Provantage’s Jacques du Preez - OOH advertising poised for growth in SA

Jacques du Preez 15 Jan 2025

Yuneal Padayachy, Chief Support Officer at The BEE Chamber

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Anticipating B-BBEE transformation in South Africa in 2025

Yuneal Padayachy 14 Jan 2025

Joon Chong, Partner, Webber Wentzel

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Tax bill proposal - benefits of offering ADR at an earlier stage

Joon Chong 14 Jan 2025

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

Trends

#BizTrends2025: African employment law trends - employee rights and well-being, workplace and technology evolution

Chloë Loubser 13 Jan 2025

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Legislation

AI adoption in Africa - balancing innovation and regulation

Zaakir Mohamed, Kabelo Dlothi, and Lebogang Molebale 10 Jan 2025

Source: © Goods Fox Tomorrow, Friday, 10 January, representatives of TikTok's parent company ByteDance will plead to the US Supreme Court to halt the decision of a looming ban later this month

Social Media

Implications of the banning of TikTok in the US

Danette Breitenbach 9 Jan 2025

“Of the nine cases referred to and cited, only two could be found to exist, albeit that the citation of one was incorrect,” wrote Judge Elsja-Marie Bezuidenhout about an application for leave to appeal. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Law Practice

Lawyers in deep trouble for using AI to draft court papers

Tania Broughton 9 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Trends

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

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Climate Change

Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world

Oscar Berglund and Tie Franco Brotto 7 Jan 2025

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Law Practice

A&O Shearman SA's legal team finds new home at Bowmans

7 Jan 2025

Taxation & Regulation

Landmark Global Minimum Tax Act: SA's MNEs face reform

Katja Hamilton 7 Jan 2025

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Mining

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jan 2025

Source: Great Africa/Facebook.

Residential Property

South Africa’s modern rondavels: family homes may be changing, but traditions remain

Sinenhlanhla Memela 3 Jan 2025

Human Rights Law

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar 3 Jan 2025

A worker assembles an EV car inside BYD's first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market where it has become the dominant player, in Rayong, Thailand. Source: Reuters/Chalinee Thirasupa

Manufacturing & Parts

EU and Asia manufacturing spooked by boogeyman Trump

Sam Holmes and Indradip Ghosh 2 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Media Freedom

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

BELA went live in Christmas Eve gazette, pressure now on Gwarube

Lindsey Schutters 27 Dec 2024

SA invites public feedback on new anti-money laundering bill

Legislation

SA invites public feedback on new anti-money laundering bill

24 Dec 2024

Post Office Amendment Act parachutes beleaguered service into the digital era

Services

Post Office Amendment Act parachutes beleaguered service into the digital era

Lindsey Schutters 23 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Combatting construction mafia - part 2: How to get ahead of the game

Lionel van Tonder, Inge Swanepoel, Martin Versfeld, and Tyron Theessen 30 Dec 2024

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Climate Change

Historic climate change advisory: What the case before the International Court of Justice might mean

Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala 27 Dec 2024

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Law of Succession

Can deceased estates inherit administrative review rights? ConCourt rules

Linda Shwana and Jamié-Lee Jacobs 20 Dec 2024

Mr Sweet workers picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston during their 11-week strike. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet workers face disciplinary hearings for strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Combatting construction mafia - part 1: Threats, lies and red tape

Lionel van Tonder, Inge Swanepoel, Martin Versfeld, and Tyron Theessen 23 Dec 2024

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Occupational Health & Safety

OHS isn't just physical: Why employee mental health is also your business

18 Dec 2024

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Construction & Engineering

Master Builders Association says contractors must learn from #GeorgeCollapse

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

Legal

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Logistics & Transport

Logistics & Transport

#BestofBiz 2024: Logistics & Transport

17 Dec 2024

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Primary & Secondary Education

DBE to fight Matric results publication ban in court

17 Dec 2024

Blind and visually impaired people have the right to convert protected works to accessible formats without having to obtain permission, the Constitutional Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

IP Law

Blind people can access copyrighted works, rules Concourt - again

Tania Broughton 17 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

SCA applies dominant purpose test against Steinhoff 'litigation privilege' argument

Bianca Masterton 13 Dec 2024

Over 13,000 spaza shops registration forms issued in Gauteng

SMEs

Over 13,000 spaza shops registration forms issued in Gauteng

12 Dec 2024

A guide to some key risks wellness tourism operators should be mindful of

Tourism

A guide to some key risks wellness tourism operators should be mindful of

Megan Jarvis, Leigh Lambrechts, Kate Collier and Dhevarsha Ramjettan 11 Dec 2024

Altron announces new appointments to support accelerated growth plan

Technology

Altron announces new appointments to support accelerated growth plan

Issued by Altron 11 Dec 2024

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

Informal Retailing

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

11 Dec 2024