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Legal
The fallout from false accusations in communal living

Mogamat Saudiq Moerat 8 Apr 2024

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Legal
Judicial Matters Amendment Act signed into law

4 Apr 2024

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Legal
Defamation suit a warning to all influencers about appropriate conduct

Pierre le Roux 3 Apr 2024

Runs in the Family: SA movie nominated for Glaad Media Award
Marketing & Media
Runs in the Family: SA movie nominated for Glaad Media Award

Issued by Giant Films 19 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf A new media law will be a dangerous setback for freedom of expression in Lebanon
Marketing & Media
New media law a setback for Lebanon's media freedom

8 Dec 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR
Legal
Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

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Marketing & Media
Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work

Bruce Drushel 2 Nov 2023

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Marketing & Media
Myanmar photojournalist sentenced to 20 years of hard labour

8 Sep 2023

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Marketing & Media
Calls for applications: Sanef announces international mentorship programme

18 Aug 2023

Both the Constitution and legal precedent allow journalists to publish information that is in the public interest, even if that information was obtained unlawfully. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
Legal
Can journalists publish "stolen" information?

Jacques Louw 18 May 2023

Former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), Phillemon Letwaba has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs to veteran freelance journalist Raymond Joseph (pictured above) / GroundUp
Legal
Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Tania Broughton 1 Mar 2023

Think points on the recent Loeries article: A message from The Loeries to the industry
Marketing & Media
Think points on the recent Loeries article: A message from The Loeries to the industry

Issued by Sibusiso Sitole on behalf of the Loeries board 23 Nov 2022

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Legal
What SA's new internet laws mean for social media indiscretions

Peter Olyott 30 Sep 2022

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Retail
Trolley assistants at malls pay a "fee" to be allowed to collect tips from shoppers

Tariro Washinyira 8 Sep 2022

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Marketing & Media
Daily Maverick vindicated as it wins defamation case

Tania Broughton 17 Aug 2022

Embarrassing court defeat for Prasa
Legal
Embarrassing court defeat for Prasa

20 Apr 2022

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Legal
Edit button or no, you could still be sued for that Twitter post

Chanique Rautenbach 8 Apr 2022

A screengrab of Thursday’s virtual Constitutional Court hearing into a R14.25m defamation case brought by Australian mining interests against South African lawyers, activists and a social worker.
Legal
Concourt hears vital defamation case

John Yeld 21 Feb 2022

Artists protest outside the Department of Arts and Culture in Pretoria in May. Photo: Julia Evans/GroundUp
Lifestyle
SA music industry exposed: the money is not going to the artists

Niki Moore 29 Nov 2021

Jonathan Shafir
Legal
Can a bank offset your debts with money that actually belongs to someone else?

Jonathan Shafir 17 Sep 2021

The Western Cape High Court has refused to interdict Anglican priest June Dolley-Major from claiming that fellow priest Melvin Booysen raped her. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
Legal
Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Sep 2021

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Court grants order to proceed with civil action against Equatorial Guinea blogger

2 Sep 2021

Inside Small Claims Court - processes and procedures
Legal
Inside Small Claims Court - processes and procedures

Dakalo Singo 5 Aug 2021

Can you lose your job over a WhatsApp conversation?
HR & Management
Can you lose your job over a WhatsApp conversation?

Nicol Myburgh 7 Jun 2021

The duty to report suspected fraud and the consequences thereof
Legal
The duty to report suspected fraud and the consequences thereof

Corné Lewis 6 Apr 2021

Australian mining executive Mark Caruso, in the snake-skin boots, at a community meeting in Lutzville in February 2019. Archive photo: John Yeld
Energy & Mining
Aussie mining company fires Mark Caruso as CEO

6 Apr 2021

Why working as a journalist in Uganda is particularly tough
Marketing & Media
Why working as a journalist in Uganda is particularly tough

Karen McIntyre and Meghan Sobel Cohen 9 Mar 2021

High Court recognises abuse in Slapp suit
Legal
High Court recognises abuse in Slapp suit

Odette Geldenhuys 15 Feb 2021

The judgement this week by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath is a reminder to corporations that they cannot use the law to silence activists, says the writer. Illustration: Lisa Nelson
Energy & Mining
Slapp-ing back: Court checks corporate bullying

11 Feb 2021

Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe and Australian mining boss Mark Caruso during the minister’s visit to the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast in February 2019. Photo: John Yeld
Energy & Mining
SA-linked Aussie mining executive in trouble with the law at home

John Yeld 6 Oct 2020

R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history
Legal
R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history

John Yeld 9 Jun 2020

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Marketing & Media
Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

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Marketing & Media
Veteran journalist Rex Gibson has passed away

15 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: How diminishing trust is changing the PR and comms game
Entrepreneurship
#BizTrends2020: How diminishing trust is changing the PR and comms game

Kevin Welman 13 Jan 2020

Algerian demonstrators chant and wave their country's national flag as they take part in an anti-government protest in the capital Algiers on October 15, 2019. Authorities have detained at least three more journalists in recent days. Credit: CPJ/AFP.
Marketing & Media
Algeria detains three journalists who covered protests

18 Oct 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.
Marketing & Media
Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.
Marketing & Media
10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019

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Marketing & Media
How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

Don't share everything on social media
ICT
Don't share everything on social media

4 Sep 2019

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Marketing & Media
'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Marketing & Media
What's making headlines in SA

16 Aug 2019

Ethiopians read newspapers in Addis Ababa on June 24. Following what the government refers to as a failed attempted coup, access to the internet was cut and journalists were arrested. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.
Marketing & Media
In era of reform, Ethiopia still reverts to old tactics to censor press

Muthoki Mumo 10 Jul 2019

Law of Defamation: Why the EFF lost to Manuel
Legal
Law of Defamation: Why the EFF lost to Manuel

Jackie Lafleur and Rui Lopes 1 Jul 2019

A Kenyan journalist has an altercation with a police officer. EPA/Dai Kurokawa
Marketing & Media
Accountability in Kenya's media still needs attention. What can be done?

Jared Obuya 24 Jun 2019

The Uganda High Court is in Kampala on May 14, 2018. CPJ today called for Ugandan authorities to intervene and end the criminal case against editor Pidson Kareire. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Isaac Kasamani.
Marketing & Media
Ugandan editor charged with criminal libel

18 Jun 2019

Court blow for activists being sued by mining company
Legal
Court blow for activists being sued by mining company

John Yeld 31 May 2019

Marketing & Media
Acumen Media's weekly news roundup

31 May 2019

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns
ESG & Sustainability
Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

John Yeld 29 May 2019

Why speaking ill of your employer in public may get you fired
Legal
Why speaking ill of your employer in public may get you fired

Kirsten Eiser and Shane Johnson 23 May 2019

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