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No free rides: Why you can’t use contractual defenses to avoid paying for services already renderedKhanyisa Monqo and Nicola Mullineux

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South Africa's copyright revolution: New protections for digital creatorsMillisanté de Wee-Petersen and Kallen Hoather-Murphy

The Constitutional Court has ruled that an employee cannot claim constructive dismissal claim based on the anticipation that working conditions will become intolerable. Archive photo: Ciaran Ryan / GroundUp

ConCourt rules on constructive dismissal after 18 monthsOhene Yaw Ampofo-Anti

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Is generative AI a threat to corporate legal privilege?Pierre Burger

Wesley Neumann in court. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Labour Court refuses to enforce school principal’s reinstatementMarecia Damons

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South Africa's copyright revolution: New protections for digital creators

By Millisanté de Wee-Petersen and Kallen Hoather-Murphy 1 day

Sibanye wins court battle for 50MW solar plant as Eskom studies judgment

Sibanye wins court battle for 50MW solar plant as Eskom studies judgment

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#Budget2026: Offshore transfer limit raised to R4m for South African couples

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#Budget2026: SA pioneers cross-border trade reform with crypto and payments regulation

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From compliance to credibility: The CFO's guide to BEE success

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South Africa’s carbon tax should stay: climate scientists explain why

South Africa’s carbon tax should stay: climate scientists explain why

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Is generative AI a threat to corporate legal privilege?

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ARB bursts consumer bubble in Sunlight complaint

Karabo Ledwaba 2 days

The Constitutional Court has ruled that an employee cannot claim constructive dismissal claim based on the anticipation that working conditions will become intolerable. Archive photo: Ciaran Ryan / GroundUp

ConCourt rules on constructive dismissal after 18 months

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 2 days

Wesley Neumann in court. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Labour Court refuses to enforce school principal’s reinstatement

Marecia Damons 3 days

Ramaphosa delays NHI as ConCourt hears public participation challenges

Ramaphosa delays NHI as ConCourt hears public participation challenges

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AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

Dario Milo, Lia Wheeler 3 days

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National minimum wage 2026: What workers (and employers) need to know

Danelle Plaatjies and Ludwig Frahm-Arp 23 Feb 2026

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Cannabis in the workplace: Rights, regulations, and responsibilities

Seshni Moodley 23 Feb 2026

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Unlocking R800bn: The push for modernising South Africa’s tax system

Shannon Friedman 20 Feb 2026

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Deadline for comments on anti-money laundering draft bill extended

20 Feb 2026

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Plain packaging vs branding rights: A legal battle over cigarette pack regulations

Sajidha Gamieldien, Nicole Haworth, and Aimee Du Plessis 19 Feb 2026

Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans

Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans

Chris Bateman and Raymond Joseph 19 Feb 2026

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Employers warned: Employees are not assets, rules Labour Court

Bradley Workman-Davies 18 Feb 2026

Covid-19 SRD grant amendments open for public comment

Covid-19 SRD grant amendments open for public comment

18 Feb 2026

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What every sectional-title property owner should know about dispute resolution

17 Feb 2026

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How Miss Marple and Rachmaninoff highlight cross-jurisdictional copyright issues

Lodewyk Cilliers 17 Feb 2026

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Are your algorithms secretly colluding? The hidden risks of digital price signalling

Nicholas De Decker 16 Feb 2026

Wesley Neumann (right) with his legal representatives, advocate Rod Solomons (left) and advocate Vernon Seymour (centre), in the Labour Court in Cape Town on Friday. Neumann will not return to Heathfield High until the court rules on whether his reinstatement can proceed pending an appeal. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Battle over former Heathfield principal’s return

Marecia Damons 16 Feb 2026

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that damages for future medical expenses in state medical negligence cases must be paid as a lump sum and not through the provision of treatment at public hospitals. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

SCA rules medical negligence damages must be paid as lump sum

Tania Broughton 13 Feb 2026

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Discovery affidavits: Insurers need not apply, High Court rules

Mtho Maphumulo 13 Feb 2026

Cox Yeats recognised in Chambers & Partners 2026 rankings

Cox Yeats recognised in Chambers & Partners 2026 rankings

Cox Yeats 13 Feb 2026

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Can disciplinary chairpersons reject plea deals? LAC ruling sheds light

Andries Kruger and Bhekithemba Mbatha 12 Feb 2026

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SA merger filing thresholds set for major overhaul: What businesses need to know

Avias Ngwenya 12 Feb 2026

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Dozens of communities downstream of the Katse Dam are owed compensation since 2013 by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Lesotho dam project misses deadline to pay multi-million compensation claim

Sechaba Mokhethi 11 Feb 2026

An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 9 Jan 2026

Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi//File Photo

Kenyan beer firm asks court to block Diageo's $2.3bn EABL sale to Asahi

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 8 Jan 2026

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu speaks in Brasilia, Brazil, August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo.

Nigeria to implement new tax laws from January despite calls for delay, Tinubu says

Camillus Eboh 31 Dec 2025

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