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A government proposal to drop some statutory safeguards for the Kruger National Park has raised the alarm among some experts. Photos: John Yeld
ESG & Sustainability
New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards 'at risk'

John Yeld 16 hours

Fears over future of the car industry as sales fall and spare parts become scarce
Automotive
Fears over future of the car industry as sales fall and spare parts become scarce

David Bamford 18 hours

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand
ESG & Sustainability
Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 3 days

A poster advertising a meet and greet with Jacob Zuma. Source: Instagram.
Marketing & Media
Mayibuye! The 100-year-old slogan that’s stirred up divisions in South Africa’s elections

Corinne Sandwith 3 days

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Healthcare
Caesarean births: South Africa’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre Van Niekerk 27 May 2024

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations

Masego Mafata 24 May 2024

Small businesses can help South Africa fight unemployment if they get proper support – study
Entrepreneurship
Small businesses can help South Africa fight unemployment if they get proper support – study

Karikari Amoa-Gyarteng, Shepherd Dhliwayo 22 May 2024

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Agriculture
Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready

Mohan Singh and Prem Bhalla 21 May 2024

UCT students have set up about 10 tents with Palestinian flags and banners near the main plaza in solidarity with similar movements at universities like Wits and in the United States. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp
Education
UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians

Ashraf Hendricks 17 May 2024

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Marketing & Media
Science journalism in South Africa: social media is helping connect with new readers

Sisanda Nkoala 17 May 2024

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Marketing & Media
How ‘ethical influencers’ engage their audiences about saving the planet

Aya Aboelenien and Ai Ming Chow 16 May 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
ESG & Sustainability
Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

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Marketing & Media
Reddit’s share price has held since it went public, but the firm’s unique structure could be its undoing

Larisa Yarovaya 15 May 2024

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Marketing & Media
Apple’s crush advert annoys people across the generations – that’s why it misfired

Kim Watts 13 May 2024

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Healthcare
Caesarean births: SA’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre van Niekerk 7 May 2024

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Marketing & Media
Kaizer Chiefs vs Sunday World: Press Ombud rules against headline

Ombud Watcher Law 7 May 2024

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ESG & Sustainability
Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

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Finance
African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

Carlos Lopes 6 May 2024

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Marketing & Media
South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity

Prinola Govenden 6 May 2024

Mabola Protected Area in the Mpumalanga grasslands is under threat of coal mining. Archive photo: supplied
ESG & Sustainability
Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court

John Yeld 2 May 2024

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HR & Management
Jobs for young Africans: new data tool reveals trends and red flags

Katharina Fenz 2 May 2024

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Legal
Moral rights reserved? Impact of Creative Commons Licenses: part 2

Dale van Reenen and Jeremy Speres 2 May 2024

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Legal
Moral rights reserved? Impact of Creative Commons Licenses: part 1

Dale van Reenen and Jeremy Speres 25 Apr 2024

The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an attempt by Noordhoek environmentalists to set aside approval for a road link in an area where the endangered Western Leopard Toad breeds. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Judge rules for 'road' in legal clash with 'toads'

John Yeld 24 Apr 2024

Rangelands provide a wealth of ecosystem services and support rural economies while harbouring native biodiversity. Courtesy Rauri Alcock
ESG & Sustainability
Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

Susanne Vetter 22 Apr 2024

Esther Mahlangu: how the famous South African artist keeps her Ndebele culture alive
Lifestyle
Esther Mahlangu: how the famous South African artist keeps her Ndebele culture alive

Sifiso Ndlovu 22 Apr 2024

Tutu Puoane: the South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry
Lifestyle
Tutu Puoane: the South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry

Nomfundo Xaluva 18 Apr 2024

The Carbon Majors list of the companies responsible for four fifths of the world’s CO2 emissions includes Sasol. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Sasol makes the world CO2 emissions blacklist

Liezl Human 17 Apr 2024

West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes
Retail
West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes

Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie 17 Apr 2024

How to keep your music career going: 3 tips from a Ghanaian star
Lifestyle
How to keep your music career going: 3 tips from a Ghanaian star

Josh Opoku Brew 16 Apr 2024

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp
Legal
Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.
ESG & Sustainability
Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Tesla’s innovation and resilience could see it through this rough patch
Automotive
Tesla’s innovation and resilience could see it through this rough patch

Hamza Mudassir 8 Apr 2024

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Marketing & Media
10 tips for ethical image sourcing and safeguarding against copyright woes

Christina Kennedy 8 Apr 2024

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Healthcare
New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease

Yvette Naudé 5 Apr 2024

Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism
Agriculture
Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Mark John Costello 2 Apr 2024

Many non-profit organisations in Gauteng fear for their future in the face of looming funding cuts by the Gauteng Department of Social Development. Photo: Creative Commons Pixabay
ESG & Sustainability
Centre for quadriplegics may have to close if Gauteng funding cuts are implemented

Daniel Steyn 28 Mar 2024

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how
Automotive
A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Waqas Uzair, Yasir Arafat 26 Mar 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.
Healthcare
Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

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Healthcare
Mounting evidence shows that Covid-19 leaves its mark on the brain

Ziyad Al-Aly 26 Mar 2024

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Property
Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

25 Mar 2024

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Marketing & Media
What’ll happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music

Peter Martin 22 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

One of 16 local citizen scientists collects data from Mamelodi in Pretoria. The data collected from each site will help the City of Tshwane develop an effective plan to mitigate the effects of climate change. Photos: Jabulile Mbatha / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Volunteers collect data to mitigate effects of global heating in Tshwane

Jabulile Mbatha 11 Mar 2024

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Healthcare
Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court

Tania Broughton 11 Mar 2024

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being
Agriculture
How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Saeed Rahman and Natalie Slawinski 11 Mar 2024

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has turned to the Constitutional Court in his bid to appeal against a Pretoria High Court judgment that found the process he used to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme was neither fair nor lawful. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp
Legal
Home Affairs minister takes Zimbabwean permit battle to the Constitutional Court

Tania Broughton 6 Mar 2024

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact
Agriculture
Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Wandile Sihlobo 6 Mar 2024

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Healthcare
HIV among older South Africans in rural areas: big study shows there’s a problem that’s being neglected

Jen Manne-Goehler and Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas 5 Mar 2024

Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species
Agriculture
Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species

Liezl Human 5 Mar 2024

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