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Digital fraud surges as AI reshapes financial crime in South Africa

4th Industrial Revolution

Digital fraud surges as AI reshapes financial crime in South Africa

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Health & Social Welfare

UCT’s Children’s Institute publishes 2025 Child Gauge report

1 day

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Talent Acquisition

Why stringent employee vetting could be a matter of life or death

31 Oct 2025

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Tax Law

Gearing up for appeal: Standard Bank v Sarb and the crypto contradiction

Joon Chong 29 Oct 2025

Fake goods confiscated in W Cape raid

Regulatory

Fake goods confiscated in W Cape raid

27 Oct 2025

Source: Supplied. Tarina Vlok, managing director of Elite Risk Acceptances.

Insurance & Actuarial

From Louvre to local galleries: Heists expose insurance gaps for art collectors

24 Oct 2025

Source: Reuters.

Banking

BNP struggles to dispel Sudan litigation concerns as shares drop

Mathieu Rosemain 22 Oct 2025

Competition Law

Hidden cost of tariff increases: Rise in counterfeit goods

Jason Govender and Jarred West 17 Oct 2025

Umalusi briefing the media on the state of readiness of the public and private assessment bodies (Department of Basic Education, Department of Higher Education and Training, Independent Examinations Board and South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute) to conduct, administer and manage the 2025 end of year national examinations. -

Primary & Secondary Education

All systems go for matric exams 2025 - Umalusi

16 Oct 2025

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of the Big Cat Industry in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of the Big Cat Industry in South Africa

Issued by FOUR PAWS 13 Nov 2024

Government Asked to Step Up Ending Captive Breeding Implementation Process

Environment & Natural Resources

Government Asked to Step Up Ending Captive Breeding Implementation Process

Issued by FOUR PAWS 1 Dec 2022

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa's record year: Serving over 28 million people in 2024/2025

10 Oct 2025

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Security

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Chandni Gopal, Aaqilah Nagdee & Precious Maphupha 9 Oct 2025

Children are dying from malnutrition: Relaxed liability can end the crisis

Food, Water & Energy Security

Children are dying from malnutrition: Relaxed liability can end the crisis

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 6 Oct 2025

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Public Liability & Personal Injury

Firearms clauses - a safety catch for insurers against liability

Mtho Maphumulo 6 Oct 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Legal action looms over Mamelodi Magistrates’ Court construction fiasco

Warren Mabona 1 Oct 2025

Legal

Nortons Inc. appoints Melissa Steele and Nina Greyling as directors

1 Oct 2025

People stand outside the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands, 22 September 2025. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Criminal Law

3 West African countries announce exit from International Criminal Court

Robbie Corey-Boulet 23 Sep 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

Kubayi orders legislative amendments to make sex offenders register accessible

18 Sep 2025

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Talent Acquisition

KZN Transport launches recruitment drive for traffic officers

17 Sep 2025

Souvenirs with faces of the late anti-apartheid activists and politicians of South Africa including Nelson Mandela, Steve Bantu Biko and Winnie Madikizela Mandela are displayed at a makeshift stall on Vilakazi Street, the only street in the world which was home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners, President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Soweto, South Africa, 22 April 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Criminal Law

Inquest into Steve Biko's death reopened after 48 years

Reuters reporter 15 Sep 2025

Labour Law

Right to individual defence: Court reinstates 19 workers after unfair strike dismissal

Riona Kalua 12 Sep 2025

Equipment, apparently provided by a Chinese company, for mining at Sensele mine. Photo supplied

Mining

The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

Charles Mafa and Beverly Subeti 15 Sep 2025

Inside the dangerous world of South Africa's illicit alcohol trade

Regulatory

Inside the dangerous world of South Africa's illicit alcohol trade

10 Sep 2025

Sex workers will have a respite from prosecution until a court case that will determine whether sex work should be decriminalised concludes. The case may take years. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Criminal Law

No sex workers will be prosecuted while court process plays out

Liezl Human 5 Sep 2025

Explore the bold and diverse films lighting up September's screens

Film

Explore the bold and diverse films lighting up September's screens

Daniel Dercksen 2 Sep 2025

When it’s you: Talking about scams, healing the shock, and taking action (A South African guide)

Cybersecurity

When it’s you: Talking about scams, healing the shock, and taking action (A South African guide)

Issued by Offernet 1 Sep 2025

Source: © Al Jareera The people’s poet, Mzwakhe Mbuli has called for the dissolution of the South African Music Rights Organisation board

Radio & Audio

Samro stops the music amidst corruption allegations

1 Sep 2025

About three million SASSA grant beneficiaries receive their grants through Postbank. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2025

Tackling the "Big Five" - addressing the border challenges you keep hearing about

Travel

Tackling the "Big Five" - addressing the border challenges you keep hearing about

Andy Smith 28 Aug 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

KwaZulu-Natal Education embarks on employee verification programme

21 Aug 2025

Why Q3 is the smartest time to tackle tax debt in South Africa

Taxation & Regulation

Why Q3 is the smartest time to tackle tax debt in South Africa

Issued by Tax Debt Compliance 20 Aug 2025

Magudumana is currently in prison.

Streaming

#Watch: Netflix releases trailer for Beauty And The Bester

20 Aug 2025

The former managing director of a company involved in the multibillion Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) and his business partner have been charged in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court for fraud and money laundering. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Pair charged with multi-million rand fraud in Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Sechaba Mokhethi 19 Aug 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Why businesses can't afford to mishandle workplace harassment inquiries

Helen Wilsenach and Chloë Loubser 19 Aug 2025

Why minimum pricing on alcohol is not a solution for SA

Regulatory

Why minimum pricing on alcohol is not a solution for SA

Charlene Louw 13 Aug 2025

Branding

As brand impersonation scams surge, Offernet launches Ravenwatch to protect South African businesses

Issued by Offernet 11 Aug 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Gauteng Education strengthens school safety

7 Aug 2025

Julius Malema took Kenny Kunene to court, accusing Kunene of hate speech. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 7 Aug 2025

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Govt to crack down on 'water mafia' sabotaging water access

1 Aug 2025

Source: © 123rf Braintree's Eldon Bothma and Hayley Blane talk security within CRM and the value of by-design methodology

Security

CRM security by design, not default

Eldon Bothma and Hayley Blane 31 Jul 2025

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Cyber Law

High Court orders Meta to shut down accounts linked to child sexual abuse

16 Jul 2025

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Trump says he may skip G20 summit in SA, cites policy disapproval

Kanishka Singh, Steve Holland and Ryan Patrick Jones 30 Jul 2025

August unspooled: new visions on the big screen

Film

August unspooled: new visions on the big screen

Daniel Dercksen 28 Jul 2025

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Finance

Correction: Inaccuracy in DA to back Appropriation Bill amid accountability demands - ministers not dismissed

25 Jul 2025

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Construction & Engineering

‘Entirely preventable’: Minister slams systemic failures in George building collapse

22 Jul 2025

Medical Research

Major advances in child brain injury research

23 Jul 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Court upholds foreign national's right to fair labour practice, expired visa and all

Nivaani Moodley, Jamie Jacobs and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 17 Jul 2025

Lesotho Palace of Justice in Maseru. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority wants a case against it dismissed. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Jul 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

SA's tech-driven strategy to rebuild white rhino population

16 Jul 2025