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The high court in Pretoria has struck Postbank’s urgent application to stop the termination of its contract with the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) from the court’s urgent roll. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Judge dismisses Postbank’s attempt to keep social grants contract

Marecia Damons 29 Sep 2025

The contract between SASSA and Postbank is to be terminated this month. But Postbank has approached the court to get this set aside, saying it will have “severe consequences for vulnerable citizens”. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Court battle over the end of Postbank’s agreement with Sassa

Marecia Damons 25 Sep 2025

John Botha, Joint CEO, Global Business Solutions

Labour Law

High Court dismisses urgent application seeking to block employment equity targets

John Botha 29 Aug 2025

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa at a bilateral meeting with President Karin Keller-Sutter of Switzerland on the margins of the first meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Governors in Cape Town in February 2025.

NHI

Plea for transparency: Ramaphosa to release NHI Bill approval records

8 May 2025

Sassa presented its audit action plan to Parliament on Wednesday. Archive photo of people queueing for social grants in Eerste River in 2018. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Marecia Damons 24 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The legal bid of eTV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting continues today, Wednesday 19 March in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

TV

Television access at risk for millions of South Africans as analogue switch-off date is contested

19 Mar 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

Eight months after publishing its last report, the Office of the Chief Justice has finally released the new list of reserved judgments. The High Court in Pretoria had the highest number of late judgments, with 59 matters outstanding for longer than six months. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Law Practice

Hundreds of court judgments are late

Marecia Damons 19 Dec 2024

African Penguins (photographed above at the Boulders penguin colony) are critically endangered. Photo: John Yeld/GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

John Yeld 12 Dec 2024

For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. Image: GroundUp

HR Tools & Software

After six weeks UIF online system still down

Mary-Anne Gontsana 4 Oct 2024

Criminal Law

Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate

Daniel Steyn 23 Sep 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.

Environment & Natural Resources

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Source: Nedbank CIB.

Banking

Landmark ruling: Bheki Cele held liable for heist linked to R101m Nedbank loss

19 Mar 2024

Image source: Leonard Zhukovsky –

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Court dismisses Prasa commuter application for delictual damages

2 Nov 2023

Chris Moerdyk has had a lifetime of experiences. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Chris Moerdyk reflects on a lifetime of storytelling: From war zones to iconic ads

Brendan Seery 11 Sep 2023

Covid-19

"There should be no secrecy in a pandemic" - Health Justice Initiative's senior researcher

13 Sep 2022

Financial Services

BHF launches legal action against the Council for Medical Schemes

17 Aug 2022

Banking

Absa fires Sipho Pityana from its board

24 Nov 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Covid-19

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Millions stolen by Bobroffs should be forfeited to State, court rules

Criminal Law

Millions stolen by Bobroffs should be forfeited to State, court rules

7 May 2021

High Court orders suspension of spectrum auction

Corporate & Commercial Law

High Court orders suspension of spectrum auction

10 Mar 2021

Airtime vouchers - VAT now or later?

Tax Law

Airtime vouchers - VAT now or later?

Aneria Bouwer and Sduduzo Mhlongo 27 Jan 2021

Matric rewrite set aside

Primary & Secondary Education

Matric rewrite set aside

14 Dec 2020

Unions welcome compensation for domestic workers at last

Labour Law

Unions welcome compensation for domestic workers at last

Justin Brown 28 Sep 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Court ruling: All interested parties have access to mining rights application information

16 Sep 2020

New bill to enable victims to apply for protection order online

Criminal Law

New bill to enable victims to apply for protection order online

24 Jul 2020

Nersa welcomes court decision on Eskom

Legal

Nersa welcomes court decision on Eskom

13 Feb 2020

Joint hearing into Life Esidimeni to be conducted

Medical Law

Joint hearing into Life Esidimeni to be conducted

6 Feb 2020

Bosasa - liquidation lessons learned

Corporate & Commercial Law

Bosasa - liquidation lessons learned

Kylene Weyers and Stephan Venter 9 Dec 2019

Image credit: Duong Tr?n Qu?c on Unsplash.

Media Freedom

Sanef addresses recent bombardment of journalists, that P-word incident

12 Sep 2019

Media

What's making headlines in SA?

23 Aug 2019

Social Media

What's making headlines in SA

16 Aug 2019

Should we expect more private prosecutions for environmental crimes?

Environmental Law

Should we expect more private prosecutions for environmental crimes?

Athi Jara 17 Apr 2019

Informed consent: The costly legal implications if it's not done right

Surgical Procedures

Informed consent: The costly legal implications if it's not done right

Lisa Swaine 3 Apr 2019

Former Prasa Rail CEO back in the dock for fraud

Criminal Law

Former Prasa Rail CEO back in the dock for fraud

Joseph Chirume and GroundUp Staff 28 Feb 2019

Trademarks: Use it or lose it

IP Law

Trademarks: Use it or lose it

Janine Hollesen 21 Feb 2019

Court denies Radebe's appeal over removal from Transnet board

Labour Law

Court denies Radebe's appeal over removal from Transnet board

19 Sep 2018

Order granted on extension of state capture inquiry

Law Practice

Order granted on extension of state capture inquiry

25 Jul 2018

Big win for residents as SCA upholds ruling against rates regime

Land & Property Law

Big win for residents as SCA upholds ruling against rates regime

Andrew Molver 5 Jun 2018

Court rescinds order that Acsa explain why it did not act against CEO

Labour Law

Court rescinds order that Acsa explain why it did not act against CEO

16 Mar 2018

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Is there something more sinister behind the latest PPA delay?

Nicci Botha 14 Mar 2018

Mantashe wants Mining Charter agreement in three months

Mining

Mantashe wants Mining Charter agreement in three months

1 Mar 2018

Sassa flouted policy in CPS payment, court told

Legal

Sassa flouted policy in CPS payment, court told

Ann Crotty 23 Feb 2018

Pay back the pension money, court tells Brian Molefe

Labour Law

Pay back the pension money, court tells Brian Molefe

Theto Mahlakoana 26 Jan 2018

Photo: clbEurope.com

Energy

McKinsey strongly denies corruption allegations concerning Eskom and Trillian point by point

Linda Ensor 18 Jan 2018

Government accused of overzealous‚ harmful imported meat testing

FMCG

Government accused of overzealous‚ harmful imported meat testing

Wendy Knowler 2 Jan 2018

Reserve Bank 'aims to get rid of protector'

Management & Leadership

Reserve Bank 'aims to get rid of protector'

Hanna Ziady 7 Dec 2017

Auditor-general finds Sars bonuses illegal

Management & Leadership

Auditor-general finds Sars bonuses illegal

Linda Ensor and Natasha Marian 23 Nov 2017

Janusz Walus denied parole

Criminal Law

Janusz Walus denied parole

17 Nov 2017