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Jaimé-Lee Jacobs, director at Herold Gie Attorneys

Law Practice

#WomensMonth: Caregiving is essential labour - Jaimé-Lee Jacobs, Herold Gie Attorneys

Shan Radcliffe 8 hours

Tim Atkin MW reveals 2025 South Africa wine award shortlist

Viticulture & Oenology

Tim Atkin MW reveals 2025 South Africa wine award shortlist

10 hours

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Inside SA’s multi-million rand plan to fill US funding void

Jesse Copelyn 10 hours

Image source: Getty Images

HR & Management

Unemployment rate increases to 33.2%

1 day

Source: A legal battle in Cape Town between property owners and the City will clarify what municipalities can charge residents. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Mixed-Use Property

Property owners are misreading the law, argues Cape Town mayor

Steve Kretzmann 1 day

Coal, Oil & Gas

Western Cape court halts TotalEnergies' offshore drilling over EIA failings

1 day

Agriculture

R1bn loss from Cape Town port delays hits apple and pear exporters

1 day

A miner holds a sack of ore as it comes out from the mine shaft at Rubaya coltan mine, near the town of Rubaya, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters

Mining

The hidden cost of your smartphone: Inside Congo's rebel-funded mines

Giulia Paravicini and David Lewis 1 day

The Western Cape Network on Disability has written to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis urging the City of Cape Town to reconsider its decision to reduce Dial-a-Ride services. Archive photo: Will Yoder

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Outcry over cuts to Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service

Mary-Anne Gontsana 2 days

Sydney Sweeney stars in the controversial American Eagle ad.

Advertising

Why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash

Meaghan Furlano 3 days

Image credit: Reuters

Nutrition

25 million people acutely food insecure in Sudan

11 Aug 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Clientele stands up to crumbling service, City Power flickers out

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Clientele stands up to crumbling service, City Power flickers out

Brendan Seery 3 days

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Legal

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 11 Aug 2025

DFA revamps Gauteng fibre network in R800m upgrade push

Telecoms & Networks

DFA revamps Gauteng fibre network in R800m upgrade push

11 Aug 2025

Image source: Anna Ivanova –

Higher Education

Finalists for the 2025 Women in Science Awards

8 Aug 2025

Image credit: Eskom

Nuclear Power

Controversial Cape nuclear power plant gets green light

8 Aug 2025

Image source: diana.grytsku from

Labour Law

Cough syrup today, unemployed tomorrow: When zero-tolerance policies end in unfair dismissals

Amandla Makhongwana 6 Aug 2025

Image credit: Brit Stubbs on Dupe Photos

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circularity in the Cape: Wesgro launches CEO Guide

6 Aug 2025

City of Cape Town adopts Biodiversity Spatial Plan, maps priority areas

Environment & Natural Resources

City of Cape Town adopts Biodiversity Spatial Plan, maps priority areas

7 Aug 2025

Fish deaths in Lake Victoria raise alarm over disease and antibiotic resistance

Fishing

Fish deaths in Lake Victoria raise alarm over disease and antibiotic resistance

5 Aug 2025

New online tool for identifying invasive alien plant species

Environment & Natural Resources

New online tool for identifying invasive alien plant species

Issued by WWF South Africa 5 Aug 2025

Nomzamo and Menlopark claim national glory at DStv Schools Netball Challenge finals

Sport

Nomzamo and Menlopark claim national glory at DStv Schools Netball Challenge finals

Issued by MultiChoice 5 Aug 2025

Fuel prices set to decrease for August 2025

Fuel & Energy

Fuel prices set to decrease for August 2025

5 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied.

Residential Property

Rare double plot in Hermanus's elite Voëlklip area hits the market

4 Aug 2025

Image supplied.

Food & Wine

#InternationalBeerDay: The significance of SA's beer sector

Charlene Louw 1 Aug 2025

Stand out SMEs empowered with R1m grant funding

SMEs

Stand out SMEs empowered with R1m grant funding

Issued by Edge Growth 4 Aug 2025

Soaring demand and land scarcity make Cape Town and Durban investor hotspots

Industrial & Logistics Property

Soaring demand and land scarcity make Cape Town and Durban investor hotspots

Issued by Catchwords 1 Aug 2025

Image credit: Pixabay

Gold

Investor demand propels 3% gold growth despite high prices

1 Aug 2025

Image source: Wavebreak Media Ltd –

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape school transfer applications to open on 4 August

1 Aug 2025

Source: © 123rf Beate Stiehler-Mulder says marketers need to promote a more sustainable consumption culture

Marketing

Marketers need to promote a more sustainable consumption culture

Beate Stiehler-Mulder 1 Aug 2025

Agriculture’s tariff concerns – cautious reaction to interest rates

Agribusiness

Agriculture’s tariff concerns – cautious reaction to interest rates

Paul Makube 31 Jul 2025

New Safrea leadership targets growth and greater support for freelancers

Media

New Safrea leadership targets growth and greater support for freelancers

Issued by Safrea 31 Jul 2025

Wine tourism: A golden opportunity for South African wine businesses

Viticulture & Oenology

Wine tourism: A golden opportunity for South African wine businesses

Daneel Rossouw 31 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied. Andrew Golding, chief executive of the Pam Golding Property group.

Markets & Investment

National house-price inflation hits highest growth since 2007

31 Jul 2025

Kfm 94.5 announces 2025 Best of the Cape Awards finalists – voting open

Radio & Audio

Kfm 94.5 announces 2025 Best of the Cape Awards finalists – voting open

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 30 Jul 2025

Image source: kstudio from

Criminal Law

SIU triumphs in R67m corruption case: Lessons from landmark ruling

Dee-dee Mathelela 30 Jul 2025

From farm to table: How ButtaNutt is reshaping South Africa’s food landscape

Agriculture

From farm to table: How ButtaNutt is reshaping South Africa’s food landscape

Robin Fredericks 29 Jul 2025

SA’s world-first Chrome extension takes on harmful AI beauty standards

Artificial Intelligence

SA’s world-first Chrome extension takes on harmful AI beauty standards

Issued by VML 29 Jul 2025

Source: ZipZap Circus.

Affordable & Social Housing

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

Matthew Hirsch 29 Jul 2025

Source: prunkova via

Agro-processing

Citrus growers urge Ramaphosa to intervene as US tariff deadline looms

28 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied.

Industrial & Logistics Property

Latest Spear REIT acquisition continues its strategic growth journey in the Western Cape

28 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Tertuis Simmers 28 Jul 2025

Volpes stores are growing: More locations, more comfort, more local quality

Fashion & Homeware

Volpes stores are growing: More locations, more comfort, more local quality

Issued by Volpes 25 Jul 2025

Wine tourism diversifies amid booming global growth

Tourism

Wine tourism diversifies amid booming global growth

24 Jul 2025

Image credit: Project Flamingo

Women's Health

Project Flamingo's push for breast cancer care

25 Jul 2025

South Africans embrace tech with optimism and purpose

Research

South Africans embrace tech with optimism and purpose

Issued by KLA 23 Jul 2025

Image credit: Eskom

Nuclear Power

Eskom sets record straight on R1bn Framatome court order

23 Jul 2025

Image credit: Reuters

Mining

Rising platinum prices to benefit SA's fiscal plans - Old Mutual

Colleen Goko 23 Jul 2025

The Drakensberg Boys Choir announces 2025 international tour to Sweden and Norway

Music

The Drakensberg Boys Choir announces 2025 international tour to Sweden and Norway

Issued by Stone 22 Jul 2025

CoCT partners with Royal Cape Yacht Club for Lipton Cup Challenge 2025

Sport

CoCT partners with Royal Cape Yacht Club for Lipton Cup Challenge 2025

22 Jul 2025