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SAMRRA appoints Palesa Mkhize as first full-time CEO

Residential Property

SAMRRA appoints Palesa Mkhize as first full-time CEO

Issued by Catchwords 20 hours

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Primary & Secondary Education

Principals and parents' guide to school fees and payment obligations

Ashleigh Laurent 19 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Zimbabwe says gold-backed currency stable but investor doubts persist

Chris Takudzwa Muronzi 19 Jun 2025

Steinhoff's former Chief Executive Markus Jooste appears in parliament to face a panel investigating an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | Why silence is not golden - 5 sins leaders make

Tlhogi Ngwato 12 Jun 2025

Residential Property

Rents climb to record highs – but can tenants keep up?

11 Jun 2025

Biggles Removals weekly update on Randburg’s property, infrastructure and moving trends

Residential Property

Biggles Removals weekly update on Randburg’s property, infrastructure and moving trends

Issued by Biggles Removals 21 May 2025

Source: World Trade Organization.

Markets & Investment

The US escalates trade tensions by halting WTO payments

28 Mar 2025

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Land & Property Law

High Court ruling allows body corporate to disconnect power of resident in arrears

Charlise Finch and Pierre Le Roux 4 Mar 2025

Multifamily residential property gains traction as desirable institutional investment asset class

Residential Property

Multifamily residential property gains traction as desirable institutional investment asset class

Issued by Catchwords 6 Feb 2025

A new era for South Africa's retail credit market

Banking & Finance

A new era for South Africa's retail credit market

Regan Adams 10 Dec 2024

Source: Pexels.

Financial Services

Sanlam warns: loan scams on the rise as festive spending ramps up

3 Dec 2024

Financial Services

SA's looming retirement crisis as R5.2bn funding gap emerges

27 Nov 2024

Source: Pexels.

Property

The true cost of borrowing: South Africans are losing their homes

19 Nov 2024

The Supreme Court of Appeal has slammed former judge president John Hlophe for meddling in a straightforward eviction case. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Land & Property Law

John Hlophe’s meddling in eviction matter slammed by appeal court

Tania Broughton 13 Nov 2024

The 11-week strike at the Mister Sweet plant in Germiston has ended. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet strike ends: Workers to return to work next week

Kimberly Mutandiro 4 Nov 2024

Property

Lower interest rates will also be good for the rental market

10 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Johette Smuts, head of data analytics at PayProp.

Property

Good news for agents as rental market rallies in second quarter

26 Aug 2024

Property

The real cost of renting a home in South Africa

8 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Johette Smuts, head of data analytics at PayProp.

Residential Property

SA rental market faces downturn

6 Jun 2024

Image source: Susan Richey-Schmitz –

Land & Property Law

Legal considerations when buying and selling property at auction

Lauren Theron 31 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Public Health

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Ways to improve your chances of small business funding success

Funding

Ways to improve your chances of small business funding success

6 May 2024

Banking

SA Post Office: Union deal halts layoffs at the 11th hour

Katja Hamilton 24 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Economy

South Africa's credit sector shows signs of improvement

5 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Kenyan doctors strike over pay and training extends into third week

George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri 3 Apr 2024

Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom

Primary & Secondary Education

Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom

Marecia Damons 27 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Norbert Sasse, group chief executive officer of Growthpoint Properties.

Property

Growthpoint's dividend decreases amid strong operational performance in 2024

13 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Gauteng rental boom driven by affordability and urbanisation

12 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. SA Home Loans chief executive officer, Rob Kelso.

Trends

#BizTrends: Slow recovery on cards for property market

7 Mar 2024

Property

5 things keeping landlords and agents up at night

1 Feb 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Paul Stevens, chief executive officer of Just Property Group.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting landscape

Paul Stevens 10 Jan 2024

Economy

Consumer credit market sees modest improvements in Q3 2023

14 Dec 2023

Curb the cost of bad credit

Banking

Curb the cost of bad credit

Issued by Irvine Partners 17 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Property

Octodec Investments reports strong financial results

1 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Banking

Be smart about credit

24 Oct 2023

Karpowership Mehmet Bey. Source: Karpowership.com

Energy

Karpowership cuts Guinea-Bissau supply for unpaid bills

Alberto Dabo 18 Oct 2023

Source: Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty Property Group.

Property

Tenant eviction in South Africa - What are your rights as landlord?

13 Oct 2023

Property

Rental arrears rising, reveals PayProp in latest Rental Index

14 Sep 2023

Residential Property

SA's mortgage loan landscape faces unprecedented jump in charges

15 Aug 2023

SA's Land Bank can be fixed: change the funding model and narrow the focus

Agribusiness

SA's Land Bank can be fixed: change the funding model and narrow the focus

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 12 Jul 2023

Most property professionals optimistic about future of rental industry - PayProp

Residential Property

Most property professionals optimistic about future of rental industry - PayProp

12 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Banking

African Development Bank group to secure major funding for low-income countries

30 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Zimbabwe announces new measures to aid ailing local currency

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2023

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Agribusiness

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 2023

Ghana's power producers urge government to pay $1.4bn debt

Energy

Ghana's power producers urge government to pay $1.4bn debt

Christian Akorlie 24 Mar 2023

Appetite surges for retail credit, but data points to a worrying trend

Banking & Finance

Appetite surges for retail credit, but data points to a worrying trend

8 Mar 2023

Latest PayProp report shows rebound in annual rental growth

Residential Property

Latest PayProp report shows rebound in annual rental growth

24 Feb 2023

A magistrate has got it so wrong that a High Court judge has said: “Mistakes such as this have a potential to bring the judiciary into disrepute.” Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Law Practice

"Bizarre" case reveals that magistrates lack training

Tania Broughton 12 Dec 2022

Positive residential rental growth continues in Q3 2022 - PayProp Rental Index

Residential Property

Positive residential rental growth continues in Q3 2022 - PayProp Rental Index

29 Nov 2022