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Coal, Oil & Gas

Fuel prices may stay high after the war ends, warns SA Reserve Bank

7 hours

Qualified artisans across South Africa have been waiting years for Red Seal certificates from the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Artisans forced to wait years for Red Seal certificates

Alice Scott 1 day

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Dentistry

Digital dentistry tools are worth sinking your teeth into, says this dentist

1 day

A third of matrics wrote pure maths last year. CambriLearn is keeping it open for Grade 10

Primary & Secondary Education

A third of matrics wrote pure maths last year. CambriLearn is keeping it open for Grade 10

Issued by CambriLearn 2 days

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Corporate & Commercial Law

When letters backfire: How an AOD sealed a debtor’s insolvency fate

Werner Lotter and Wilmien van Biljon 2 days

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Following PetroSA’s contaminated-fuel scandal, the AA calls on govt to act

2 days

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Cyber Law

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Issued by Cox Yeats 2 Oct 2026

According to Cape Town’s Inner City Local Spatial Development Framework, only 30% of apartments or houses in the inner city are available for long-term leases, or occupied by their owners. The remainder “are either hotel managed or Airbnb”. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Residential Property

Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis

Leila Kidson 1 Oct 2026

Artificial Intelligence

AI is a saving... but at what cost to creativity?

Kwena Semenya 2 Oct 2026

CapeTalk has been instructed to withdraw the Outsurance pointsmen programme related to the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Area advertisement by the ARB (Image: @ Auto Top

Advertising

ARB says CapeTalk's Outsurance pointsmen advertisement is misleading

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2026

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Western Cape faces a cruel summer as El Niño raises wildfire risk

1 Oct 2026

Data literacy is no longer just an IT skill

Higher Education

Data literacy is no longer just an IT skill

Nancy Madiba, Issued by Richfield 30 Sep 2026

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Construction & Engineering

South Africa’s green building upgrades are rising – but major cities still dominate, study finds

Jonathan Oladeji and Chioma Okoro 30 Sep 2026

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Agriculture

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Abrie Rautenbach 29 Sep 2026

Can an employer withhold an adjudication award over reversal and repayment concerns?

Corporate & Commercial Law

Can an employer withhold an adjudication award over reversal and repayment concerns?

Richard Hoal, Issued by Cox Yeats 29 Sep 2026

The hidden barriers keeping SMMEs out of government tenders

SMEs

The hidden barriers keeping SMMEs out of government tenders

Joshua Kadish 29 Sep 2026

Mining

Word on the WhatsApp group: SA mining must tackle misinformation

Merel van der Lei 29 Sep 2026

The City of Cape Town has drafted a new by-law to apply commercial property rates to all properties available for short-term letting for more than half the year. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Retail & Hospitality Property

Cape Town Airbnb hosts could pay triple rates

Steve Kretzmann 28 Sep 2026

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Aesthetic Medicine

“Ozempic face” and the GLP-1 boom are changing the face of beauty

Maroefah Smith 25 Sep 2026

Leora Hessen, entrepreneur and founder of HelloAida

Primary & Secondary Education

AI in schools: Why it should support teachers, not replace critical thinking

Leora Hessen 23 Sep 2026

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Construction & Engineering

South Africa’s construction safety crisis goes beyond tougher fines

Olebogeng Manhe 22 Sep 2026

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS restores funding for Nelson Mandela University students

22 Sep 2026

Road freight council under scrutiny over R2.59bn in worker benefit funds

Logistics & Transport

Road freight council under scrutiny over R2.59bn in worker benefit funds

21 Sep 2026

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Legislation & Regulation

Smart wearables and PoPIA: What SA employers need to know

Ahmore Burger-Smidt 21 Sep 2026

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Wellness

Skin Functional’s new SPF30 range should be on everyone’s lips

18 Sep 2026

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Higher Education

Academics in South Africa have to focus on ‘outputs’: What’s lost when other work’s not counted

Curwyn Mapaling and Nokulunga Shabalala 17 Sep 2026

The question every student is asking

Higher Education

The question every student is asking

Dr Siegie Brownlee, Issued by Eduvos 17 Sep 2026

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Women's Health

#WomensHealthMatters: Spar is ensuring menstruation never becomes a barrier

Maroefah Smith 16 Sep 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

How sanctions are reshaping international arbitration for global companies

Trevor Versfeld, Chandni Gopal, and Katy Hindle 16 Sep 2026

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Venture Capital

The case for building your business with an exit in mind

Thato Ntseare 16 Sep 2026

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Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Jacques Burger: My perspective on Cannes Lions - what to lean into

Jacques Burger 16 Sep 2026

Numbers are not the death of creativity. Bad measurement is

Marketing

Numbers are not the death of creativity. Bad measurement is

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 15 Sep 2026

#ATMDubai | GCC tourism resilience rests on preparedness, collaboration

Tourism & Travel

#ATMDubai | GCC tourism resilience rests on preparedness, collaboration

15 Sep 2026

Carlo Murison is the CEO and founder of Two Tone Global. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

25 years in - Carlo Murison on building Two Tone Global

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Sep 2026

South Africa’s biodiversity strategy must put nature before revenue

Agriculture

South Africa’s biodiversity strategy must put nature before revenue

Wikus Engelbrecht 15 Sep 2026

Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry a wooden coffin before loading the body of an unidentified man, who, according to his family, died of Ebola, as they attend to retrieve it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Jia B. Kangbai 14 Sep 2026

iOCO adds the Cato SASE Platform to its managed cybersecurity portfolio

Cybersecurity

iOCO adds the Cato SASE Platform to its managed cybersecurity portfolio

Issued by Thrive PR 10 Sep 2026

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy

Digital

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 10 Sep 2026

Primary & Secondary Education

Over 20 North West schools damaged as winds destroy roofs and classrooms

8 Sep 2026

Mental health

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro could “fuel the fire” of mental illness, warns psychiatrist

7 Sep 2026

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Land & Property Law

When the relationship ends: High Court reaffirms legal exit routes for unmarried joint property owners

Kaamilah Paulse and Mia Jacobs 7 Sep 2026

ECMX study says illicit trade is crippling South Africa’s formal economy

Regulatory

ECMX study says illicit trade is crippling South Africa’s formal economy

7 Sep 2026

What a geotechnical report can reveal about the ground beneath a property

Construction & Engineering

What a geotechnical report can reveal about the ground beneath a property

Issued by SEOPros 4 Sep 2026

Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga is one of Eskom’s coal-fired power plants. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Eskom in a coal mind: SA open to AI data centres, but at what electricity price?

3 Sep 2026

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Aesthetic Medicine

Why hair-loss clinicians need to be clued up on chemically relaxed hair

2 Sep 2026

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Management & Leadership

Turning an exit into advantage: How smart boards protect market value during executive transitions

Thabiso Legoete 28 Aug 2026

What do buyers of businesses look for?

Corporate & Commercial Law

What do buyers of businesses look for?

Nicolene Schoeman-Louw, Issued by SchoemanLaw 28 Aug 2026

Why retailers are betting on refill

Retailers

Why retailers are betting on refill

Issued by DY/DX 27 Aug 2026

When is a personal post actually an advertisement?

Consumer Law

When is a personal post actually an advertisement?

Robyn Shepherd, Issued by SchoemanLaw 26 Aug 2026