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Mining

Ghana uses drone tech, AI to catch wildcat miners

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 3 days

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Informal Retailing

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Kimberly Mutandiro 6 May 2025

Why World Consumer Rights Day matters for your consumer rights

Regulatory

Why World Consumer Rights Day matters for your consumer rights

17 Mar 2025

Financial Services

South Africa, Trump and the EWC

Issued by Aluma Capital 4 Feb 2025

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Criminal Law

Rhino poachers handed prison sentences

27 Jan 2025

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

Informal Retailing

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

11 Dec 2024

Adam Harrower from the South African National Botanical Institute and Karel du Toit who was head of the SAPS Springbok Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit appear in the dock at the regional court in Springbok on Tuesday. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Plant poaching fraud case to be heard in March

Liezl Human 5 Dec 2024

Source: Photo by Derrick Sumpter Jr on Unsplash.

Healthcare

Nationwide crackdown: 200,000 spaza shops targeted in urgent health safety audit

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2024

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. Source: Reuters/Nacho Doce

Telecoms & Networks

Musk's Starlink ordered to cease operations in Namibia

Nqobile Dludla 28 Nov 2024

MultiChoice and partners make another strike against piracy

TV

MultiChoice and partners make another strike against piracy

Issued by MultiChoice 27 Nov 2024

Matric exams progressing smoothly despite some minor disruptions - Education minister Gwarube

Primary & Secondary Education

Matric exams progressing smoothly despite some minor disruptions - Education minister Gwarube

6 Nov 2024

TV

MultiChoice and law enforcement crack down on streaming device piracy rings

5 Nov 2024

Gauteng Health MEC laments poor Ekurhuleni spaza food safety standards

SMEs

Gauteng Health MEC laments poor Ekurhuleni spaza food safety standards

4 Nov 2024

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Public Health

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Outside the Western Cape High Court, Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney Jonty Cogger speaks to applicants urgently seeking an interdict preventing PRASA from evicting them from land they have occupied for years. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court criticises Prasa for illegal evictions

Sandiso Phaliso and Tori Newby 30 Aug 2024

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Environment & Natural Resources

South Africa’s 70,000kg rhino horn stockpile must be burnt to prevent illegal trading

Jason Gilchrist 3 Jul 2024

Food Crisis

Easter snoek shortage fears rise amidst tightened fishing regulations

19 Mar 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Codeine Care Initiative: Tackling South Africa's rising substance abuse

31 Jan 2024

Source: Summit Detox.

Pharmaceuticals

US-China talks: The fate of fentanyl manufacturing hangs in the balance

Katja Hamilton 30 Jan 2024

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Criminal Law

'Animal activist' arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns

29 Dec 2023

Mining

SAPS tackles illegal mining: Five suspects arrested in Limpopo

29 Dec 2023

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Criminal Law

National shutdown: At least 550 arrested for various crimes

22 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

EFF national shutdown: It's not business as usual

Katja Hamilton 20 Mar 2023

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IP Law

5,000 counterfeit remotes destroyed as MultiChoice backs fight against piracy

28 Feb 2023

Hot 102.7FM and Hot Cares step in to help save the lives of neglected cats

Radio & Audio

Hot 102.7FM and Hot Cares step in to help save the lives of neglected cats

Issued by HOT 102.7FM 27 Feb 2023

SAPS clamps down on illegal street mechanics

Maintenance

SAPS clamps down on illegal street mechanics

23 Feb 2023

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Criminal Law

Operation Vala Konke yields results in Northern Cape

6 Jan 2023

Source: Wikipedia. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission during the Munich Security Conference in 2017.

Economy

Von Der Leyen condemns 'Russia's blackmail' on food and fuel

25 May 2022

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

ESG & Sustainability

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

Kimberly Mutandiro 2 Feb 2022

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Security

Cape Town confiscates 5,500 bottles of alcohol

29 Dec 2021

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Criminal Law

Two held for illegally trading reptiles

22 Nov 2021

Preparations for construction of houses in District Six in July 2020 revealed old streets and foundations. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful

Tania Broughton 11 Oct 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

SA govt plans troop surge to quell unrest - reports

Law Practice

SA govt plans troop surge to quell unrest - reports

Rogan Ward and Siyabonga Sishi 15 Jul 2021

Illegally treated timber confiscated from distributors in KZN

Materials & Equipment

Illegally treated timber confiscated from distributors in KZN

7 Jul 2021

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Medical Research

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky

Marilyn J Roossinck 15 Jun 2021

Gigaba vs Gigaba gets the go-ahead from Zondo

Zondo Commission

Gigaba vs Gigaba gets the go-ahead from Zondo

Valencia Talane 24 May 2021

IAPF seizes record number of elephant tusks during 2021 so far

Environment & Natural Resources

IAPF seizes record number of elephant tusks during 2021 so far

26 Apr 2021

Operation Phakisa - accelerating the implementation of solutions critical to development

Environment & Natural Resources

Operation Phakisa - accelerating the implementation of solutions critical to development

Jessie Taylor, Issued by Topco Media 12 Apr 2021

Restaurant managers arrested for selling alcohol

Criminal Law

Restaurant managers arrested for selling alcohol

18 Jan 2021

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Health & Safety

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Lise Korsten 21 Oct 2020

Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Consumer Law

Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Masi Mtshali 25 Aug 2020

New fintech app Level Finance aims to disrupt 30-day pay cycle

Fintech

New fintech app Level Finance aims to disrupt 30-day pay cycle

5 Aug 2020

#BlockchainAfrica: Cryptocurrency adoption and developments in Africa

Blockchain Africa

#BlockchainAfrica: Cryptocurrency adoption and developments in Africa

26 Mar 2020

Demonstrators are seen outside the Department of State Services headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 12, 2019. Police fired on and attacked journalists covering that demonstration. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Kola Sulaimon.

Media Freedom

Nigerian security forces fire on journalists, protesters

18 Nov 2019

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Media Freedom

Journalists at risk ahead of unity government in Sudan

5 Nov 2019

Hamza Idris (left), an editor with the Daily Trust newspaper, sits with colleague Hussaini Garba Mohammed in their office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in February 2019. The office was raided in January by the military, who seized 24 computers. Credit: CPJ/Jonathan Rozen.

Media Freedom

Nigerian military targeted journalists' phones, computers with "forensic search" for sources

Jonathan Rozen 30 Oct 2019

Four Iwacu journalists, from left, Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and their driver, Adolphe Masabarikiza, are detained in Burundi. Credit: CPJ/Iwacu Media.

Media Freedom

Burundi police arrest Iwacu journalists covering unrest

28 Oct 2019

Legalisation is killing our market, say small-scale dagga growers

Agribusiness

Legalisation is killing our market, say small-scale dagga growers

Christopher Clark 7 Oct 2019