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Higher Education

SA’s student debt trap: Two options that could help resolve the problem

Michele Van Eck 19 Sep 2025

Souvenirs with faces of the late anti-apartheid activists and politicians of South Africa including Nelson Mandela, Steve Bantu Biko and Winnie Madikizela Mandela are displayed at a makeshift stall on Vilakazi Street, the only street in the world which was home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners, President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Soweto, South Africa, 22 April 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Criminal Law

Inquest into Steve Biko's death reopened after 48 years

Reuters reporter 15 Sep 2025

The murder of Alison Dewar has resulted in two cases being tried separately in the Cape Town Magistrates Court. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Legal

One murder, two court cases: chaos at Cape Town court

Riyadh Karodia 13 Aug 2025

Zondo Commission

R11bn assets linked to State Capture Commission recovered

26 Jun 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

The writes and wrongs of disciplinary hearings

Riona Kalua 23 Jun 2025

Legislation & Regulation

Why South African animal welfare laws need an urgent overhaul

Charan Saunders 12 Jun 2025

Ross Kudo, commercial lawyer

Corporate & Commercial Law

Litigation financing and the threat it poses to SA courts

Ross Kudo 18 Feb 2025

Mdntv celebrates Women's Month with a heartfelt luncheon in Evaton

Women's Month

Mdntv celebrates Women's Month with a heartfelt luncheon in Evaton

Issued by MDNTV 12 Aug 2024

Support Mdntv: Bringing law to the people

TV

Support Mdntv: Bringing law to the people

Issued by MDNTV 4 Jul 2024

Directors’ role as the cornerstone of the governance ecosystem

Economy

Directors’ role as the cornerstone of the governance ecosystem

Gerhard Ferreira, Issued by SAICA 25 Apr 2024

3 factors that small businesses need to consider when building their workforce

Legal Regulations

3 factors that small businesses need to consider when building their workforce

Issued by Business Partners Limited 7 Feb 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

3 considerations for small businesses when building their workforce

7 Feb 2024

At least 12 fishing companies are taking the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) minister to court over the commercial fishing rights allocation process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas

Liezl Human 6 Feb 2024

Fasa concerned with legal franchise disputes despite franchising thriving in SA

Franchising

Fasa concerned with legal franchise disputes despite franchising thriving in SA

2 Feb 2024

An Ethiopia’s Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane to take off on a demonstration trip to resume flights from the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Aviation

Ethiopian buys more Boeing 737 Max nearly five years after deadly crash

Alexander Cornwell 15 Nov 2023

Source: Image rendered. Protea Village, situated on Erf 242, comprises 86 stands, each approximately 300m² in size.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants

Matthew Hirsch 2 Oct 2023

One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants

Land & Property Law

One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants

Matthew Hirsch 26 Sep 2023

Source: Lindsey Schutters

Coal, Oil & Gas

#SAOGC2023: Gwede Mantashe claims CIA is funding anti-gas NGOs

Lindsey Schutters 13 Sep 2023

International academy honours Stellenbosch academic

Hospital Groups

International academy honours Stellenbosch academic

Issued by COHSASA 13 Jul 2023

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

Trends

#BizTrends: Banks are paying more attention to ESG. Here's why.

Clinton Abbott 6 Apr 2023

Social Media

Kenyan judge temporarily blocks mass layoff of Facebook moderators

Aaron Ross, Hereward Holland, Sandra Maler, Emelia Si 22 Mar 2023

Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

Technology

Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

22 Mar 2023

#BizTrends2023: Let's gird ourselves for rentals in 2023

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Let's gird ourselves for rentals in 2023

Matseleng Mogodi 13 Jan 2023

The battle against the River Club development may well be over after Tuesday’s scathing court finding that activist Tauriq Jenkins (photographed) made fraudulent representations to the court. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

River Club interdict obtained by fraud, three judges rule

Tania Broughton 8 Nov 2022

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Tax Law

Examining the unintended consequences of Most Favoured Nation Clauses in tax treaties

Francis Mayebe 22 Sep 2022

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Labour Law

In the fight for equal pay, the law is not enough

21 Sep 2022

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Media Freedom

South Africa's Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists' rights

Anton Harber 9 Sep 2022

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Taxation & Regulation

What needs to be done to rebuild taxpayer confidence - and why this is integral to boosting tax collection

22 Jun 2022

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Camillus Eboh, Tife Owolabi, and MacDonald Dzirutwe 22 Jun 2022

Court bid to stop Shell seismic survey off Wild Coast underway

Environment & Natural Resources

Court bid to stop Shell seismic survey off Wild Coast underway

Tania Broughton 30 May 2022

Source: © business2community Your hashtagged post matters more than you know

Social Media

The importance of hashtagging

Craig Hannabus 24 May 2022

The album cover for Paranoid

Music

#OnThisNote: Paranoid about heavy metal

Emily Stander 18 Mar 2022

Shell stopped from selling Nigerian assets until $2bn appeal decided

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell stopped from selling Nigerian assets until $2bn appeal decided

Camillus Eboh 15 Mar 2022

Natural Medicine

The cannabis industry inhibited by State action from the outset

Zakhele Mthembu 11 Mar 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Managing mandatory vaccine exemptions in the workplace

Talita Laubscher and Alexia Kaplan 8 Dec 2021

Music education can aid skills development for the future workplace

Skills Training

Music education can aid skills development for the future workplace

28 Jul 2021

Can organisers be held liable by attendees of super-spreader events?

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Can organisers be held liable by attendees of super-spreader events?

Mthokozisi Maphumulo 3 Feb 2021

Marnus Fourie, partner, BDO Financial Services

Insurance & Actuarial

Covid-19 and business interruption insurance

Marnus Fourie 20 Nov 2020

Insurance claims and the pandemic

Insurance & Actuarial

Insurance claims and the pandemic

Maria Philippides & Patrick Holloway 6 Nov 2020

Know your product liability claim facts

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Know your product liability claim facts

23 Oct 2020

92 cases struck from court roll in three months due to police inefficiency

Criminal Law

92 cases struck from court roll in three months due to police inefficiency

Mary-Anne Gontsana 22 Oct 2020

The pitfalls of emojis in the workplace

Management & Leadership

The pitfalls of emojis in the workplace

19 Oct 2020