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Tidjane Thiam, president of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire), speaks during a meeting as the country prepares for the presidential election in Yopougon, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago/File.

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Ivory Coast court strikes Thiam's name off electoral roll over French nationality

Reuters 23 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters. Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) John Steenhuisen speaks to media in Cape Town, South Africa 14 June, 2024.

Taxation & Regulation

#Budget2025: Pushback over Fikile's D-Day announcement

Katja Hamilton 8 Apr 2025

Finance

Budget2025 deadlock: Can Treasury guarantee the payment of social grants?

Katja Hamilton 2 Apr 2025

Source: CFO South Africa. SA Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

Resolution in sight for South Africa's budget crisis, says GNU

31 Mar 2025

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Agriculture

Land reform in South Africa doesn’t need a new law: the state should release property it owns – economists

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 26 Feb 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Land reform in South Africa: 5 myths about farming debunked

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 21 Feb 2025

Conservation groups want new “sweet spot” no-fishing zones around African Penguin breeding colonies, arguing current zones are inadequate to prevent the species’ extinction. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Major showdown in court over African Penguin’s future

John Yeld 17 Feb 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Agree to disagree: Why mutual agreement is required when referring a dispute for arbitration

Ziyanda Sibeko and Johnson Mthembu 16 Jan 2025

African Penguins (photographed above at the Boulders penguin colony) are critically endangered. Photo: John Yeld/GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

John Yeld 12 Dec 2024

SAA cancels flights amid pilot strike

Travel

SAA cancels flights amid pilot strike

Sfundo Parakozov 6 Dec 2024

African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Talks on penguin litigation fail to break deadlock

John Yeld 22 Oct 2024

A view shows part of Dangote oil refinery in Ibeju Lekki district, on the outskirts of Lagos. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Energy

Second fuel price hike in Nigeria in as many weeks

Camillus Eboh 17 Sep 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Gautrain operator, Numsa back to negotiating table

10 Jul 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Court rules in favour of insurer in dispute over towed vehicle

Jean-Paul Rudd 25 Jun 2024

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

Tourism

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

13 Feb 2024

Climate Change

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett 7 Nov 2023

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

Technology

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

19 Oct 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Chairbot of the board - can AI take over corporate decision-making?

Ian Jacobsberg 3 Mar 2023

Image: UCT Employees Union is planning to strike as negotiations deadlocked with university management at the CCMA on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Higher Education

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock

Liezl Human 27 Jan 2023

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

Agribusiness

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

Wandile Sihlobo 16 Jan 2023

Land reform in South Africa: 5 myths about farming debunked

Agriculture

Land reform in South Africa: 5 myths about farming debunked

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 28 Nov 2022

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

Equal Education and the South African Democratic Teachers Union have taken the Western Cape Education Department to court. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Education

Equal Education challenges new Western Cape act in court

Daniel Steyn 4 Nov 2022

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Remuneration & Payroll

Nxesi says 7.5% average wage increase "still available"

26 Oct 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

DPSA refutes wage negotiation media reports

17 Oct 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

3% wage increase offer 'generous', says government

6 Oct 2022

Transnet and unions declare wage deadlock, strike looms

Railway

Transnet and unions declare wage deadlock, strike looms

Nelson Banya 26 Aug 2022

Get the tools to manage all of challenges life throws at you - both inside and outside of the classroom

Higher Education

Get the tools to manage all of challenges life throws at you - both inside and outside of the classroom

Gareth Olivier, Issued by Milpark Education 23 Aug 2022

Eskom flags maintenance backlog amid severe outages

Energy

Eskom flags maintenance backlog amid severe outages

Anait Miridzhanian, Bhargav Acharya, and Nellie Peyton 29 Jun 2022

High risk of Stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday, warns Eskom

Energy

High risk of Stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday, warns Eskom

Bhargav Acharya and Nellie Peyton 28 Jun 2022

Protesters block roads to coal plants after wage talks break down

Energy

Protesters block roads to coal plants after wage talks break down

Anait Miridzhanian 23 Jun 2022

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Labour Law

Is it time for intervention in the Sibanye-Stillwater deadlock?

Sandile July 1 Jun 2022

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over wages

Materials & Equipment

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over wages

Wendell Roelf 10 May 2022

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

Fashion & Homeware

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

11 Apr 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

ConCourt ruling creates further confusion regarding Preferential Procurement Regulations

Megan Adderley and Roxy Harrington 23 Mar 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater to meet unions as strike looms at gold mines

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to meet unions as strike looms at gold mines

Nelson Banya 14 Feb 2022

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Agriculture

South African farming: New policy offers promise, but there's fixing to be done too

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jan 2022

Numsa rejects new wage offer, engineering strike continues

Construction & Engineering

Numsa rejects new wage offer, engineering strike continues

Wendell Roelf 14 Oct 2021

Numsa considers new offer to end engineering strike

Construction & Engineering

Numsa considers new offer to end engineering strike

Wendell Roelf 8 Oct 2021

Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike

Construction & Engineering

Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike

Masego Mafata, Joseph Chirume, Nokulunga Majola and Marecia Damons 6 Oct 2021

Auto industry fears impact of Union of Metalworkers strike

Commercial & Industrial

Auto industry fears impact of Union of Metalworkers strike

5 Oct 2021

Numsa to stage national strike in engineering sector

Construction & Engineering

Numsa to stage national strike in engineering sector

Wendell Roelf 21 Sep 2021

How a land reform agency could break South Africa's land redistribution deadlock

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

How a land reform agency could break South Africa's land redistribution deadlock

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 4 Aug 2021

Source: ©Alexey Kokoulin

Sustainability

Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

Civil servants offered 1.5% pay rise

Remuneration & Payroll

Civil servants offered 1.5% pay rise

Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf 6 Jul 2021

Heritage dispute engulfs site chosen for Amazon's new African HQ

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Heritage dispute engulfs site chosen for Amazon's new African HQ

Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2021

Calls for proposals to resolve wage talks deadlock

Remuneration & Payroll

Calls for proposals to resolve wage talks deadlock

26 Apr 2021

Ethiopian protestors march down 42nd Street in New York during a “It’s my Dam” protest on March 11, 2021. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar and wind power could break the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock

Sebastian Sterl 19 Apr 2021

SABC mulls government proposals on retrenchments

Labour Law & Unions

SABC mulls government proposals on retrenchments

27 Jan 2021

The Grand Renaissance Dam: what's at stake and what could break the deadlock

Infrastructure & Utilities

The Grand Renaissance Dam: what's at stake and what could break the deadlock

Mahemud Tekuya 23 Jul 2020