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An attorney has been sentenced to 12 months in prison or a R10,000 fine, half suspended, for delaying a major murder trial by more than a year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Lawyer sentenced for delaying murder trial

Tania Broughton 27 Aug 2026

A member of Uganda People's Defence Forces stands at the headquarters of Nation Media Group - Uganda, (NMG-U), a building that houses Daily Monitor, KFM and Dembe FM radios, as government closes the media house, in Kampala, Uganda, June 28, 2026. Source: REUTERS/Stringer

Media Freedom

Nation Media Group seeks reopening after Uganda military closes outlets

Reuters 30 Jun 2026

Infrastructure & Utilities

Extortionists “hell-bent” on derailing MyCiTi bus project, says City of Cape Town

Sandiso Phaliso 4 Jul 2025

Zapiro, SA’s most-awarded cartoonist, receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

Higher Education

Zapiro, SA’s most-awarded cartoonist, receives Honorary Doctorate in Education from University of Pretoria

Issued by University of Pretoria 27 May 2025

Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town

SMEs

Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town

27 Mar 2025

Source: The late chief executive officer of United Healthcare Brian Thompson.

Financial Services

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead

6 Dec 2024

More women and gay men under attack after Twitter rebrand

Mobile & Apps

More women and gay men under attack after Twitter rebrand

31 Oct 2023

Media Freedom

Lesotho imposes nationwide curfew on residents after journalist killed

19 May 2023

Litigants in the court case to stop the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have received threats on Twitter. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Twitter threats to litigants in Zimbabwean Exemption Permit court case

Ashraf Hendricks 18 Apr 2023

Why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?

4th Industrial Revolution

Why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?

Toby Walsh 23 Feb 2023

Source © CGTN Africa Journalists, in particular women journalists, are being threatened, physically as well as virtually

Media

Whose responsibility is journalists' safety - media houses, civil society, government, or society as a whole?

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2023

Why finding a new head for struggling Eskom won't end the blackouts

Energy

Why finding a new head for struggling Eskom won't end the blackouts

David Richard Walwyn 19 Dec 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Using picketing rules and the Code on Harassment to mitigate strike-related violence

Brett Abraham & Nonjabulo Mthembu 28 Oct 2022

Source: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) All over the world journalists are facing face escalating threats and targeted attacks

Media Freedom

TRF's new tool for journalists to manage online harassment and abuse

8 Jul 2022

Source: © alexlmx

Radio & Audio

Intruder vandalises SABC Bloemfontein offices

17 Jan 2022

Source: © macor

Media Freedom

Sanef calls for arrest of parties threatening SABC's Lesedi FM journalists

13 Dec 2021

The proposed N2 Toll Road will cut through Sigidi village. Map: Lisa Nelson

Construction & Engineering

Should the proposed N2 toll road through the Wild Coast be moved?

Daniel Steyn 4 Nov 2021

Research

Facebook's failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish

Fiona R Martin and Aim Sinpeng 2 Aug 2021

Banning African films like Rafiki and Inxeba doesn't diminish their influence

Film

Banning African films like Rafiki and Inxeba doesn't diminish their influence

Gibson Ncube 23 Jun 2021

Dismissed without an enquiry? When is it legal...

Labour Law

Dismissed without an enquiry? When is it legal...

Bradley Workman-Davies 13 Jan 2021

Celebrate #PrideMonth with these 6 African LGBTIAQ+ series, films

Film

Celebrate #PrideMonth with these 6 African LGBTIAQ+ series, films

15 Jun 2020

Image source: . © Sam Nzima.

Media

Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards salutes Youth Day

16 Jun 2020

Media

Sanef condemns recent 'attacks' on SA's journos

26 Jul 2019

The balancing act: Employer/employee reciprocal duty of good faith

Labour Law

The balancing act: Employer/employee reciprocal duty of good faith

Tracy Robbins and Julia Olley 23 Jul 2019

A woman walks in front of a picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, in June 2018. Authorities in the Zimbabwean city detained documentary filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele on March 21. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Zinyange Auntony.

Media Freedom

Zimbabwe police arrest filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele

26 Mar 2019

#OnTheBigScreen: Slenderman, The Nutcracker, and The Tokoloshe

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Slenderman, The Nutcracker, and The Tokoloshe

Daniel Dercksen 2 Nov 2018

Former employees to lay charges over provident fund deductions

Legal

Former employees to lay charges over provident fund deductions

Barbara Maregele 15 Oct 2018

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Media Freedom

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster 7 Sep 2018

How to win social media followers and influence people while still remaining authentic

Social Media

How to win social media followers and influence people while still remaining authentic

Phindile Sihlangu 2 Aug 2018

The World Press Freedom Index 2017 by .

Fairness First

#FairnessFirst: Grave press freedom violations in Africa

Leigh Andrews 9 Apr 2018

Ace Magashule. Photo: David Harrison

Public Health

Ace Magashule's wild Free State: Activists faced intimidation, whistle-blowers fled

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 27 Dec 2017

LGBT radio goes online in Tunisia despite threats

Radio & Audio

LGBT radio goes online in Tunisia despite threats

21 Dec 2017

#MusicExchange: Latheem Gabriel

Music

#MusicExchange: Latheem Gabriel

Martin Myers 22 Nov 2017

Christiane Amanpour.

Media

Journalists honoured for courageous reporting

20 Nov 2017

Security Agency mulls next move after Pauw refuses to withdraw Zuma book

Media & Entertainment Law

Security Agency mulls next move after Pauw refuses to withdraw Zuma book

Nomahlubi Jordaan 7 Nov 2017

Honouring courageous journalism

Media

Honouring courageous journalism

7 Nov 2017

Digging in the DRC

Mining

Digging in the DRC

Charlotte Mathews 30 Oct 2017

All the winners of the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017.

Media

Sikuvile Awards 2017: Recognising the soldiers of the truth

Danette Breitenbach 20 Oct 2017

Gigaba set to appoint new Treasury chiefs

Taxation & Regulation

Gigaba set to appoint new Treasury chiefs

6 Sep 2017

The dangers of being a defender of environmental justice in South Africa

Environment & Natural Resources

The dangers of being a defender of environmental justice in South Africa

Kirsten Youens 25 Aug 2017

SABC8 journalist dies at 32 of a 'broken heart'

Media

SABC8 journalist dies at 32 of a 'broken heart'

3 Jul 2017

Media

Fake news, cyber bullying a rising concern for Sanef

13 Jun 2017

Thuli Madonsela

Finance

A word or two with Thuli Madonsela

Nicci Botha 31 May 2017

Media threats increase in Kenya

Media

Media threats increase in Kenya

30 May 2017

Radio & Audio

Madagascar targets Radio Jupiter

19 May 2017

The superhighway threatening Nigeria's tropical rainforest

Sustainable Development

The superhighway threatening Nigeria's tropical rainforest

17 May 2017

Media Freedom

Sanef expresses concern over media freedom

2 May 2017

John Robbie was the recipient of the Lifetime Achiever Award at the Liberty Radio Awards. Image © Times Media.

Radio & Audio

Heroes of the theatre of the mind

Danette Breitenbach 24 Apr 2017

Fokofpolisiekar doccie to be screened on Showmax

Music

Fokofpolisiekar doccie to be screened on Showmax

19 Jan 2017