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#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Banking & Finance

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Thabani Ndwandwe 13 Mar 2025

John Botha, joint-CEO Global Business Solutions

Remuneration & Payroll

BCEA earnings threshold increase: What this means for business

John Botha 10 Mar 2025

What happens if Sars audits your company – and how to be prepared

Taxation & Regulation

What happens if Sars audits your company – and how to be prepared

Issued by Tax Debt Compliance 11 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Palesa Mokomele, head of Community Engagement and Communications at DKMS Africa.

Healthcare

Budget cuts loom: Can the private sector save SA's public health system?

21 Feb 2025

2025 Budget Speech: What it means for your small business

SMEs

2025 Budget Speech: What it means for your small business

Wandile Mnguni 12 Feb 2025

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Tax Law

Why the company account is not your personal piggy bank - and your personal expenses are not tax deductible

4 Feb 2025

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HR Tools & Software

Why SMEs should consider outsourcing payroll and recruitment

Pierre Bekker 9 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf CRS Technologies general manager Ian McAlister shares his five key factors to consider when evaluating payroll service providers

Remuneration & Payroll

5 key factors to finding the right payroll service provider for your company

Ian McAlister 30 Dec 2024

Eight months after publishing its last report, the Office of the Chief Justice has finally released the new list of reserved judgments. The High Court in Pretoria had the highest number of late judgments, with 59 matters outstanding for longer than six months. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Law Practice

Hundreds of court judgments are late

Marecia Damons 19 Dec 2024

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Construction & Engineering

Master Builders Association says contractors must learn from #GeorgeCollapse

17 Dec 2024

Four years after the landmark Concourt Mahalangu ruling, domestic workers are still unable to access compensation. Archive photo: Bernard Chiguvare / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union criticises employers for not registering domestic workers with UIF. But it’s not so simple

Kimberly Mutandiro and GroundUp Staff 26 Nov 2024

Postbank has started introducing a new Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards were set to expire on 31 December, but Postbank has assured grant recipients that they will be able to access their money into the new year. Photo supplied by Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms

Marecia Damons 12 Nov 2024

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NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

7 tips to choosing a credible NPO to support

5 Sep 2024

How Sars' tax incentives aim to support small businesses

SMEs

How Sars' tax incentives aim to support small businesses

20 Aug 2024

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Taxation & Regulation

Bridging the communication gap with Sars: Insights from a tax expert

6 Aug 2024

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Finance

The shift from RMS to RM: What it means for South Africa’s debit orders

2 Aug 2024

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Sars calls for public comment on renewables tax incentives

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jul 2024

Taxation & Regulation

Legislation needs to be aligned with fiscal incentives

Bruce Hunt 25 Jul 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

Presidency signs Pension Funds Amendment Bill into law

22 Jul 2024

Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 22 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Guy Chennells chief commercial officer at Discovery Comprehensive Employee Benefits (CEB).

Financial Services

There’s no turning back, make sure your provider can pay Two-Pot claims

3 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South Africa considers complaining to WTO against EU carbon border tax

Wendell Roelf and Kate Abnett 23 May 2024

Franchising sector counteracts wasted year with key initiatives

Franchising

Franchising sector counteracts wasted year with key initiatives

17 Apr 2024

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Tax Law

Groundbreaking ConCourt ruling in Capitec, Sars VAT deduction dispute

15 Apr 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

'Illegal' salary increases must be repaid

Richard Brown 12 Mar 2024

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Finance

Two-pot retirement reform hits teething problems...again

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

6 payroll myths busted

Ancel Draai 28 Feb 2024

Joon Chong, Partner from Webber Wentzel

Tax Law

Unitrans tax deduction appeal dismissed: What went wrong?

Joon Chong 19 Feb 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

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

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Labour Law

National minimum wage: Do benefits and bonuses count?

Hlengiwe Skosana and Minenhle Ntuli 27 Dec 2023

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Tax Law

Electric Vehicles White Paper: Tax incentives, climate goals to drive EV industry

Virusha Subban and Gabriel Rybko 13 Dec 2023

Tax Law

Sars provides clarity on VAT treatment of cash rounding adjustments

Landise Banzana and Jana Krause 24 Oct 2023

Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

Kimberly Mutandiro 5 Oct 2023

Property

Johannesburg tops global rankings as most affordable city for property ownership since 2018

20 Sep 2023

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Tax Law

Repair vs improvement: Why it matters to Sars

Graeme Palmer 18 Jul 2023

5 financial mistakes to avoid when managing your side hustle

Entrepreneurship

5 financial mistakes to avoid when managing your side hustle

Michelle Austin 1 Jun 2023

What homeowners should note before taking advantage of Airbnb Rooms

Residential Property

What homeowners should note before taking advantage of Airbnb Rooms

24 May 2023

Health & Social Welfare

SA receives prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award

18 May 2023

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Tax Law

Power of solar tax breaks

Joon Chong & Chetan Vanmali 12 May 2023

Budget Speech

#Budget2023: Budget brings well-deserved relief to workers

Abigail Moyo 23 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Jeff Miller, founder of Twelve B Green Energy Fund.

Taxation & Regulation

South Africans can now get tax breaks for investing in renewable energy

15 Feb 2023

Making use of cloud payroll in South Africa

Remuneration & Payroll

Making use of cloud payroll in South Africa

Issued by Starbright Solutions 24 Jan 2023

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Remuneration & Payroll

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Tata Mokwayi 16 Jan 2023

What to consider when investing in a retirement village

Residential Property

What to consider when investing in a retirement village

28 Oct 2022

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Remuneration & Payroll

6 steps to easing the payroll process

Jeff Ryan 17 Oct 2022

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Tax Law

Calculating the real cost of the corporate income tax rate reduction

Kristel van Rensburg and Siyanda Gaetsewe 1 Sep 2022

Shoprite's Money Market account evolves into fully-fledged bank account

Banking & Finance

Shoprite's Money Market account evolves into fully-fledged bank account

31 Aug 2022