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Energy

Green hydrogen can 'reposition' Africa within global value chains

12 hours

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South African budget law passes after months of delay

Alessandro Parodi and Sfundo Parakozov 13 hours

Steinhoff's former Chief Executive Markus Jooste appears in parliament to face a panel investigating an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | Why silence is not golden - 5 sins leaders make

Tlhogi Ngwato 19 hours

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Environment & Natural Resources

SA signs agreement to advance ocean protection

2 days

Why workplace anxiety needs a voice, and a safe place like Palm Tree Clinic

Mental health

Why workplace anxiety needs a voice, and a safe place like Palm Tree Clinic

Issued by Harmony Clinic 2 days

Energy & Mining

How to prepare for the inevitability of contractual disputes and project delays

Kirsten Wolmarans 3 days

Financial Services

Cabinet sent basic income grant plan back to the drawing board

Marecia Damons 3 days

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Labour Law & Unions

Why a sick note won't get you out of a disciplinary hearing

Sibusiso Dube 6 Jun 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Alarm bells: Stricter vetting needed as 3% of educators face criminal allegations

Ashleigh Laurent 5 Jun 2025

Turkcell opposes MTN’s Constitutional Court appeal in $4.2bn Iran licence case

Telecoms & Networks

Turkcell opposes MTN’s Constitutional Court appeal in $4.2bn Iran licence case

5 Jun 2025

#ConvergeAfrica: Commerce media is the next big frontier in retail

Retail

#ConvergeAfrica: Commerce media is the next big frontier in retail

4 Jun 2025

Fuel price update still pending as June adjustment date nears

Fuel & Energy

Fuel price update still pending as June adjustment date nears

3 Jun 2025

Source: Wikimedia/Lschefa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Lesotho’s capital.

HIV/AIDS

Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

Sechaba Mokhethi 2 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied. Cornelius Coetzee, country director for Verto South Africa.

Finance

#AfricaMonth: Inside Verto's strategy to streamline African trade with a 2030 vision

Katja Hamilton 27 May 2025

Source: Reuters. US President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, 25 May, 2025.

Markets & Investment

Trump's tariff deferral raises hopes for EU trade talks

26 May 2025

AMIE urges government to adopt regionalised response to avian flu outbreak in Brazil

Retailers

AMIE urges government to adopt regionalised response to avian flu outbreak in Brazil

Issued by AMIE 20 May 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Time - and courts - wait for no labour dispute

Bradley Workman-Davies 15 May 2025

Work has been suspended on the 38km tunnel between the Polihali and Katse dams. Photo: Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (fair use).

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

Sechaba Mokhethi 13 May 2025

Source: iStock.

Construction & Engineering

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

Mary-Anne Gontsana 13 May 2025

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IP Law

Copyright amendments to be read into Act with immediate effect - ConCourt

9 May 2025

Supplied image: Vantara’s collaboration with the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) led to the reintroduction of 41 Spix’s Macaws into the wild in Brazil.

Environment & Natural Resources

How South Africa’s conservation efforts can thrive with Indian partnership

Dr Nomfundo N.V. Mnisi 9 May 2025

Data centre neutrality – hyperscalers and Seacom as the carrier of carriers

Telecoms & Networks

Data centre neutrality – hyperscalers and Seacom as the carrier of carriers

Giovanni da Costa, Issued by Stone 7 May 2025

Domestic car market shines amid global tariff pressures

Commercial & Industrial

Domestic car market shines amid global tariff pressures

6 May 2025

Wrapping up lives, not estates

Family Law

Wrapping up lives, not estates

Issued by Capital Legacy 29 Apr 2025

Law Practice

Judge delivers judgment — after 12 years

Marecia Damons 29 Apr 2025

Public holidays jam the courier system – here’s how smart retailers stay ahead

Retail

Public holidays jam the courier system – here’s how smart retailers stay ahead

25 Apr 2025

Instant delivery: How SA logistics is transforming to meet consumer demands

Logistics & Transport

Instant delivery: How SA logistics is transforming to meet consumer demands

Robin Fredericks 25 Apr 2025

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that crimes from the apartheid era can be prosecuted. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Criminal Law

Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 25 Apr 2025

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

Primary & Secondary Education

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

Silver Sibiya 16 Apr 2025

Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield

Noncommunicable diseases

Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 15 Apr 2025

The Gauteng High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay out a property company because of a delay in providing alternative accommodation for families living in the company’s “hijacked” building. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 11 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Robin van Wyk, head of LnP Beyond Legal’s Environmental Practice says limited exemptions granted to Eskom reflect a complex balancing act between environmental responsibility and energy security and gives some practical steps going forward

Energy

Eskom’s limited emissions exemptions: A complex balancing act, practical steps going forward

Robin van Wyk 11 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

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Labour Law

When do restraint of trade agreements become unreasonable in the eyes of the court?

Jaimé-Lee Jacobs 7 Apr 2025

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Logistics & Transport

Heightened marine trade risks and what they mean for insurance

Kennedy Ntenjwa 7 Apr 2025

Healthcare

Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa

Susan Goldstein 4 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Japan bank stocks caught in Trump tariff rout as market slide deepens

Rae Wee 4 Apr 2025

Source: Novavax.

Healthcare

Sanofi-Novavax deal in jeopardy as FDA halts vaccine approval

3 Apr 2025

Source: CBER. ?Dr Peter Marks, the director of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).

Covid-19

FDA's top vaccine chief resigns amid growing concerns over new HHS leadership

3 Apr 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Court blocks business rescue abuse - delay tactics will not be tolerated

Julian Jones, Caellyn Eedes & Liso Potwana 28 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. John Jack, chief executive officer of Galetti Corporate Real Estate.

Property

Eased PPP approvals to trigger wave of private investment in South Africa

28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf South Africans will not be denied their constitutional right to access to news and information after the Gauteng High Court suspended the analogue TV switch-off date of 31 March 2025

Media Freedom

Court suspends analogue switch-off date, ruling calls set date "irrational"

Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal South Africa is in talks to defer long steel plant closure

Nelson Banya 24 Mar 2025

An architect’s impression of the proposed retirement complex at Sedgefield. Graphic: Eco Route Environmental Consultancy (Draft Amendment Report).

Land & Property Law

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5m

John Yeld 19 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The legal bid of eTV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting continues today, Wednesday 19 March in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

TV

Television access at risk for millions of South Africans as analogue switch-off date is contested

19 Mar 2025

Business afterlife – 2 things every owner should do

SMEs

Business afterlife – 2 things every owner should do

Issued by Capital Legacy 18 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Budget Speech

No more headroom: 2025 Budget Speech is bad news for taxpayers

12 Mar 2025

Budget Speech

Budget Speech: VAT delay disrupted plans, but increase remains likely

Des Kruger and Chetan Vanmali 12 Mar 2025

Property

Budget Speech delay raises hopes for South Africa's property revival

7 Mar 2025