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Food, Water & Energy Security

Govt to crack down on 'water mafia' sabotaging water access

1 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied. Muhammad Ali, managing director at WWISE.

Construction & Engineering

How South Africa's construction mafia hijacked projects worth R63bn

29 May 2025

SIM card provider dodges law

Telecoms & Networks

SIM card provider dodges law

Veer Gosai and Joel Cedras 23 May 2025

Construction & Engineering

South Africa arrests 240 in construction mafia crackdown

15 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 finalists have been announced, with SA and Daily Maverick dominating the list

Publishing

SA and Daily Maverick dominate Wan-Ifra Digital Awards Africa 2025 finalists

2 Apr 2025

Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town

SMEs

Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town

27 Mar 2025

Armed gangs target five Cape Town schools, demand 10% of teachers’ salaries

Primary & Secondary Education

Armed gangs target five Cape Town schools, demand 10% of teachers’ salaries

Sandiso Phaliso 19 Mar 2025

South Africa's digital future hindered by rising cyber threats

Cybersecurity

South Africa's digital future hindered by rising cyber threats

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 19 Mar 2025

Regulating spaza shops: policy versus practicality

Regulatory

Regulating spaza shops: policy versus practicality

Tshego Modise 27 Feb 2025

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Mining

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jan 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Combatting construction mafia - part 2: How to get ahead of the game

Lionel van Tonder, Inge Swanepoel, Martin Versfeld, and Tyron Theessen 30 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Combatting construction mafia - part 1: Threats, lies and red tape

Lionel van Tonder, Inge Swanepoel, Martin Versfeld, and Tyron Theessen 23 Dec 2024

The global demand for AI will drive data centre innovation.

Data & Analytics

Data centre trends in 2025 will support, enable, leverage and regulate AI

6 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Malicious whistleblowing - part 2: Importance of investigations

Lionel van Tonder, Aaqilah Nagdee and Delon Small 28 Nov 2024

Basic Education Minister calls for private sector boost in education efforts

Primary & Secondary Education

Basic Education Minister calls for private sector boost in education efforts

12 Nov 2024

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Cyber Law

Cybercrimes Act: What you need to know

Zaakir Mohamed and Shuaib Vahed 30 Oct 2024

Cape Town construction sites have been plagued by stoppages, but the construction mafia is highly active all over the country.

Construction & Engineering

Master builders say construction mafia is a barrier to growth

22 Oct 2024

Addressing the tech skills shortage needs to become a national imperative, says Mancosa

Technology

Addressing the tech skills shortage needs to become a national imperative, says Mancosa

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 20 Sep 2024

Insights into the fight against the construction mafia

Construction & Engineering

Insights into the fight against the construction mafia

Lindsey Schutters 17 Sep 2024

The construction mafia is costing the country billions. Source: Shivendu Shukla/Unsplash

Construction & Engineering

Cape Town construction mafia costs billions, report finds

Lindsey Schutters 18 Jun 2024

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

Agriculture

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

24 May 2024

South Africa's construction mafia problem is making national headlines and slowing down the economy. Source: DALL-E 3

Construction & Engineering

How to prepare for the construction extortion epidemic

3 Apr 2024

Source: MyCiTi.

Facilities & Property Management

Construction mafia halts MyCiTi project; legal action pursued

15 Mar 2024

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Cyber Law

Ransomware: What is an organisation's obligation to prevent fraud?

Karl Blom & Laone Setshedi 6 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied

Construction & Engineering

Organised crime plagues SA construction industry

31 Oct 2023

Affordable & Social Housing

City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

13 Oct 2023

#CybersecurityMonth: Cyber-attack insurance is a complicated necessity

Cybersecurity

#CybersecurityMonth: Cyber-attack insurance is a complicated necessity

Martin Potgieter 11 Oct 2023

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

Construction & Engineering

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

31 Jul 2023

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Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced

Media

Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 shortlist announced

13 Jun 2023

#BizTrends2023: The major trends to impact the data landscape in 2023

Trends

#BizTrends2023: The major trends to impact the data landscape in 2023

Kate Mollett 9 Jan 2023

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Primary & Secondary Education

Major school infrastructure programme underway in the Western Cape

23 Nov 2022

Ailing construction sector holds out hope for infrastructure developments to be fast-tracked

Construction & Engineering

Ailing construction sector holds out hope for infrastructure developments to be fast-tracked

Mohau Mphomela 31 Oct 2022

How tender mafias, unethical practices are threatening the construction industry

Construction & Engineering

How tender mafias, unethical practices are threatening the construction industry

18 Oct 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

What duties do employers have when recovering funds misappropriated by employees?

Jacques Van Wyk and Nasheetah Smith 10 Oct 2022

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has been told he must protect Intercape buses. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Law Practice

Mbalula must protect Intercape buses, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Oct 2022

How businesses can use PR (Public Relations) as part of their cyber security management

PR & Communications

How businesses can use PR (Public Relations) as part of their cyber security management

Lerato Mpholo, Issued by Opinion & Public BCW 22 Aug 2022

Cybercrime on the rise in SA: How to protect your business, customers and employees

SMEs

Cybercrime on the rise in SA: How to protect your business, customers and employees

Issued by Business Partners Limited 18 Aug 2022

Byron Horn-Botha, business unit head at Arcserve Southern Africa.

Healthcare

Healthcare is now the industry most targeted by hackers

Byron Horn-Botha 18 Jul 2022

Hacker group RansomHouse threatens to sell Shoprite data

Cybersecurity

Hacker group RansomHouse threatens to sell Shoprite data

21 Jun 2022

Many Zimbabweans may find themselves unlawfully in the country from 1 January 2023, unless the Helen Suzman Foundation wins a case it has launched. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Understanding the Zimbabwean permit case

Tania Broughton 20 Jun 2022

The lines we dare not cross

Food, Water & Energy Security

The lines we dare not cross

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 13 May 2022

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Education

Why financial literacy is a vital inclusion for education at all levels

4 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Top construction trends - building a way forward

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Top construction trends - building a way forward

Dumisani Madi 5 Jan 2022

SA's Cybercrimes Act - will it change how you use the internet?

Cybersecurity

SA's Cybercrimes Act - will it change how you use the internet?

Matthew Campbell 14 Dec 2021

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Cyber Law

Online activities that can now put you in prison

Ahmore Burger-Smidt 2 Dec 2021

5 important lessons to learn from the REvil ransomware attack

Cybersecurity

5 important lessons to learn from the REvil ransomware attack

Anna Collard 13 Jul 2021