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Legislation & Regulation

Why South African animal welfare laws need an urgent overhaul

Charan Saunders 12 Jun 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Experts urge a new global agreement on carbon credit emission factors

9 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

Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech

Technology

Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech

Zena Assaad 4 Jun 2025

Source: © Whiteriver Technical College by 30 June, companies and municipalities will have to have registered a supervisor as a professional process controller with the WISA, as required by Regulation 3630 of the National Water Act

Science & Engineering

Legal risk for employers with water treatment facilities looms

3 Jun 2025

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Telecoms & Networks

Starlink's secret network uncovered in SA: Is it legal?

Katja Hamilton 30 May 2025

IP Law

Pirate now, pay later: Long-term cost of copying textbooks

Stephen Goldberg 23 May 2025

Social Media

Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

23 May 2025

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Cyber Law

TikTok, Meta fined hundreds of millions by EU regulators for data privacy breaches

Ryszard Lisinski and Brett Weinberg 13 May 2025

Labour Law & Unions

#WorkersDay: Evolution of SA labour laws

Chloë Loubser 5 May 2025

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Finance

Why microlenders are under the regulatory spotlight

Sameer Kumandan 24 Apr 2025

Source: © Mail & Guardian Paste technology can reduce the risk of particle segregation, improve the stability of deposited tailings and eliminate the pond on top of tailings deposits and potentially lower overall costs

Science & Engineering

Using proven approaches to rehabilitate legacy mines

Shameer Hareeparsad 17 Apr 2025

Are local businesses ready for the new Employment Equity Regulations?

Labour Law & Unions

Are local businesses ready for the new Employment Equity Regulations?

16 Apr 2025

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Law Practice

Wynberg courts closed until further notice

8 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Marketing

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025

Africa’s mobile payment boom demands robust security to safeguard growth

Cybersecurity

Africa’s mobile payment boom demands robust security to safeguard growth

Jarryd Jensen, Issued by Tishala Communications 27 Mar 2025

Nishaat Slamdien, Associate, Spoor & Fisher

IP Law

Rhode blocked: Beauty pop-up gets shut down amid questions over authenticity

Nishaat Slamdien 26 Mar 2025

Martin van Zyl, sales manager, process industries ABB says the mining industry is facing a daunting challenge as rapid changes are expected to meet global targets while remaining profitable (Image supplied)

Sustainability

The mining industry's daunting challenge to meet sustainability targets and be profitable

Martin van Zyl 19 Mar 2025

You want your business to get hacked asap – here’s why!

Cybersecurity

You want your business to get hacked asap – here’s why!

Liezl Schulte, Issued by Can!do 10 Mar 2025

Lucinda Alfonica, Commercial Manager at Workforce Staffing

Occupational Health & Safety

Temporary help required: Employers guide to navigating COIDA

Lucinda Alfonica 6 Mar 2025

Media & Entertainment Law

Google, Meta face penalties for anti-competitive behaviour towards SA news media

Nqobile Dludla 24 Feb 2025

Propelair: One shade of green

Facilities & Property Management

Propelair: One shade of green

Issued by Propelair SA 13 Feb 2025

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Labour Law

Results-based remuneration: Do minimum wage rules apply if you're not paid by the hour?

Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Siya Ngcamu and Eugene Chaphi 12 Feb 2025

Andre Troskie, EMEA field Ciso, Veeam

Services

Managing third-party risks for DORA in financial services

Andre Troskie 10 Feb 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

New pollution law to increase protection of oceans

28 Jan 2025

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Coal, Oil & Gas

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2025

How a single system helps signage companies

Printing

How a single system helps signage companies

Anton Oosthuizen, Issued by QuickEasy Software 14 Jan 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

BELA went live in Christmas Eve gazette, pressure now on Gwarube

Lindsey Schutters 27 Dec 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

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

Ian McAlister 30 Dec 2024

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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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Practice management

How healthcare facilities can guard against ransomware attacks

Hemant Harie 19 Dec 2024

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Construction & Engineering

Master Builders Association says contractors must learn from #GeorgeCollapse

17 Dec 2024

A guide to some key risks wellness tourism operators should be mindful of

Tourism

A guide to some key risks wellness tourism operators should be mindful of

Megan Jarvis, Leigh Lambrechts, Kate Collier and Dhevarsha Ramjettan 11 Dec 2024

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

Informal Retailing

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

11 Dec 2024

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HR Tools & Software

Planning on global expansion? Do not rely on plug-and-play payroll and HR

9 Dec 2024

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Healthcare

Nationwide crackdown: 200,000 spaza shops targeted in urgent health safety audit

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2024

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Labour Law

Icala aliboli - DUIs and why you can still be fired over a 2-year-old lie

Amandla Makhongwana and Jerry Kaapu 18 Nov 2024

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Competition Law

Kenya's competition watchdog fines Mogo Auto for unfair practices

Joyce Karanja and Michelle Karimi Kimonye 1 Nov 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

All adds up: Considerations and calculations behind eye-watering admin penalties

Kent Davis and Anél De Meyer 31 Oct 2024

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Cyber Law

Cybercrimes Act: What you need to know

Zaakir Mohamed and Shuaib Vahed 30 Oct 2024

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

EPR free riders beware - regulator to strengthen enforcement against non-compliance

Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny and Michelle Morris 24 Oct 2024

Navigating compliance: A festive season guide for South African logistics SMMEs

Logistics & Transport

Navigating compliance: A festive season guide for South African logistics SMMEs

Phumi (PJ) Mhlongo 23 Oct 2024

Public Health

The impact of fraud, waste, and abuse on medical-scheme members and strategies for industry reform

15 Oct 2024

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Medtech

Looking to enhance cybersecurity? Five top tips for leaders in healthcare

11 Oct 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Dawn raid dodging: Ensure employees don't delete private messages

Clare-Alice Vertue, Karl Blom, Siya Ngcamu, and Sidrah Suliman 9 Oct 2024

New Icasa regulations invites private sector to mail delivery party. Source: Kindel Media/Pexels

ICT

Icasa draft regulations opens the door for private postal services

Lindsey Schutters 2 Oct 2024

Cybersecurity company Surfshark’s Naked People campaign in London raised awareness about social media security practices and the exploitation of user data (Image supplied)

Social Media

Surfshark’s Naked People campaign calls out top social media companies for privacy invasions

2 Oct 2024

The astonishing benefits of cloud-based ERP

Cloud

The astonishing benefits of cloud-based ERP

Anton Oosthuizen, Issued by QuickEasy Software 10 Sep 2024

Social Media

Brazil bans social network X after Elon Musk refuses court orders

2 Sep 2024