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Remuneration & Payroll

A guide to golden handshakes: Legal tips for untarnished employee exits

3 days

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

Construction & Engineering

How South Africa's construction mafia hijacked projects worth R63bn

29 May 2025

Source: © WBHO Exxaro has reached a separation agreement with Kgabi Masia

Coal, Oil & Gas

Exxaro and former coal head reach mutual agreement to separate

6 May 2025

Law Practice

GBV laws must be strengthened: President Ramaphosa

10 Apr 2025

Media

Anton Harber | Protection orders being used to silence journalists and activists

Anton Harber 1 Apr 2025

UCT rocked by student protests against fee blocks, housing crisis

Higher Education

UCT rocked by student protests against fee blocks, housing crisis

17 Feb 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

HR & Management

Does your workplace harassment policy cover online bullying?

14 Nov 2024

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Striking Mister Sweet workers queued on Wednesday for food brought by supporters. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 Sep 2024

Saica calls for improved working environments to attract and retain top talent in the public sector

Accounting & Auditing

Saica calls for improved working environments to attract and retain top talent in the public sector

Issued by SAICA 30 Jul 2024

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Labour Law

Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against an abusive surgeon

Tania Broughton 17 Jul 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

Ladina Heimgartner elected new President of WAN-IFRA on May 27. Source: Supplied.

Media

Ladina Heimgartner elected president at World News Media Congress in Copenhagen

28 May 2024

Court interdicts protesting college students

Higher Education

Court interdicts protesting college students

Joseph Chirume 14 May 2024

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Higher Education

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Ihsaan Haffejee 8 May 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn bad

Jacques van Wyk 24 Apr 2024

Source: © RSF The BBC World Service has filed an urgent appeal to UN over abuse of national security and counter-terrorism laws against BBC News Persian journalists

Media Freedom

BBC World Service files urgent appeal to UN over abuse of BBC News Persian journalists

17 Apr 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

Almost all universities pay NSFAS February allowances

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Almost all universities pay NSFAS February allowances

11 Mar 2024

WC Government: Housing subsidy increase causes delays in project implementation

Construction & Engineering

WC Government: Housing subsidy increase causes delays in project implementation

18 Feb 2024

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Labour Law

Strike misconduct - you don't have to be violent to get fired

Lizle Louw and Amy King 12 Feb 2024

#BizTrends2024: The foreseeable impact of technology on quantity surveying

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The foreseeable impact of technology on quantity surveying

Nosiyabonga Mongane 8 Jan 2024

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Occupational Health & Safety

Ensure OHS by building whistleblower confidence

Kate Collier 27 Nov 2023

A ballot over union membership is to be held at Gold One mine in Springs where hundreds of miners were held underground last week. Archive photo: Shaun Smillie | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Amcu vs Num: Workers to vote at "hostage" mine

Shaun Smillie 2 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied

Construction & Engineering

Organised crime plagues SA construction industry

31 Oct 2023

The urgent need to address the struggling education system's role in escalating unemployment

Education

The urgent need to address the struggling education system's role in escalating unemployment

Paul Esterhuizen 27 Oct 2023

Source: RVI Sanef and Standard Bank find common ground on Daily Maverick issue

Media Freedom

Standard Bank apologises to Daily Maverick, meets with Sanef

26 Sep 2023

Source: Kiara Affat, Daily Maverick On Tuesday, 19 September, security personnel at Standard Bank, manhandled Daily Maverick reporter Lerato Mutsila

Media Freedom

Standard Bank security, Sanef Sikuvile Journalism Awards sponsors, manhandle Daily Maverick reporter

22 Sep 2023

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Corporate & Commercial Law

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Tania Broughton 12 Sep 2023

Leadership and governance in crisis at our universities, Parliament told

Higher Education

Leadership and governance in crisis at our universities, Parliament told

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2023

Social Media

Young Zimbabweans are using YouTube to ridicule politicians and educate voters

Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga 24 Aug 2023

Source: © African Development Bank Group Harare, Zimbabwe. Sanef has joined the global media community of journalists, expressing their concern on media freedom in the run-up to the Zimbabwe elections

Media Freedom

Sanef joins international call for media freedom in run up to Zimbabwe elections

21 Aug 2023

Healthcare

Taxi strike chaos leads to closure of health facilities

Katja Hamilton 7 Aug 2023

Transport minister calls for resolution to Cape Town taxi strike

Public Transport

Transport minister calls for resolution to Cape Town taxi strike

4 Aug 2023

Whistleblowing in South Africa: Protecting a vulnerable watchdog

Legal

Whistleblowing in South Africa: Protecting a vulnerable watchdog

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 17 Jul 2023

Saica urges local government to promote an ethical culture to attract and retain professionals

Accounting & Auditing

Saica urges local government to promote an ethical culture to attract and retain professionals

Issued by SAICA 2 Jun 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

What the new domestic violence laws mean for GBV prevention

Dakalo Singo 20 Apr 2023

CUT enforces discipline to ensure safer campuses

Higher Education

CUT enforces discipline to ensure safer campuses

11 Apr 2023

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Criminal Law

National shutdown: At least 550 arrested for various crimes

22 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

EFF national shutdown: It's not business as usual

Katja Hamilton 20 Mar 2023

Members of the South African public sector union, National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) hold placards outside the Home Affairs office during a protest over wage disputes and other work issues in Cape Town, South Africa, 13 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

Labour Law

Court orders striking healthcare workers to end walkout

Tannur Anders 13 Mar 2023

Source: iStock. Police cleared burning tyres at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp on Tuesday (7 March 2023) as Nehawu members picketed outside the hospital.

Healthcare

Tensions mount as Nehawu strike intensifies

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economy

#Sona2023: South Africans are staring down the barrel as state of disaster is reinstated

Katja Hamilton 10 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Criminal Law

South Africa slides further down the 2022 CPI as global anti-corruption efforts flounder

31 Jan 2023