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The AI bubble is going to burst. Here’s why that matters

4th Industrial Revolution

The AI bubble is going to burst. Here’s why that matters

Richard Firth 18 minutes

Five Western Cape fruit producers are asking the High Court to force Premier to take their fruit for the coming harvest. Archive photo: Greg Dor / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Fruit farmers take Premier to court

Greg Dor 1 hour

“Our third quarter results show further sequential improvement in LFL growth, in line with our expectations," says Cindy Rose, CEO WPP (Image source@ WPP

Advertising

WPP's Q3 results: Disciplined execution to return to growth in 2027

4 hours

Cybercrime surge highlights urgent need for digital skills

Cybersecurity

Cybercrime surge highlights urgent need for digital skills

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 1 day

Industrial automation doesn’t have to start with a factory overhaul

Industrial automation

Industrial automation doesn’t have to start with a factory overhaul

Issued by Cape Town Industrial Technology Exhibition 1 day

South Africa’s MTBPS: What small businesses need to prepare for

SMEs

South Africa’s MTBPS: What small businesses need to prepare for

22 Oct 2026

Source: Reuters. South African Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Budget Speech

#MTBPS: Fuel-levy relief as SA tackles growth barriers

Katja Hamilton 21 Oct 2026

SMEs face growing liability risks beyond physical damage

SMEs

SMEs face growing liability risks beyond physical damage

19 Oct 2026

Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela | Source: SANews.gov.za

Higher Education

No room for inaction: Manamela warns Setas under administration to fix control weaknesses

19 Oct 2026

Source: Pexels.

Finance

As inflation climbs, South Africa’s economic outlook hangs in the balance

16 Oct 2026

DA eThekwini Mayoral Candidate, Haniff Hoosen at the Durban High Court this morning for the court hearing on the case of eThekwini water tanker mafia billboard (Image source: @ Facebook DA

OOH

DA heads to court over water accountability billboard

Danette Breitenbach 15 Oct 2026

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

Environment & Natural Resources

Living Planet Report 2026: Why biodiversity matters for business

Issued by WWF South Africa 14 Oct 2026

El Niño could test more than crops: What farmers need to know about contractual risk

Agriculture

El Niño could test more than crops: What farmers need to know about contractual risk

Lucinde Rhoodie, Director and Liëtte van Schalkwyk 13 Oct 2026

Job cuts at Jaguar Land Rover show how a sensible corporate strategy is not always enough

Commercial & Industrial

Job cuts at Jaguar Land Rover show how a sensible corporate strategy is not always enough

Lakshminarasimhan Vedanthachari 8 Oct 2026

Review of the SA economy and the upcoming municipal elections

Economy

Review of the SA economy and the upcoming municipal elections

Bashier Adam, Issued by Nexia SAB&T 6 Oct 2026

John Botha, joint CEO of Global Business Solutions

Labour Law & Unions

Cosatu protest: Why saving South African jobs must begin long before retrenchment notices arrive

John Botha 5 Oct 2026

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Cyber Law

The ever-evolving threat of cybercrime in South Africa

Issued by Cox Yeats 2 Oct 2026

Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Food, Water & Energy Security

Durban and Joburg worst hit by water outages

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff. 2 Oct 2026

Food waste in SA is increasingly becoming a supply-chain problem

ESG

Food waste in SA is increasingly becoming a supply-chain problem

1 Oct 2026

Underpinned by momentum across every one of its South African businesses, Capitec Limited has grown headline earnings growth 19% to R9.5bn for the six months ended 31 August 2026. Pictured: Graham Lee, CEO (Image supplied)

Markets & Investment

A diversified engine firing on all cylinders: Capitec headline earnings up 19%

30 Sep 2026

Infrastructure & Utilities

eThekwini commissions key section of R1.2bn Southern Aqueduct project

30 Sep 2026

Local warehouses face tougher fire risks as logistics operations expand

Warehousing

Local warehouses face tougher fire risks as logistics operations expand

25 Sep 2026

Manufacturing built repeatable production systems decades ago; the same discipline can help mines respond more consistently to operational and market pressures (Image source: © 123rf )

Mining

Manufacturing's production systems the answer to SA mining production?

Johan Coetzee 25 Sep 2026

What a boom gate taught me

Insurance & Actuarial

What a boom gate taught me

Tim Chadwick, Issued by Chadwicks Risk & Insurance 23 Sep 2026

Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Agriculture

Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Steve Kretzmann 18 Sep 2026

Investment from Vumela Fund to drive growth, jobs, and export expansion for Iris Fresh

Funding

Investment from Vumela Fund to drive growth, jobs, and export expansion for Iris Fresh

Issued by Edge Growth 17 Sep 2026

Mining

Glencore embroiled in lawsuit over alleged fraud, breach of contract, and conspiracy

Pratima Desai 17 Sep 2026

Source: Pexels.

Insurance & Actuarial

After severe Cape floods, Old Mutual Insure faces R376m storm test

14 Sep 2026

City Lodge Hotels reports 10% increase in revenue

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels reports 10% increase in revenue

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 11 Sep 2026

Image source: rawpixel.com from

Tax Law

How early tax choices can silently undermine venture capital exits

Benjamin Mbana and Phuti Kgomo 11 Sep 2026

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy

Digital

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 10 Sep 2026

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Women's Health

SA hasn’t built a menopause policy yet. A chance to get it right first time

Dr Juanri Jonck 10 Sep 2026

Mining

It’s not looking good for Sibanye-Stillwater’s workforce at Kwezi

9 Sep 2026

Law Practice

New head of the Special Investigating Unit appointed

2 Sep 2026

Source: Pexels.

Banking

One step ahead: Capitec’s AI defences block R699m in potential losses

2 Sep 2026

Image source: yanalya from

Management & Leadership

High price of hesitation: Why boards must act before liquidity dries up

Bridget Letsholo 31 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. PSG Insure’s head of distribution, Ryno de Kock.

Insurance & Actuarial

Insurers warn South Africans on fuel-storage limit as shortages loom

31 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth: FNB’s Palesa Moeletsi on turning the hustle into a sustainable business

Entrepreneurship

#WomensMonth: FNB’s Palesa Moeletsi on turning the hustle into a sustainable business

Imran Salie 28 Aug 2026

Sunlight is in the process of amending its packaging. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Unilever granted extension to change Sunlight Platinum packaging

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Aug 2026

Investigative series exposes the human cost of SA’s illicit economy

Regulatory

Investigative series exposes the human cost of SA’s illicit economy

25 Aug 2026

Source: Pexels.

Finance

Beyond the pay gap: What’s driving women’s retirement shortfall

Paul Mafisa 25 Aug 2026

View of South African utility Eskom's electricity pylons in Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Energy

Jozi makes power play and settles more than R5bn Eskom debt

24 Aug 2026

MTN's half-year adjusted profit rises more than 21%

Telecoms & Networks

MTN's half-year adjusted profit rises more than 21%

Nqobile Dludla 24 Aug 2026

Walter van der Merwe

Insurance & Actuarial

Fedgroup challenges traditional group risk model with first-of-its-kind benefit for SA

Issued by Fedgroup 20 Aug 2026

Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Sustainability

Sasol’s 30% emission drop plan is not all smoke and mirrors

20 Aug 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Rand steadies as South Africa awaits inflation data

Katja Hamilton 19 Aug 2026

South Africa’s small sugar farms are producing less than they could: Study finds ways to boost them

Agro-processing

South Africa’s small sugar farms are producing less than they could: Study finds ways to boost them

Lawrence Nkosikhona Malinga 17 Aug 2026

Mary Waters High School in Makhanda has insufficient tablets for its matrics. “Overall, the project was a complete failure for the school,” a teacher said. “Building a computer lab would have been better and would have given our learners more skills. The computer lab would be for everyone, and it would be strictly monitored.” The school has zero ICT infrastructure. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Lost or locked in cupboards: Inside the R686m Eastern Cape matric tablet programme

Gcina Ntsaluba, Zipho Ndwayana and Rod Amner 13 Aug 2026