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Consumer Law

When car finance deals go wrong: Legal lessons in consumer rights limitations

Mtho Maphumulo 5 Dec 2025

Fraud and abuse pose a silent threat to healthcare sustainability

Medical Aid

Fraud and abuse pose a silent threat to healthcare sustainability

Kevin Aron, Issued by Stone 25 Nov 2025

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Talent Acquisition

Why stringent employee vetting could be a matter of life or death

31 Oct 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Understanding the SCA ruling: Breaches that lead to director delinquency

Nastascha Harduth and Gaby Wesson 15 Oct 2025

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Security

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Chandni Gopal, Aaqilah Nagdee & Precious Maphupha 9 Oct 2025

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Public Health

Vaccines and motherhood: Are AI-generated health messages working in Kenya and Nigeria?

Yewande O. Addie 8 Oct 2025

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Artificial Intelligence

Ethel Ramos | What ChatGPT’s instant checkout means for brand storytelling

Ethel Ramos 7 Oct 2025

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IP Law

What brands should know about trade marking taglines

Thembokuhle Danca 9 Sep 2025

Heineken vs SAB: The “demi-sec” dispute

Advertising

Heineken vs SAB: The “demi-sec” dispute

Karabo Ledwaba 21 Aug 2025

Source: © First Post One of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, journalist Anas al-Sharif has died following a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City on Sunday evening

Media Freedom

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif dies in Israeli attack

11 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied. An architect’s impression of the apartment blocks that were to be called 75 Victoria that collapsed during construction.

Construction & Engineering

George building collapse: Tribunal finds engineer who signed off plans guilty on five charges

25 Jul 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

The cost of hiding a dismissal under the guise of 'retrenchment'

Chloë Loubser and Grace Crocker 15 Jul 2025

IP Law

Delulu for Labubu: What IP protection exists for its likeness?

Kim Rampersadh 27 Jun 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Challenge denied: SCA dismisses bidder's appeal over procurement ethics

Dee-dee Mathelela 11 Jun 2025

CETA welcomes CCMA ruling allowing disciplinary hearing to proceed

Higher Education

CETA welcomes CCMA ruling allowing disciplinary hearing to proceed

Issued by K and K Media 9 Jun 2025

Employment Equity

How to obtain a copy of your EE compliance certificate

Melissa Cogger, Talita Laubscher, and Chloë Loubser 27 May 2025

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Employment Equity

EE reporting for designated employers: What first-timers need to know

Talita Laubscher, Melissa Cogger, and Chloë Loubser 19 May 2025

The future of influencer marketing - Not in the loudest voice, the most trustworthy one

Social Media

The future of influencer marketing - Not in the loudest voice, the most trustworthy one

Bronwyn Abrahams 16 May 2025

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS disputes claims of 2025 registration portal closure

12 May 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Do automatic termination clauses overrule fair dismissal procedure?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Isabella Keeves 7 May 2025

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HR Tools & Software

MIE report: Fake credentials and financial woes intensify SA's hiring crisis

11 Apr 2025

Insurance & Actuarial

Discovery Life reveals R11.5bn payout in 2024 claims

10 Apr 2025

The Splendid Tapestry of African Life: UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo’s latest book launch

Higher Education

The Splendid Tapestry of African Life: UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo’s latest book launch

Issued by University of Pretoria 27 Mar 2025

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IP Law

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

Nishaat Slamdien 26 Mar 2025

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DEI

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Sinmisola Hughes-Obisesan - A visionary driving Africa's creative future

Karabo Ledwaba 7 Mar 2025

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | The permacrisis of corporate communications

Tlhogi Ngwato 4 Feb 2025

Media

Press ombud rules on News24’s coverage of Gayton McKenzie’s Olympic jaunt

Ombud Watcher Law 29 Jan 2025

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HR & Management

Real cost of a fake PhD: Accountability and consequences in the boardroom

20 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

AI in agriculture: Will it close or widen the gender gap?

Agriculture

AI in agriculture: Will it close or widen the gender gap?

Wambui Kuria and Niharika Agarwal 29 Oct 2024

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IP Law

Unpacking the Sol de Janeiro fragrance fiasco - what is the brand's legal recourse?

Jani Cronjé and Daniella de Figueiredo 11 Oct 2024

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Labour Law

Can businesses recover stolen money from ex-employee pension funds?

Mtho Maphumulo 2 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf Media coverage of Africa has always been dominated by narratives of disease, poverty, conflict and political instability

Media

Global media tell only part of Africa’s story – new report shows which outlets perform best and worst

Wallace Chuma, University of Cape Town and Trust Matsilele, Birmingham City University 12 Sep 2024

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Criminal Law

Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

4 Sep 2024

Complainants get R386m back in insurance payouts

Insurance & Actuarial

Complainants get R386m back in insurance payouts

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 1 Jul 2024

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Employment Equity

Warning against Employment Equity misrepresentation

10 May 2024

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Trends

Latest trends in background screening - MIE annual report

14 Mar 2024

Fasa concerned with legal franchise disputes despite franchising thriving in SA

Franchising

Fasa concerned with legal franchise disputes despite franchising thriving in SA

2 Feb 2024

Uncovering the unsettling trend in OOH advertising

OOH

Uncovering the unsettling trend in OOH advertising

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 28 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf A medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge

Labour Law & Unions

Instances when an employer can query the validity of the medical certificate

Dumisani Ndiweni & Kgololego Pooe 16 Oct 2023

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Labour Law

Qualified, but still a liar - consequences of CV misrepresentation

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 10 Oct 2023

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Public Liability & Personal Injury

Likely impact of coastal storm surges on insurance policies

Mtho Maphumulo 22 Sep 2023

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Office Property

Lawyer in River Club development controversy caught in qualification lie

30 Aug 2023

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Law of Succession

Life insurance: How do unnatural death claims work?

Mtho Maphumulo 3 Aug 2023

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Law Practice

Titanic submarine incident raises questions on presumption of death; insurance policies

Mtho Maphumulo 23 Jun 2023

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IP Law

Under the influencer: Trade mark and copyright infringement

Amani Patel 23 Mar 2023

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Labour Law

Qualification fraud doesn't pay... but fakers will

Hlengiwe Skosana 9 Feb 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

Nxesi seeks to clarify 'misinformation' regarding wage offer

21 Nov 2022

Regulatory

Liquor Amendment Bill might be further toughened up

Marecia Damons 18 Oct 2022