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Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

Facilities & Property Management

Appeal in case concerning R40m SA-Zimbabwe border fence dismissed

11 Apr 2024

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Services

Icasa forms Council Committee to gauge impact of load shedding on communications industry

30 May 2023

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Competition Law

Tribunal to prosecute SAPS' PPE supplier for price gouging

22 May 2023

Government revokes 'state of disaster' over power crisis

Energy

Government revokes 'state of disaster' over power crisis

Kopano Gumbi 5 Apr 2023

SA fights to keep phone networks up as lights go out

Telecoms & Networks

SA fights to keep phone networks up as lights go out

Nqobile Dludla 5 Apr 2023

Source: Tiger Brands

ESG

#WorldWaterDay: Tiger Brands invests R35m in water infrastructure to mitigate load shedding impact

22 Mar 2023

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court challenge to SIU findings against Nelson Mandela Bay's Covid spending fails

Tania Broughton 15 Mar 2023

Meet the newly appointed minister of electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Energy

Meet the newly appointed minister of electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

7 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters. Paul Mashatile is President Cyril Ramaphosa's second in command.

Economy

The Big Reshuffle: Can SA's new national executive save the day?

Katja Hamilton 7 Mar 2023

Western Cape looks to alternatives as energy baseload becoming increasingly unreliable

Energy

Western Cape looks to alternatives as energy baseload becoming increasingly unreliable

Sindy Peters 3 Mar 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

Electricity National State of Disaster regulations gazetted

28 Feb 2023

Image source: CDC from

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

The critical role NGOs play in South Africa

27 Feb 2023

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

Health & Social Welfare

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

23 Feb 2023

#Budget2023: Increase in threshold for transfer duty exemption good news for home buyers

Residential Property

#Budget2023: Increase in threshold for transfer duty exemption good news for home buyers

Dr Andrew Golding 23 Feb 2023

#Sopa2023: Gauteng commits R1.2bn towards energy security in the province

Energy

#Sopa2023: Gauteng commits R1.2bn towards energy security in the province

22 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Patrick Buthelezi, economist at Sanlam Investments.

Budget Speech

Government expenditure: accelerate a shift from consumption to investment

Patrick Buthelezi 21 Feb 2023

Health & Social Welfare

National State of Disaster declared on floods

14 Feb 2023

Explainer - How will the 'state of disaster' resolve the power crisis?

Energy

Explainer - How will the 'state of disaster' resolve the power crisis?

Carien du Plessis and Kopano Gumbi 13 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Analysis | State of disaster must be a temporary solution with an exit strategy already in the offing

Raymond Parsons 10 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering his Sona address in parliament.

Economy

#Sona2023: The state of the rand

Andre Cilliers 10 Feb 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

ANC wants 'state of disaster' declared over power crisis

Energy

ANC wants 'state of disaster' declared over power crisis

31 Jan 2023

Loyiso Twala, McCann Joburg's chief creative officer, examines what the new normal means to the creative industry

Marketing

#BizTrends2023: Going beyond the so-called "new normal"

Loyiso Twala 9 Jan 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Healthcare

Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2022: Healthcare

12 Dec 2022

Positive travel trends reported by City Lodge Hotels

Tourism & Travel

Positive travel trends reported by City Lodge Hotels

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 30 Nov 2022

4 ways to increase store traffic by tapping into the spirit of ubuntu

Retail

4 ways to increase store traffic by tapping into the spirit of ubuntu

Semona Pillay 13 Oct 2022

Image source: Karolina Grabowska from

Occupational Health & Safety

New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

Remote working is here to stay: what businesses must now consider

Financial Services

Remote working is here to stay: what businesses must now consider

Dr Richard Malkin 20 Jun 2022

Bringing back the magic

Radio & Audio

Bringing back the magic

Issued by Magic828 Music Radio 2 Jun 2022

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Affordable & Social Housing

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Liezl Human 26 May 2022

PR & Communications

It's all about the energy

Marie Yossava, Issued by Grapevine Communications 12 May 2022

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Primary & Secondary Education

UPDATE: Schools are NOT mask-free zones for kids

5 May 2022

Over 600 schools impacted by KZN floods

Primary & Secondary Education

Over 600 schools impacted by KZN floods

29 Apr 2022

Sanral suspends toll fee payment at uThongathi, Umvoti toll plazas

Transport

Sanral suspends toll fee payment at uThongathi, Umvoti toll plazas

26 Apr 2022

How SA's small businesses can thrive in a new market reality

SMEs

How SA's small businesses can thrive in a new market reality

25 Apr 2022

#KZNflooding: Integrated planning, resilient infrastructure key to future urban development

Infrastructure & Utilities

#KZNflooding: Integrated planning, resilient infrastructure key to future urban development

22 Apr 2022

KZN floods detail the effect of climate change, Cogta minister says

Climate Change

KZN floods detail the effect of climate change, Cogta minister says

20 Apr 2022

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Legislation & Regulation

Updated rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 14 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied. Members of Vodacom and the Western Cape Department of Health, with Premier Alan Winde, at the announcement of the distribution of 257 new cold-chain units across the province.

Covid-19

Ensuring SA's vaccine safety in the cold chain

11 Apr 2022

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Competition Law

Pricing of essential food items remains key focus for authorities

Lerisha Naidu, Sphesihle Nxumalo and Jarryd Hartley 8 Apr 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

State of Disaster: The end... but not the end for employers

7 Apr 2022

Source: iStock.

Healthcare

South Africa must not allow Health Act amendments to replace State of Disaster regulations

Cilliers Brink 6 Apr 2022

Healthcare

SAMA welcomes lifting of National State of Disaster

6 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied.

Economy

Premier Winde celebrates end of the National State of Disaster

5 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

The National State of Disaster ends

5 Apr 2022

Image source: © Romolo Tavani –

Legal

National State of Disaster to end soon

30 Mar 2022

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Labour Law

Trio of employment law developments in South Africa

Tracy van der Colff and Kirsty Gibson 28 Mar 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Adjusted Alert Level 1 restrictions eased

23 Mar 2022

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Labour Law & Unions

New code on vaccination in the workplace

Tania Broughton 22 Mar 2022