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Energy

SA’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heard

Luke Sinwell 18 Aug 2025

Work, wages and women: The gender divide persists in pay and senior representation

Employment Equity

Work, wages and women: The gender divide persists in pay and senior representation

Issued by Pnet 8 Aug 2025

Source: Makhanda Tourism.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Steve Kretzmann 30 Jul 2025

Image credit: Phu Nguyen on Pexels

Circular Economy & Waste Management

#WorldPopulationDay: Urgent solutions for the global waste crisis amid population surge

Justin Bott 11 Jul 2025

Source: Holland & Associates (fair use). The Namaquasfontein Skool Dam was illegally enlarged in 2017.

Construction & Engineering

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

John Yeld 27 Jun 2025

A lack of refuse removal services in Caledon’s Riemvasmaak informal settlement results in waste being dumped at the bottom of the hill on the bank of the Bath River. Riemvasmaak resident Anele Boyce said the dumping problem could be reduced if the municipality supplied bin bags and a skip. Photos: Steve Kretzmann

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jun 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

South Africa's $5.8bn Hive project aims to lead low-cost ammonia output

Wendell Roelf 12 Jun 2025

2025 BMX Freestyle South African champions named

Sport

2025 BMX Freestyle South African champions named

10 Jun 2025

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Land & Property Law

Voetstoots clause won't protect disingenuous developers

Sandra Sithole, Rethabile Shabalala and Kimara Rampersad 28 May 2025

Jannine Purkiss challenges the age-old myth that process kills creativity. She says process should not crush creativity; it should make space for it (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Creative Chaos? Not on my watch. Why process is the secret ingredient to innovation

Jannine Purkiss 30 Apr 2025

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Banking & Finance

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Thabani Ndwandwe 13 Mar 2025

#Budget2025: Sin taxes adjusted above the expected inflation rate

Banking & Finance

#Budget2025: Sin taxes adjusted above the expected inflation rate

13 Mar 2025

Former Prasa acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (right) exits the Gqeberha Regional Court with his advocate, Mzwamadoda Mnyani. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Former Prasa acting CEO pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

12 Mar 2025

Securing SA’s agricultural future with advanced irrigation technology

Agriculture

Securing SA’s agricultural future with advanced irrigation technology

19 Feb 2025

CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Higher Education

CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Marecia Damons 10 Feb 2025

Unlocking SME funding in South Africa: What you need to know for 2025

Funding

Unlocking SME funding in South Africa: What you need to know for 2025

19 Nov 2024

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Tax Law

What the ConCourt has to say about understatement penalties

Esther van Schalkwyk 15 Nov 2024

Image source: Eranda Kumarapperuma –

Food, Water & Energy Security

City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions

12 Nov 2024

#WorldPhotographyDay: Tyrone Bradley, photographer at Red Bull SA

Art

#WorldPhotographyDay: Tyrone Bradley, photographer at Red Bull SA

Evan-Lee Courie 19 Aug 2024

Paul Colmer is an Exco member at Wireless Access Provider’s Association (WAPA)

Telecoms & Networks

Allocating 6GHz spectrum for 5G in SA is foolish

Paul Colmer 1 Jul 2024

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

Supply Chain

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

27 Jun 2024

Financial Services

BCG appoints Aly-Khan Jamal as managing director and partner in its Nigeria office

4 Jun 2024

Water: The essence of life

Food, Water & Energy Security

Water: The essence of life

Issued by Safripol 23 Apr 2024

Cheers to St Patrick's Day! Guinness specials and more at City Lodge Hotels!

Tourism

Cheers to St Patrick's Day! Guinness specials and more at City Lodge Hotels!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 11 Mar 2024

Assaults on learners: Appeal court says tougher sanctions must apply to teachers

Primary & Secondary Education

Assaults on learners: Appeal court says tougher sanctions must apply to teachers

Tania Broughton 10 Apr 2024

SADC economic future takes flight – Aviation leaders call for liberalisation of skies

Aviation

SADC economic future takes flight – Aviation leaders call for liberalisation of skies

11 Mar 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

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Member of the Mayoral Committee for Water, Sanitation and Energy, Thembi Msane at the launch of the Cossins mega reservoir in the City of Ekurhuleni

Infrastructure & Utilities

Ekurhuleni commissions new reservoir, boosting water supply and jobs

10 Dec 2023

Image source: Allan Swart –

IP Law

SA's battle against fake goods

Mohamed Khader 7 Nov 2023

Source: Facebook/Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers.

Affordable & Social Housing

Challenges await returning District Six claimants at Hanover Street housing complex

25 Oct 2023

Property

Second Johannesburg gas blast - five admitted to hospital after Braamfontein maintenance accident

Michelle Banda 6 Sep 2023

SU and Pham have retrofitted a taxi to become an EV. Source: Supplied

AutoTech

Stellenbosch University electric taxi project ramps up

15 Aug 2023

R5.2bn Potsdam Wastewater Works upgrade underway

Infrastructure & Utilities

R5.2bn Potsdam Wastewater Works upgrade underway

11 Aug 2023

CoJ engineers identify 3 potential causes of Joburg CBD explosion

Infrastructure & Utilities

CoJ engineers identify 3 potential causes of Joburg CBD explosion

21 Jul 2023

Why learning a trade can open more doors for young people

Skills Development

Why learning a trade can open more doors for young people

22 Jun 2023

Vincent Leygonie wins inaugural BMX Freestyle SA Champs

Sport

Vincent Leygonie wins inaugural BMX Freestyle SA Champs

31 May 2023

Inside Education Foundation launches African Science and Technology Teachers Awards

Primary & Secondary Education

Inside Education Foundation launches African Science and Technology Teachers Awards

Issued by Inside Education 31 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africans blame City of Tshwane as cholera cases rise

Catherine Schenck 23 May 2023

Lack of qualified artisans a constraint to SA's economic growth

Skills Development

Lack of qualified artisans a constraint to SA's economic growth

Zizile Lushaba 4 Apr 2023

How cars 'waste' two thirds of their fuel

Fuel & Energy

How cars 'waste' two thirds of their fuel

Noël Brunetière 16 Mar 2023