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Can citizens take action against the state to maintain critical infrastructure?

Human Rights Law

Can citizens take action against the state to maintain critical infrastructure?

Richard Hoal, Issued by Cox Yeats 18 hours

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

2 hot Mercedes E53 AMGs are now on sale in SA

Dealers

2 hot Mercedes E53 AMGs are now on sale in SA

17 Jun 2025

2025 BMX Freestyle South African champions named

Sport

2025 BMX Freestyle South African champions named

10 Jun 2025

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

23 Apr 2025

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Labour Law

The complex business of outsourcing and the implications of Section 197

Jacques van Wyk and Mike Searle 27 Mar 2025

Recycling vs. upcycling: What’s the difference and why it matters?

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Recycling vs. upcycling: What’s the difference and why it matters?

Issued by dotGOOD 17 Mar 2025

Securing SA’s agricultural future with advanced irrigation technology

Agriculture

Securing SA’s agricultural future with advanced irrigation technology

19 Feb 2025

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 to explore emerging trends and transformative works

Art

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025 to explore emerging trends and transformative works

14 Feb 2025

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

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Food, Water & Energy Security

City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions

12 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Markets & Investment

Buying a fixer-upper property: 7 things every investor should check

17 Oct 2024

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest plastic polluter: expert insights into the crisis

Wale Fatade 13 Sep 2024

A farmer tends to dried cannabis bundle in Ketama, in the northern Rif mountains, Morocco, 12 March 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

Criminal Law

Morocco pardons nearly 5,000 cannabis farming convicts

Ahmed Eljechtimi 21 Aug 2024

Digital

Google monopoly ruling: where the tech giant goes from here

Renaud Foucart 19 Aug 2024

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

ESG

V&A Waterfront launches the "Our Better Nature" (OBN) platform

8 Jul 2024

Unitrans enhances last-mile fuel delivery with state-of-the-art technology

Logistics & Transport

Unitrans enhances last-mile fuel delivery with state-of-the-art technology

Issued by Unitrans 4 Jun 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Latest trends in machines tools market on display at Machine Tools Africa

Machinery

Latest trends in machines tools market on display at Machine Tools Africa

Issued by Machine Tools Africa 2024 14 May 2024

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Image: Supplied

Circular Economy & Waste Management

R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: Audi and Ogilvy's AI-generated ad is a piece of art

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Audi and Ogilvy's AI-generated ad is a piece of art

Brendan Seery 20 Mar 2024

REVIEW: The awe-inspiring Ford Ranger Raptor

Launches & Reviews

REVIEW: The awe-inspiring Ford Ranger Raptor

Imran Salie 6 Mar 2024

Image supplied. Fifteen green sector startups participated in the Grindstone South Africa programme, a partnership between the Anglo American Foundation (AAF) and Grindstone South Africa

Funding

Grindstone South Africa programme champions green startups, VEZ Technologies takes top prize

14 Feb 2024

Mossel Bay infrastructure upgrade set to boost Garden Route economy

Infrastructure & Utilities

Mossel Bay infrastructure upgrade set to boost Garden Route economy

7 Feb 2024

Property

The 2024 property gold rush: prices soar, stocks shrink and early birds secure the worm!

6 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Design Quarter Fourways: A transformed lifestyle retail hub

8 Nov 2023

Legacy of Ford in Southern Africa: Iconic vehicles over generations

Dealers

Legacy of Ford in Southern Africa: Iconic vehicles over generations

Wilhelm Lutjeharms 7 Nov 2023

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and the water crisis

Accounting & Auditing

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and the water crisis

Issued by SAICA 1 Nov 2023

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Affordable & Social Housing

Challenges await returning District Six claimants at Hanover Street housing complex

25 Oct 2023

SA deciduous fruit industry reeling under flood disaster

Agro-processing

SA deciduous fruit industry reeling under flood disaster

16 Oct 2023

Dentsu unveils the media trends set to shape 2024

Media

Dentsu unveils the media trends set to shape 2024

Issued by Dentsu 6 Oct 2023

Food, Water & Energy Security

Overstrand Municipality's taps run dry

29 Sep 2023

Food, Water & Energy Security

High water usage puts strain on system

18 Sep 2023

Surprising factors spur growth in bottled water

Research

Surprising factors spur growth in bottled water

Issued by BMi Research 18 Sep 2023

Ford SA, Gift of the Givers upgrade school facilities in Komani

Dealers

Ford SA, Gift of the Givers upgrade school facilities in Komani

18 Aug 2023

1 killed, 48 injured following explosion in Joburg CBD

Infrastructure & Utilities

1 killed, 48 injured following explosion in Joburg CBD

20 Jul 2023

Mercedes-AMG C43 differentiates from the rest of the C-class with signature AMG visual upgrades. Source: Supplied

Launches & Reviews

Review: Mercedes-AMG C43

Naresh Maharaj 17 Jul 2023

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

Infrastructure & Utilities

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

7 Jun 2023

#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

Infrastructure & Utilities

#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

22 Mar 2023

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Lessons in collaboration to help strengthen SA's water governance

Margo Paterson and John Dini 9 Mar 2023

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Land & Property Law

Voetstoots and property defects: What you should know before signing an agreement

Matome Matsheta and Thokozani Khumalo 6 Mar 2023

Image: South Beach in Durban earlier this February after heavy rains. Much of it comes from rivers that empty into the sea. Photos: Lucas Nowicki | GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Call for government to save Durban's contaminated rivers

Lucas Nowicki 27 Feb 2023