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Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Sweden to increase military spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2030 after Ukraine conflict

17 Apr 2025

New pilot project will help detainees who cannot afford bail. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Coming soon: Fund to help people pay bail

18 Mar 2025

Criminal Law

Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate

Daniel Steyn 23 Sep 2024

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Advertising

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jul 2024

Design thinking as a superpower: Meet Calvin Mayanta

Higher Education

Design thinking as a superpower: Meet Calvin Mayanta

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 20 Sep 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

High Court sets aside multi-million rand prisons renovation contract

30 Aug 2023

President Ramaphosa has announced that people convicted of non-violent crimes will be released from South Africa’s overcrowded prisons. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Criminal Law

Thousands of non-violent offenders due for early release from prison

Ciaran Ryan 17 Aug 2023

Former South African president Jacob Zuma reacts as he addresses a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 October 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Criminal Law

Zuma appears at prison, released under remission process

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 11 Aug 2023

DStv Content Creator Awards nominees revealed

Lifestyle

DStv Content Creator Awards nominees revealed

20 Jul 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Healthcare

Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

FMCG

Tiger Brands' food industry service solution introduces name change and innovative brand positioning

Issued by OLC Through The Line Communications 15 Jun 2023

Africa's minerals and energy potential: A modern-day 'gold rush'

Markets & Investment

Africa's minerals and energy potential: A modern-day 'gold rush'

Bhavtik Vallabhjee 14 Jun 2023

The Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival returns

Events

The Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival returns

15 Mar 2023

Architecture & Design

SAIA inaugurates Amira Osman as new president at high-profile event

6 Feb 2023

Law Practice

Gender responsive correctional centre launched

14 Dec 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Public sector strike action may put the new ESC Regulations to the test

Lizle Louw & Siya Ngcamu 21 Nov 2022

Media

Philippines prison chief arrested for murder of radio journalist

8 Nov 2022

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NHI

Collaboration is key to sustainably transforming South Africa's healthcare system

Damian McHugh 4 Nov 2022

It would be wrong for teachers to strike so close to learners’ exams, says the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Two teachers' unions agree to 3% wage increase

Chris Gilili 7 Oct 2022

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Medical Aid

Partnership to enable universal healthcare

29 Sep 2021

#OnTheBigScreen: In the Heights, Spirit Untamed and The Misfits

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: In the Heights, Spirit Untamed and The Misfits

Daniel Dercksen 11 Jun 2021

Events & Conferencing

INMA recognises 58 initiatives with top prizes in Global Media Awards

7 Jun 2021

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 3 Black Pencils, 231 Culture, Design and Impact winners

D&AD Awards

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 3 Black Pencils, 231 Culture, Design and Impact winners

27 May 2021

Pieter-Dirk Uys to open Artfluence Human Rights Fest with keynote address

Art

Pieter-Dirk Uys to open Artfluence Human Rights Fest with keynote address

21 Apr 2021

Dr Mohammed Rassool, deputy director, and Dr Pauline Howell, senior medical officer, Clinical HIV Research Unit

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Dramatic strides in research, but with challenges

Mohammed Rassool & Pauline Howell 24 Mar 2021

A tribute to a giant in the palliative care community

Palliative care

A tribute to a giant in the palliative care community

Issued by MANGO-OMC 19 Mar 2021

Mining

New capital opportunities for tomorrow's coal sector

Aubrey Chauke 26 Aug 2020

This is how rural areas can be developed through agriculture

Agriculture

This is how rural areas can be developed through agriculture

24 Jul 2020

D&AD announces winners for New Blood Awards 2020 including two SA entries!

D&AD Awards

D&AD announces winners for New Blood Awards 2020 including two SA entries!

10 Jul 2020

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Covid-19

Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Insurance & Actuarial

A new environment for insurers and claimants

Maria Philippides, Raynold Tlhavani, Caroline Theodosiou, Lisa Swaine, Justin Malherbe & Kim Rew 19 Mar 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Public Health

Covid-19 declared national disaster

16 Mar 2020

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

Media Freedom

The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Perimeter fences are getting more smart

Technology

Perimeter fences are getting more smart

6 Dec 2019

Are prisons part of the problem or part of the solution?

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Are prisons part of the problem or part of the solution?

Issued by OnPoint PR 21 Nov 2019

Drones - a new threat that needs to be included in your cybersecurity strategy

Cybersecurity

Drones - a new threat that needs to be included in your cybersecurity strategy

31 Oct 2019

Court victory for transgender prisoners

Human Rights Law

Court victory for transgender prisoners

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 30 Sep 2019

Prison security to be tightened after breaches

Criminal Law

Prison security to be tightened after breaches

3 Jul 2019

Concerns over incomplete FS drug treatment centre

Public Health

Concerns over incomplete FS drug treatment centre

7 Mar 2019

Social Media Week Lagos.

Social Media

Discussions around future of media and social activism in Nigeria

28 Jan 2019

Zimbabwe must be held accountable for rights abuses

Media Freedom

Zimbabwe must be held accountable for rights abuses

28 Jan 2019

Rumboll captions this: “Everything is unfolding as it should."

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie with... Elaine Rumboll

Leigh Andrews 16 Jan 2019

SA citizen charged on terror-related activities

Criminal Law

SA citizen charged on terror-related activities

2 Jan 2019

The Shortmarket Club expands with The Commissary

Food & Wine

The Shortmarket Club expands with The Commissary

Eugene Yiga 12 Dec 2018

12 African social enterprises awarded funding from Google

ESG

12 African social enterprises awarded funding from Google

4 Dec 2018

Feeding cities in the 21st century: Why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience

Agriculture

Feeding cities in the 21st century: Why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience

Rachel Carey, Jennifer Sheridan and Kirsten Larsen 6 Dec 2018

SA, Kenya to introduce multiple entry visa

Travel

SA, Kenya to introduce multiple entry visa

6 Nov 2018

Shortmarket Club chef duo go back to basics with The Commissary

Food & Wine

Shortmarket Club chef duo go back to basics with The Commissary

11 Oct 2018

Important victory for smaller trade unions

Labour Law & Unions

Important victory for smaller trade unions

Kathleen Mpofu 21 Sep 2018

#Mandela100: Obama and active citizenship: why his Mandela address matters

#BizUnity

#Mandela100: Obama and active citizenship: why his Mandela address matters

Aaron X. Smith 17 Jul 2018