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The first Loerie Awards were awarded last night, 8 October (Image @ Loeries

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | All the winners from night 1

1 day

Qualified artisans across South Africa have been waiting years for Red Seal certificates from the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Artisans forced to wait years for Red Seal certificates

Alice Scott 6 Oct 2026

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Woolies’ Ralph Jewson to chair SA Plastics Pact’s new steering committee

6 Oct 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Following PetroSA’s contaminated-fuel scandal, the AA calls on govt to act

5 Oct 2026

The iPendoring Awards finalists have been announced. Pictured: Promise: Pendoring 2024 Umpetha winners )

Pendoring

All the iPendoring 2026 finalists

2 Oct 2026

According to Cape Town’s Inner City Local Spatial Development Framework, only 30% of apartments or houses in the inner city are available for long-term leases, or occupied by their owners. The remainder “are either hotel managed or Airbnb”. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Residential Property

Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis

Leila Kidson 1 Oct 2026

Can an employer withhold an adjudication award over reversal and repayment concerns?

Corporate & Commercial Law

Can an employer withhold an adjudication award over reversal and repayment concerns?

Richard Hoal, Issued by Cox Yeats 29 Sep 2026

Executives have confused visibility with influence, and their communications teams are helping them do it says Nkateko Khosa, business unit director at Bold (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

How to prise the open thought leadership trap - and get read

Nkateko Khosa 25 Sep 2026

Shaun Jacobs promoted to deputy editor of Daily Investor

Online Media

Shaun Jacobs promoted to deputy editor of Daily Investor

Issued by Broad Media 23 Sep 2026

TDMC wins Bronze Large Agency of the Year at The Mark Awards 2026

Digital

TDMC wins Bronze Large Agency of the Year at The Mark Awards 2026

Issued by TDMC 22 Sep 2026

Bianke Neethling promoted to deputy editor of Daily Investor

Online Media

Bianke Neethling promoted to deputy editor of Daily Investor

Issued by Broad Media 22 Sep 2026

The Financial Times Weekend (FT Weekend is being printed and distributed locally in South Africa (Image supplied)

Newspapers

Financial Times Weekend now printed and delivered locally

21 Sep 2026

Road freight council under scrutiny over R2.59bn in worker benefit funds

Logistics & Transport

Road freight council under scrutiny over R2.59bn in worker benefit funds

21 Sep 2026

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Higher Education

Academics in South Africa have to focus on ‘outputs’: What’s lost when other work’s not counted

Curwyn Mapaling and Nokulunga Shabalala 17 Sep 2026

Workers strike at Masterpack in Johannesburg. Photo: Seth Thorne / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Bidvest packaging workers on strike

14 Sep 2026

South Africa’s biodiversity strategy must put nature before revenue

Agriculture

South Africa’s biodiversity strategy must put nature before revenue

Wikus Engelbrecht 15 Sep 2026

Netflix marks 10 years in South Africa

Streaming

Netflix marks 10 years in South Africa

11 Sep 2026

Get more from AI at work with role-specific skills

Higher Education

Get more from AI at work with role-specific skills

Issued by College SA 11 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Environment & Natural Resources

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

Auto workers suspend 11-week strike as talks continue

Manufacturing & Parts

Auto workers suspend 11-week strike as talks continue

Greg Dor 7 Sep 2026

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Architecture & Design

Shaped by Place: Saota marks 40 years of architectural practice

4 Sep 2026

Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga is one of Eskom’s coal-fired power plants. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Eskom in a coal mind: SA open to AI data centres, but at what electricity price?

3 Sep 2026

When is a personal post actually an advertisement?

Consumer Law

When is a personal post actually an advertisement?

Robyn Shepherd, Issued by SchoemanLaw 26 Aug 2026

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Competition Law

Higher thresholds, broader scope: What SA’s new Small Merger Guidelines mean for M&A

Shawn van der Meulen, Clare-Alice Vertue and Mavin Jonkers 25 Aug 2026

South Africa’s top financial companies have one thing in common

Online Media

South Africa’s top financial companies have one thing in common

Issued by Broad Media 20 Aug 2026

ABC Q2 2026 Magazines | Magazine circulation declines despite custom magazines growth

Magazines

ABC Q2 2026 Magazines | Magazine circulation declines despite custom magazines growth

Danette Breitenbach 20 Aug 2026

ABC Q2 2026 Newspapers | Circulation trends downwards

Newspapers

ABC Q2 2026 Newspapers | Circulation trends downwards

Danette Breitenbach 20 Aug 2026

Trialogue to launch inaugural Sustainable Business Tracker at Johannesburg symposium

ESG & Sustainability

Trialogue to launch inaugural Sustainable Business Tracker at Johannesburg symposium

Issued by Trialogue 18 Aug 2026

Icasa has granted licences to 18 new community radio stations (Image source: © 123rf )

Radio & Audio

18 Community stations granted licences

13 Aug 2026

Livia Dyer, Karl Blom, partners & Humayra Hajat, senior associate at Webber Wentzel, explain how South Africa's spectrum landscape is shifting (Image source: © 123rf )

Digital

SA's connectivity: What has changed, when it changed and why it matters

Livia Dyer, Karl Blom, Partners & Humayra Hajat 13 Aug 2026

South Africans in debt review spend 57.8% of their pay servicing unsecured debt

Financial Services

South Africans in debt review spend 57.8% of their pay servicing unsecured debt

Issued by Debt Solutions 4 U 4 Aug 2026

Debt Solutions 4U counsellor featured in Debtfree Magazine on annual credit report checks

Financial Services

Debt Solutions 4U counsellor featured in Debtfree Magazine on annual credit report checks

Issued by Debt Solutions 4 U 28 Jul 2026

Ekapa Minerals’ diamond mine in Kimberly has been placed into business rescue after a court challenge by NUMSA. Photo supplied

Mining

Numsa wins bid to block liquidation of diamond mine

Greg Dor 11 Aug 2026

How South African companies get their press releases published on BusinessTech

Online Media

How South African companies get their press releases published on BusinessTech

Issued by Broad Media 7 Aug 2026

Johannesburg named one of the world's top 10 cities for street food

Food & Wine

Johannesburg named one of the world's top 10 cities for street food

7 Aug 2026

South Africa’s magazine market is becoming more segmented — and that creates opportunity

Magazines

South Africa’s magazine market is becoming more segmented — and that creates opportunity

Issued by On the Dot 3 Aug 2026

#WPRD2026 | Trust, not traffic: What Nigeria's AI reckoning teaches South African communicators

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | Trust, not traffic: What Nigeria's AI reckoning teaches South African communicators

Covenant Nsa 30 Jul 2026

Media

Unpaid salaries rock SA's oldest continuously published paper

30 Jul 2026

Auto strike will set a precedent, says union

Commercial & Industrial

Auto strike will set a precedent, says union

Greg Dor 29 Jul 2026

Newsday is the fastest-growing news publication in South Africa

Online Media

Newsday is the fastest-growing news publication in South Africa

Issued by Broad Media 21 Sep 2026

#WPRD2026 | The real threat to PR Isn't AI. It's complacency.

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | The real threat to PR Isn't AI. It's complacency.

Karabo Ledwaba 29 Jul 2026

Why local journalism still matters in a digital-first world

Media

Why local journalism still matters in a digital-first world

Issued by Caxton Media 24 Jul 2026

Harvesting pine trees in the Dennedal compartment of Lower Tokai on 30 August 2016. Work was halted later that day by an urgent High Court interdict. Photos: John Yeld

Environment & Natural Resources

New battle looms over future of Tokai and Cecilia pine plantations

John Yeld 28 Jul 2026

Media

Sanef weighs in on FM, Currency lack of diversity

24 Jul 2026

The country that builds world champions is learning to build a world-class state

Events & Conferencing

The country that builds world champions is learning to build a world-class state

Issued by Topco Media 23 Jul 2026

Meekaaeel Adam’s The Trek debuts locally after global festival success

Film

Meekaaeel Adam’s The Trek debuts locally after global festival success

22 Jul 2026

Outa seeks urgent court order to suspend Aarto Phase 2 rollout

Logistics & Transport

Outa seeks urgent court order to suspend Aarto Phase 2 rollout

22 Jul 2026

Danette Breitenbach (second left) at the PRCA conference 2025.

World PR Day

It’s #WPRD2026. So what?

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jul 2026