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Primary & Secondary Education

Results of alleged 2025 matric exam cheats to be delayed

2 days

Source: GroundUp/Vincent Lali.

Construction & Engineering

City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters

Vincent Lali 2 days

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Goldman Sachs expects South Africa's rand to extend gains as conditions improve

Colleen Goko and Anathi Madubela 2 days

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IP Law

Adoption of latest Nice Classification: What this means for SA trade marks

Marcelle Samons and Alicia van der Walt 3 days

South Africa should push for Sacu reform to unlock trade flexibility

Agriculture

South Africa should push for Sacu reform to unlock trade flexibility

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Jan 2026

Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers find products beyond its marketplace, but retailers argue the experiment exposes a deeper tension over data ownership, consent and who really controls the future of online shopping (Image source: © 123rf )

E-commerce

Online retailers push back against Amazon's Shop Direct

7 Jan 2026

As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

7 Jan 2026

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Sales

SA retail landscape shifts as consumers vote with their wallets

Issued by Caxton Media 7 Jan 2026

Source: GroundUp/Vincent Lali.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance

Vincent Lali 6 Jan 2026

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Primary & Secondary Education

Matric 2025 results release: Key dates and access details

Shan Radcliffe 6 Jan 2026

Is your teen prepared for the matric results?

Higher Education

Is your teen prepared for the matric results?

Issued by SACAP 6 Jan 2026

The future of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beyond the March 2027 extension remains uncertain. Archive photo: Chris Gilili

Health & Social Welfare

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Marecia Damons 6 Jan 2026

The promise of “everything delivered in 30 minutes” has become a daily standard in Chinese cities (Image source: © e27

E-commerce

Instant Retail: Beyond supercharged delivery

31 Dec 2025

Land & Property Law

Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal

Raymond Joseph 29 Dec 2025

5 surprising dangers of shopping through social media (and how to spot them before it’s too late)

Social Media

5 surprising dangers of shopping through social media (and how to spot them before it’s too late)

Sonwabile Wolela, Issued by Offernet 23 Dec 2025

Legislative updates and industry news – November 2025

Financial Services

Legislative updates and industry news – November 2025

Danica Pretorius, Issued by Ambledown 22 Dec 2025

Public Health

Telling people to use antibiotics responsibly isn’t enough. What will work instead

Marina Joubert 22 Dec 2025

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, is appealing a HPCSA ruling against her. Photo: “” by ().

Ethics & Medicolegal

SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine

Joan van Dyk 19 Dec 2025

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Law Practice

KZN magistrate suspended without pay

Tania Broughton 19 Dec 2025

Source: GroundUp

Affordable & Social Housing

After the shelter: Cape Town’s urgent need to house homeless people

Matthew Hirsch 18 Dec 2025

Thinkerneur launches ‘Tegs’ to position South Africa’s education as global benchmark

Higher Education

Thinkerneur launches ‘Tegs’ to position South Africa’s education as global benchmark

Issued by Thinkerneur 17 Dec 2025

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CSI & Philanthropy

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty: new study

Arvid O. I. Hoffmann, David Matthews, Sally Rao Hill, and Ying Zou 17 Dec 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Matric results to be published in newspapers, media as usual: High Court rules

15 Dec 2025

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites is seen over Sebastian Inlet after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, 26 February 2025. Reuters/Sam Wolfe

Corporate & Commercial Law

SA eases ownership rules, opening door for Starlink and other foreign operators

Nqobile Dludla 15 Dec 2025

Higher Education

Deregistration threat looms over CityVarsity, Damelin, and ICESA City campuses

15 Dec 2025

When amendments to the Companies Act are signed into law, companies will have to disclose the gap between the highest-paid and the lowest-paid employee. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Remuneration & Payroll

New law will reveal South Africa’s huge pay gaps

Dr Salomé Teuteberg 12 Dec 2025

Source: GroundUp/Joseph Chirume. When GroundUp visited the incomplete Sarah Baartman Remembrance Centre in Hankey there was no sign of activity.

Construction & Engineering

Broken promises: Sarah Baartman Centre is a case study in government failure

Joseph Chirume 12 Dec 2025

Source: Transnet

Supply Chain

Transnet, ICTSI ink 25-year Durban Pier 2 deal, industry calls for transparency

11 Dec 2025

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

IAB Bookmarks Awards

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

11 Dec 2025

When it rains, roads are unsafe and scholar transport doesn’t operate. Children from Skhwane village need to walk about 15km to school. Photos: Bongane Motaung / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Community fights to reopen primary school

Bongane Motaung 10 Dec 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Sanbi’s National Biodiversity Assessment enters its digital era

Maroefah Smith 10 Dec 2025

Source: GroundUp.

Infrastructure & Utilities

R311m and counting but this Limpopo taxi rank has never opened

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 9 Dec 2025

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Agriculture

Africa’s longest-running grassland research project offers up a wealth of knowledge

Craig Morris 9 Dec 2025

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Higher Education

Beware bogus educational institutions targeting 2025 matriculants

8 Dec 2025

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks.

Property Development

Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital

Matthew Hirsch 8 Dec 2025

Lesotho regulator finds Vodacom guilty of unfair market practices

Telecoms & Networks

Lesotho regulator finds Vodacom guilty of unfair market practices

Sechaba Mokheth 5 Dec 2025

Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages

Media

Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages

Thembi Siaga and Anton van Zyl 4 Dec 2025

Proof over perception, South African PR begins measuring what really matters

PR & Communications

Proof over perception, South African PR begins measuring what really matters

Issued by Ornico 4 Dec 2025

Radio & Audio

Jozi FM chair arrested over missing lottery millions

4 Dec 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

New Plant Improvement Act comes into effect

3 Dec 2025

Four months ago, final environmental authorisation was given for the construction of a second nuclear power plant for South Africa at Duynefontein, which currently hosts the 1,940-megawatt (MW) Koeberg nuclear facility, pictured above. Photo: Brent Meersman

Nuclear Power

Eskom starts environmental assessment for a third nuclear power station

John Yeld 3 Dec 2025

The Western Cape High Court has ordered the Western Cape Education department to develop a proper management plan within six months to deal with late school admissions. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Court lambasts WCED, orders it to fix late school admissions

Tania Broughton 2 Dec 2025

Community leader Vuyani Madikane opens a tap at Ethembeni informal settlement, Khayelitsha, to show that they have not had consistent water since the taps were installed earlier this year. Photo: Vincent Lali

Food, Water & Energy Security

Illegal connections leave hundreds of Cape Town households without water

Vincent Lali 2 Dec 2025

Source: Reuters.

Infrastructure & Utilities

More than R200m spent on unused sports stadiums by Limpopo municipalities

GroundUp Staff and The Outlier 1 Dec 2025

Source: GroundUp.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Disability organisation loses Constantia land claim battle

Tania Broughton 28 Nov 2025

The generational power of education: A legacy that begins with one degree

Higher Education

The generational power of education: A legacy that begins with one degree

Nandipha Mbhele, Issued by Regent Business School 28 Nov 2025

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Law Practice

Head of Special Tribunal quits after one year

Raymond Joseph 28 Nov 2025

Social Media

News influencers are reshaping the media – insights from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

Amy Ross Arguedas and Nic Newman 28 Nov 2025

Newspapers

New Afrikaans newspaper launching in 2026

28 Nov 2025