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Marilize Jacobs wants African PR professionals to take charge of the African story. Source: Supplied.

PR & Communications

#WPRD2025: VocalCord PR's Marilize Jacobs on stereotyping African narratives

Marilize Jacobs 16 Jul 2025

Parliament recently heard submissions on the One-Stop Border Post Bill. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Legislation & Regulation

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

Jan Bornman 11 Jun 2025

The panel featuring communications leaders from Armenia, Ukraine, Ghana, Switzerland and South Africa at the World Communications Forum’s PR Summit in Davos with Lebo Madia, PR Powerhouse, centre (In blue) (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Trust Engineers: The rise of strategic communicators in an age of AI, conflict and cultural complexity

Lebo Madiba 16 Apr 2025

Western Cape’s Grade R, 1 and 8 admissions open: Full application details

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape’s Grade R, 1 and 8 admissions open: Full application details

6 Mar 2025

Financial Services

South Africa, Trump and the EWC

Issued by Aluma Capital 4 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Tongogara Refugee Camp.

Financial Services

Mukuru: Transforming aid disbursements, payroll, and bulk payments in Malawi and Zimbabwe

3 Jan 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

Legal

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

17 Dec 2024

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

Informal Retailing

Deadline looms for spaza shop registration

11 Dec 2024

Guide to register spaza shops

Regulatory

Guide to register spaza shops

26 Nov 2024

Branding

Should brands take a stance on social and political issues?

Geetanjali Saluja and Nitika Garg 29 Aug 2024

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Public Health

Mpox: No global lockdowns, emphasis on increased education, vigilance, airport screening and monitoring

Katja Hamilton 24 Aug 2024

Source: © LIA Michelle Marais, senior copywriter at Dentsu Creative and a 2024 Cannes See It.Be It. recipient talks about being a female in the creative industry at the tip of Africa

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Michelle Marais - Working in advertising takes guts; as a woman even more so

Danette Breitenbach 6 Aug 2024

Gauteng online learner registration process begins

Primary & Secondary Education

Gauteng online learner registration process begins

11 Jul 2024

#AfricaMonth: Jane Nshuti, transforming African foodways with plant-based cuisine

Travel

#AfricaMonth: Jane Nshuti, transforming African foodways with plant-based cuisine

Robin Fredericks 31 May 2024

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Higher Education

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Mary-Anne Gontsana 10 May 2024

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

Cabinet approves Final White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection

18 Apr 2024

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Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape online learner application deadline looms

5 Apr 2024

Nat Geo profiles photographers in new series

Streaming

Nat Geo profiles photographers in new series

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 12 Mar 2024

WCED opens Grade 1 and 8 admissions for 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

WCED opens Grade 1 and 8 admissions for 2025

11 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2024

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

Public comments on White Paper on Citizenship, Migration and Refugee Protection extended

11 Jan 2024

The Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Refugees Act which dictate that asylum seekers who have not renewed their visas within a month of expiry are considered to have permanently abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Tania Broughton 13 Dec 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

Parliament passes key Bills

7 Dec 2023

Tresor launches R100m Jacquel Ventures investment firm

Lifestyle

Tresor launches R100m Jacquel Ventures investment firm

22 Nov 2023

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

Zimbabwe permit application dismissed: no need for it, say judges

Tania Broughton 8 Nov 2023

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

Draft White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection approved for publication

6 Nov 2023

Image source: michael spring –

Health & Social Welfare

Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

Human Rights Law

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

GT3-based Mustang GTD, the wildest pony yet

Dealers

GT3-based Mustang GTD, the wildest pony yet

21 Aug 2023

Pongrácz the only SA sparkling wine awarded Grand Gold in Belgium

FMCG

Pongrácz the only SA sparkling wine awarded Grand Gold in Belgium

Issued by Heineken Beverages 20 Jun 2023

Source © City A.M. WPP has released its full year and Q4 financial results showing a positive outlook for the industry

Marketing & Media

WPP 2022 results show positive outlook for the industry

24 Feb 2023

The Western Cape High Court declared sections of the Refugees Act unconstitutional. The sections provide that asylum seekers who do not renew their visas within one month of the date of expiry are considered to have abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

High Court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

Tania Broughton 21 Feb 2023

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Family Law

Court rules on unwed fathers

Tania Broughton 18 Jan 2023

Stellenbosch University partners with Harvard Law School's Institute for Global Law and Policy

Higher Education

Stellenbosch University partners with Harvard Law School's Institute for Global Law and Policy

Issued by Stone 18 Jan 2023

A shot from Battle of the Year - Nigeria

The One Club for Creativity

South African production wins at One Screen Short Film Festival

2 Dec 2022

Image source: Zachary Vessels from

Human Rights Law

How SA's legislation harms foreign national children

Elgene Roos 16 Nov 2022

Image supplied: Bolt Food country manager, Tafadzwa Samushonga

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie: Tafadzwa Samushonga, Bolt Food country manager

Emily Stander 9 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

WHO to switch to one dose of two-dose cholera vaccine amid rising outbreaks

20 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied.

Film & Cinematography

Critically acclaimed Sotho and Swazi films to be shown at European Film Festival

27 Sep 2022

Retail Services

Trolley assistants at malls pay a "fee" to be allowed to collect tips from shoppers

Tariro Washinyira 8 Sep 2022

Image supplied: Msaki performed with The Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra

Music

Mzansi NPO performance highlights plight of asylum seekers

25 Aug 2022

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Primary & Secondary Education

Gauteng online registration for Grades 1 and 8 opens Friday

19 Jul 2022

South African engineers are trying to solve the global water crisis

Infrastructure & Utilities

South African engineers are trying to solve the global water crisis

Neil Thomas Stacey 11 Jul 2022

#YouthMonth: We may be young, but we are not ignorant

Law Practice

#YouthMonth: We may be young, but we are not ignorant

Shan Radcliffe 23 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Healthcare

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

Image: Demonstrators protest outside of an airport perimeter fence against a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, at Gatwick Airport near Crawley, Britain, 12 June 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville

Human Rights Law

UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

Andrew MacAskill 13 Jun 2022

Source: © Sergei Dogadin

Media

Another journalist murdered in the line of duty

13 May 2022

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Primary & Secondary Education

Gauteng online admissions for Grade 1 and 8 to open soon

11 May 2022