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Corporate & Commercial Law

"It's commercially sensitive" is no longer enough to block PAIA requests

Ryan Tucker 10 hours

Influence begins within: The women helping move Kena Outdoor forward

Women's Month

Influence begins within: The women helping move Kena Outdoor forward

Karabo Chauke, Issued by Kena Outdoor 17 hours

Aabeed Adullatief, a Fairbridges Attorneys director, examines five legal lessons from production disputes (Image source: © 123rf )

Production

What most filmmakers overlook: 5 lessons to avoid a production dispute

Aabeed Adullatief 17 hours

Editor and freelancer bodies pledge closer ties

Media

Editor and freelancer bodies pledge closer ties

Issued by Safrea 2 days

A street in Phoenix, Durban. The Special Tribunal has set aside eThekwini’s “irregular” Phoenix housing deals. Archive photo: Benita Enoch / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

EThekwini housing contracts ruled unlawful

Tania Broughton 18 Aug 2026

Hundreds of students protested at CPUT’s Bellville campus on Wednesday. Photo: Emihle Ngwane / GroundUp

Higher Education

Protests force CPUT to withdraw student payment plan

Emihle Ngwane 14 Aug 2026

Report reveals growing customer frustration with SA mobile networks

Telecoms & Networks

Report reveals growing customer frustration with SA mobile networks

11 Aug 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

Source: Supplied. KSB SupremeServ sales engineer for mechanical seals, Phumelela Ngcobo.

Construction & Engineering

KSB expands mechanical seal solutions for its own pumps and competitor brands

6 Aug 2026

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that public office bearers in Chapter Nine institutions are not “workers” entitled to benefits beyond what is laid down in the relevant statutes. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Labour Law

Chapter 9 commissioners are not workers, High Court rules

Tania Broughton 6 Aug 2026

Everyone writes now and everyone sounds the same

Insurance & Actuarial

Everyone writes now and everyone sounds the same

Tim Chadwick, Issued by Chadwicks Risk & Insurance 5 Aug 2026

An acting judge in the Johannesburg High Court will have to explain himself to the Legal Practice Council over the use of fictitious and incorrect legal citations in their judgment. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Law Practice

Acting judge told to explain possible AI ‘hallucinations’ in judgment

Tania Broughton 5 Aug 2026

Why attention is replacing reach in media planning

Sales

Why attention is replacing reach in media planning

Sphiwe Mawhayi 4 Aug 2026

South Africa’s tutoring boom is really a feedback crisis

Primary & Secondary Education

South Africa’s tutoring boom is really a feedback crisis

Issued by Zanetti AI Institute 29 Jul 2026

Bradly Howland, CEO, Alkemi Collective, says corporate reputation now behaves like statecraft, but most of the PR profession is still equipped for something else (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD26 | From a quiet foundation to 3 habits of diplomacy PR needs to steal

Bradly Howland 29 Jul 2026

Lessons for Africa from Japan: Yesterday can’t fix tomorrow, but today can

Higher Education

Lessons for Africa from Japan: Yesterday can’t fix tomorrow, but today can

Bismark Tyobeka, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 27 Jul 2026

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Finance

Ramaphosa gets court order halting inquiry into 'Farmgate' scandal

Sfundo Parakozov, Nilutpal Timsina and Anathi Madubela 24 Jul 2026

Jean-Paul Rudd, Partner at Adams and Adams

Public Liability & Personal Injury

The danger of ambiguous consent-to-settle clauses in professional indemnity policies

Jean-Paul Rudd 24 Jul 2026

A golden age of strategic PR must also be a golden age of disclosure, says reputation strategist Solly Moeng (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | A Golden Age of Strategic PR must also be a golden age of disclosures

Solly Moeng 23 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Stephan Naude, operations director at SkyJacks.

Construction & Engineering

From design to execution: Engineering a safer way to refurbish high-rise façades

28 Jul 2026

Archive image: Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela - SANews.gov.za

Higher Education

University of Venda faces probe as Manamela proposes independent assessor

22 Jul 2026

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Finance

SA investment sector beats global CX benchmark as insurers focus on trust and value

10 Jul 2026

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Residential Property

Why this lease choice matters for landlords and long-term property performance

9 Jul 2026

Dining rooms reimagined: The return of comfort, craft and character

Fashion

Dining rooms reimagined: The return of comfort, craft and character

Issued by Giava Interiors 9 Jul 2026

SAFLA gains formal role in Sars customs policy discussions

Logistics & Transport

SAFLA gains formal role in Sars customs policy discussions

30 Jun 2026

Burton Naicker, CEO of Miway

Insurance & Actuarial

Strong ombud performance reflects Miway’s ongoing commitment to fairness

Issued by MSL South Africa 30 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. A photograph of the outbuildings and farmhouse comprising the Mouton House in McGregor, taken in 2018 before it was completely stripped by vandals.

Property

Heritage farmhouse in McGregor unlawfully demolished by municipality

Steve Kretzmann 26 Jun 2026

AIDC Eastern Cape suspends CEO pending investigation

Manufacturing & Parts

AIDC Eastern Cape suspends CEO pending investigation

26 Jun 2026

AI-generated image created by Gemini, composed by Bizcommunity

IP Law

Brands playing with fire: The 'logik' behind the SCA's decision on passing-off

Ryan Tucker 19 Jun 2026

Companies must design employee-led customer experience to secure loyalty and revenue

CRM

Companies must design employee-led customer experience to secure loyalty and revenue

Liezel Jonkheid 17 Jun 2026

Domain name disputes unpacked

Corporate & Commercial Law

Domain name disputes unpacked

Issued by SchoemanLaw 17 Jun 2026

Legal Practice Council says it has disciplined legal practitioners who fail to deliver judgments after their terms as an acting judge end. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Law Practice

Who holds acting judges accountable for late judgments?

Marecia Damons 17 Jun 2026

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Energy

16-hour planned power outage in Jozi signals growing electricity woes

12 Jun 2026

Spar Group CEO Isaacs targets retailers with plans to restore margins

Banking & Finance

Spar Group CEO Isaacs targets retailers with plans to restore margins

10 Jun 2026

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS seeks to refund former beneficiaries who overpaid student loans

4 Jun 2026

How a Covid lockdown phone call sparked a local biotech triumph

2026 Western Cape Economic Innovation Awards

How a Covid lockdown phone call sparked a local biotech triumph

Issued by Cape Chamber 4 Jun 2026

Interview travel costs leave many young jobseekers stranded

Youth Employment

Interview travel costs leave many young jobseekers stranded

Issued by Pnet 4 Jun 2026

If you stepped away for 90 days, would your franchise survive?

Franchising

If you stepped away for 90 days, would your franchise survive?

Larry Hodes 2 Jun 2026

Dunlop and Gift of the Givers transform uMnambithi School with new ablutions

Manufacturing & Parts

Dunlop and Gift of the Givers transform uMnambithi School with new ablutions

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 26 May 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

High Court backs municipality’s right to reject bidders over reputational harm

Charlise Finch and Shekesh Sirkar 26 May 2026

The Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a Gauteng High Court ruling that allowed German firm Frazer Solar to attach Lesotho state assets worth R950-million. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court halts solar company from seizing Lesotho’s assets

Sechaba Mokhethi 25 May 2026

Supplied image: Jennifer Barkhuizen, head of marketing at Mettus

HR Tools & Software

Are background checks quietly locking candidates out of the job market?

Jennifer Barkhuizen 25 May 2026

Source: Pexels.

Economy

Economists warn: Inflation spike could weigh on household spending

John Loos 20 May 2026

South Africa’s sugar industry cannot survive unchecked dumping

Agro-processing

South Africa’s sugar industry cannot survive unchecked dumping

Robert Gumede 19 May 2026

Source: Supplied.

Construction & Engineering

Diesel-dependent construction sites are feeling the impact of soaring fuel prices

Roelof van den Berg 15 May 2026

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South Africa's ANC executive closes ranks around Ramaphosa over "Farmgate" scandal, SABC reports

Anathi Madubela and Sfundo Parakozov 14 May 2026

South Africans are in a suburban arms race

Residential Property

South Africans are in a suburban arms race

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 11 May 2026

Why refill won’t scale on good intentions alone

FMCG

Why refill won’t scale on good intentions alone

Issued by DY/DX 8 May 2026