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Higher Education

Deadline looms for NSFAS outstanding appeal documents

22 hours

BP evacuates foreign staff after Iraqi oilfield unrest

Coal, Oil & Gas

BP evacuates foreign staff after Iraqi oilfield unrest

1 day

Government to fund national FMD vaccination programme

Agriculture

Government to fund national FMD vaccination programme

1 day

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

SA first-quarter business confidence climbs but risk from Middle East conflict looms

Prerna Bedi 1 day

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Labour Law

Draft amendments to employment laws - part 1: Parental leave overhaul and more

Talita Laubscher and Chloë Loubser 1 day

Corporate & Commercial Law

Business rescue risks: When can practitioners be held personally liable for debt?

Jean-Paul Rudd 3 days

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: Africa’s mineral wealth at the centre of the global energy transition

Energy

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: Africa’s mineral wealth at the centre of the global energy transition

3 days

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Stocks selloff worsens as energy price jump revives inflation fears

Lucy Raitano and Gregor Stuart Hunter 3 days

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Agriculture

Global geopolitical escalation raises risks for South African agriculture

Gilberto Biacuana 3 days

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Economy

South Africa faces fuel-price surge as global oil tensions rise

2 Mar 2026

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Economy

US-Israel attack on Iran: South Africa warned of potential business disruption

Katja Hamilton 2 Mar 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

No free rides: Why you can’t use contractual defenses to avoid paying for services already rendered

Khanyisa Monqo and Nicola Mullineux 27 Feb 2026

Why peptides are the next it-girl ingredient in South African beauty and wellness

Aesthetic Medicine

Why peptides are the next it-girl ingredient in South African beauty and wellness

27 Feb 2026

Supplied image: Pierre Burger: Partner at Alchemy Law Africa

Law Practice

Is generative AI a threat to corporate legal privilege?

Pierre Burger 25 Feb 2026

#Budget2026: 600 Transalloys jobs at risk if power price cut isn't announced

Energy

#Budget2026: 600 Transalloys jobs at risk if power price cut isn't announced

25 Feb 2026

Laura Thomas, the creator of The Aligned Woman Co, says the advertising and media industry is not just experiencing female burnout; it is engineered for it (Image source: © 123rf )

DEI

#InternationalWomensDay | Female burnout epidemic in advertising and media industry

Laura Thomas 22 hours

Are FMD regulatory errors costing SA's milk market?

Regulatory

Are FMD regulatory errors costing SA's milk market?

23 Feb 2026

Advertising

Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing?

Ilayaraja Subramanian 20 Feb 2026

Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans

Public Health

Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans

Chris Bateman and Raymond Joseph 19 Feb 2026

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Labour Law

Employers warned: Employees are not assets, rules Labour Court

Bradley Workman-Davies 18 Feb 2026

Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in popular South African sanitary pads and pantyliners

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in popular South African sanitary pads and pantyliners

17 Feb 2026

Nicholas De Decker – Associate at Lawtons Africa

Competition Law

Are your algorithms secretly colluding? The hidden risks of digital price signalling

Nicholas De Decker 16 Feb 2026

Wesley Neumann (right) with his legal representatives, advocate Rod Solomons (left) and advocate Vernon Seymour (centre), in the Labour Court in Cape Town on Friday. Neumann will not return to Heathfield High until the court rules on whether his reinstatement can proceed pending an appeal. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Battle over former Heathfield principal’s return

Marecia Damons 16 Feb 2026

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Economy

Crime tops #Sona2026 agenda: Sweeping measures against gangs declared

Katja Hamilton 13 Feb 2026

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Labour Law & Unions

Can disciplinary chairpersons reject plea deals? LAC ruling sheds light

Andries Kruger and Bhekithemba Mbatha 12 Feb 2026

SANBWA warns that South Africa is on the verge of “water bankruptcy”

Food, Water & Energy Security

SANBWA warns that South Africa is on the verge of “water bankruptcy”

12 Feb 2026

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Logistics & Transport

Sona 2026: Cape Town CBD roads to close, plan ahead

11 Feb 2026

Intentional media integrated at a local level is SA media’s gamechanger

Media

Intentional media integrated at a local level is SA media’s gamechanger

Issued by Caxton Media 10 Feb 2026

Three key organisations have raised the alarm that Johannesburg and Pretoria Master’s Offices could be left “rudderless”. Archive photo: Ella Morrison / GroundUp

Law Practice

Johannesburg and Pretoria Masters’ offices still without permanent heads

Justin Brown 9 Feb 2026

Volkswagen sounds alarm over SA’s auto manufacturing future

Manufacturing & Parts

Volkswagen sounds alarm over SA’s auto manufacturing future

Imran Salie 9 Feb 2026

High Court in Durban. Archive photo: Nomfundo Xolo / Groundup

Law Practice

Judge gets tough on incompetent lawyers

Tania Broughton 6 Feb 2026

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

Mining

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

5 Feb 2026

On Friday, Wesley Neumann’s legal team asked the Labour Court to enforce an earlier ruling for his reinstatement as Heathfield High principal. From left: Advocate Vernon Seymour, Wesley Neumann and advocate Rod Solomons. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Principal Wesley Neumann’s return to Heathfield High delayed

Marecia Damons 3 Feb 2026

SA car market off to a flying start in 2026

Commercial & Industrial

SA car market off to a flying start in 2026

3 Feb 2026

Advertising

Why Heineken’s zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flat

Jonatan Sodergren 30 Jan 2026

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Labour Law

Employers warned: Labour inspectors to enforce retirement fund payment laws

Deirdre Phillips and Chloë Loubser 29 Jan 2026

Dumisani Tshabalala, head of Academics at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (Owlag)

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Owlag's Dumisani Tshabalala: 7 trends that will redefine education in 2026 and beyond

Dumisani Tshabalala 27 Jan 2026

ITAC sugar tariff review raises concerns over rural jobs, says SA Canegrowers

Agro-processing

ITAC sugar tariff review raises concerns over rural jobs, says SA Canegrowers

27 Jan 2026

The Department of Social Development, South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and National Treasury want a ruling that declared several regulations governing the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant unconstitutional overturned. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

SRD grant increase is “simply unaffordable” says Treasury

Marecia Damons 26 Jan 2026

From plan B to degree: Prospective students warned against college scams

Higher Education

From plan B to degree: Prospective students warned against college scams

Issued by Waterfall School of Business 23 Jan 2026

A dedicated Road Accident Fund tribunal would relieve the pressure on the courts which are clogged with RAF claims, the assistant State Attorney in Johannesburg says. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Law Practice

State Attorney calls for a new Road Accident Fund tribunal

22 Jan 2026

Calls grow to redesign entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Global South

Entrepreneurship

Calls grow to redesign entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Global South

21 Jan 2026

2026 Dakar Stage 11 results – heartbreak for Henk

Motorsport

2026 Dakar Stage 11 results – heartbreak for Henk

16 Jan 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Social media reports of Sassa's SRD grant termination rubbished

15 Jan 2026

AI reshapes procurement and franchising, Cips tells industry briefing

4th Industrial Revolution

AI reshapes procurement and franchising, Cips tells industry briefing

15 Jan 2026

Media

Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

15 Jan 2026

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Higher Education

Central Application Service: Your key to post-school education opportunities

14 Jan 2026