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The Labour Court of Appeal has ruled that the Simunye Workers Forum fails to comply with the Labour Relations Act for registration as a union. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Setback for casual workers as court rules forum is not a union

Tania Broughton 11 hours

Source: Wikimedia/Lschefa, CC BY-SA 4.0. Lesotho’s capital.

HIV/AIDS

Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

Sechaba Mokhethi 1 day

Most South African farmers are Black: Why Trump got it so wrong

Agriculture

Most South African farmers are Black: Why Trump got it so wrong

Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo 30 May 2025

Source: Pixabay.

Construction & Engineering

Mayor gives green light to controversial Bo-Kaap hotel

Matthew Hirsch 28 May 2025

Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

Early Childhood Development

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 28 May 2025

Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

Converge Africa 2025 wraps with record engagement and industry-shaping insights

Fintech

Converge Africa 2025 wraps with record engagement and industry-shaping insights

Issued by Converge Africa 26 May 2025

SIM card provider dodges law

Telecoms & Networks

SIM card provider dodges law

Veer Gosai and Joel Cedras 23 May 2025

New York Festivals (NYF) Storytellers Gala have announced the 2025 TV & Film Awards award winners and the 2025 Radio Awards winners, with South Africa winning six awards, three for TV & Film and three for Radio (Image supplied)

Film & Cinematography

6 awards for SA at New York Festivals 2025 TV & Film and Radio Awards

23 May 2025

Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

This year, LunchBar celebrates 60 years in South Africa. To mark the occasion, SA’s favourite award-winning conspiracy theorist is back (Image supplied)

Marketing

60 years of "Much, much more of The LunchBar Man"

16 May 2025

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

Work has been suspended on the 38km tunnel between the Polihali and Katse dams. Photo: Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (fair use).

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

Sechaba Mokhethi 13 May 2025

Source: iStock.

Construction & Engineering

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

Mary-Anne Gontsana 13 May 2025

For the past four years, Streetscapes has been running a self-sufficient laundry at its urban farm in the city centre. The organisation plans to replicate the solar- and rainwater-powered laundromat and showers at the new site to cut operational costs and reduce pressure on municipal infrastructure. Photos: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project

Marecia Damons 12 May 2025

Property

Buffalo City wants to recover R16m in Covid housing funds

Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp staff 9 May 2025

Organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development are facing late payments and have concerns over contracts. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Joseph Bracken 8 May 2025

South Africa's wine industry shines with 2025 vintage

Viticulture & Oenology

South Africa's wine industry shines with 2025 vintage

8 May 2025

The Constitutional Court has confirmed that a section of the law which automatically strips South Africans of citizenship if they take the citizenship of another country is invalid. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Constitutional Court rules on citizenship

Tania Broughton 7 May 2025

Got 10 minutes? Take Kantar’s Media Reaction Survey (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

Got 10 minutes? Take Kantar’s Media Reaction Survey…

7 May 2025

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Informal Retailing

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Kimberly Mutandiro 6 May 2025

A waste picker in Johannesburg. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Evicted waste pickers must be allowed to earn a living, court rules

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 5 May 2025

Law Practice

Legal Practice Council administrator accused of corruption loses Labour Court bid

Tania Broughton 2 May 2025

Source: US Embassy in Maseru. Millennium Challenge Corporation deputy chief executive Chidi Blyden at the launch of the project in Maseru.

Infrastructure & Utilities

US shuts down massive Lesotho development project

Sechaba Mokhethi 2 May 2025

Every year, Kantar’s Media Reactions study explores how consumers perceive various media channels and brands, while also examining the challenges and preferences faced by marketers (Image supplied)

Marketing

Kantar's Media Reactions 2025 – share your opinion on the challenges and opportunities facing marketers today

30 Apr 2025

Construction & Engineering

Five months without water in Komani

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 30 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Tyson Properties’ rental manager in Cape Town, Southern Suburbs, Stephen Adamo.

Residential Property

Young South Africans prefer renting over buying as the rental market soars

30 Apr 2025

Standard Bank seeks top township entrepreneurs for 2025 Kasi SME Pitch Challenge

SMEs

Standard Bank seeks top township entrepreneurs for 2025 Kasi SME Pitch Challenge

29 Apr 2025

The strategic role of colour in the modern South African workplace

Interior Design

The strategic role of colour in the modern South African workplace

Tandi Jacobs, Issued by Catchwords 29 Apr 2025

Law Practice

Judge delivers judgment — after 12 years

Marecia Damons 29 Apr 2025

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

Primary & Secondary Education

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

Ihsaan Haffejee 25 Apr 2025

Western Cape schools admission policy challenged in court

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape schools admission policy challenged in court

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 24 Apr 2025

Further work on the Botsmaskop Fynbos Estate has been halted by the Western Cape High Court. Photo from an appendix in court papers.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate

John Yeld 23 Apr 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

Residential Property

Bank on it: Pre-approval reshapes property purchases for smart buyers

22 Apr 2025

Source: Theewaterskloof Municipality. Theewaterskloof Dam.

Infrastructure & Utilities

"Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised"

17 Apr 2025

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

Primary & Secondary Education

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

Silver Sibiya 16 Apr 2025

Zisto joins East Coast Radio’s Weekend Breakfast!

Radio & Audio

Zisto joins East Coast Radio’s Weekend Breakfast!

Issued by East Coast Radio 16 Apr 2025

HIV/AIDS

US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 extra HIV infections in SA by 2028

Jesse Copelyn 23 Apr 2025

Chinese manufacturers "expose" where luxury brands are really made

Design & Manufacturing

Chinese manufacturers "expose" where luxury brands are really made

15 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Mark Baldwin, CEO of , a web design and digital marketing agency, weighs in on the biggest social media platform rebrands of all time

Branding

Social media rebrands: The failure - X, the insipid - Meta and the success - Instagram

Mark Baldwin 15 Apr 2025

Source: Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Healthcare

Calls for private labs to solve South Africa's DNA backlog grow louder

14 Apr 2025

The Gauteng High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay out a property company because of a delay in providing alternative accommodation for families living in the company’s “hijacked” building. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 11 Apr 2025

Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence

Telecoms & Networks

Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence

Sechaba Mokhethi 10 Apr 2025

Local business sets new global standard: Certified authority pioneers secure digital identities

Technology

Local business sets new global standard: Certified authority pioneers secure digital identities

Issued by Perfect Word 10 Apr 2025

The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

TNPA issues RFP for Cape Town liquid bulk terminal

Logistics & Transport

TNPA issues RFP for Cape Town liquid bulk terminal

9 Apr 2025

You built a great website, but my agent doesn’t care!

CRM, CX, UX

You built a great website, but my agent doesn’t care!

Andre Fredericks, Issued by Sanlam Fintech 28 Mar 2025