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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 11 hours

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Medical Law

Mother wins appeal against Eastern Cape Health Department in cerebral palsy case

Ntando Makuyana 27 Nov 2025

SA's first off-grid N3 EV chargers under construction

Fuel & Energy

SA's first off-grid N3 EV chargers under construction

26 Nov 2025

Gautrain Management Agency wins award for public sector governance

Railway

Gautrain Management Agency wins award for public sector governance

18 Nov 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property Development

Hundreds of incomplete homes stand empty in KwaZulu-Natal housing project

Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Nov 2025

North West targets 6,000 hectares for crop production

Agriculture

North West targets 6,000 hectares for crop production

14 Nov 2025

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Transport

New digital licensing system set to transform Gauteng’s public transport sector

14 Nov 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Warning against fraudsters offering school placements

5 Nov 2025

Inkosi Thathezakhe Special School in the Mzinyathi District will stay closed until its needs are fully met, says Dudu Moloi, chair of the School Governing Body. Photo: Bongane Motaung / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

KwaZulu-Natal Premier promises funds for special schools

Bongane Motaung and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 30 Oct 2025

DBE, Dove, and DBSA launch #ChangeTheCompliment

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

DBE, Dove, and DBSA launch #ChangeTheCompliment

29 Oct 2025

Parents protest outside Khulangolwazi Special School in Durban. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Special schools closed in KZN after education department fails to pay subsidies

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Oct 2025

FlySafair launches Cape Town–Hoedspruit route

Travel

FlySafair launches Cape Town–Hoedspruit route

10 Oct 2025

Source: CoGTA. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Over 75,000 lives transformed as Ekuvukeni water supply project wraps up

30 Sep 2025

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Labour Law

High Court clarifies critical interpretation of employer immunity under Coida

Mtho Maphumulo 23 Sep 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

UFS’s new initiative plans to plant 400,000 trees across South Africa

23 Sep 2025

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Talent Acquisition

KZN Transport launches recruitment drive for traffic officers

17 Sep 2025

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2025 agenda unveiled: Her Power. Africa’s Future

Media

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2025 agenda unveiled: Her Power. Africa’s Future

Issued by Topco Media 17 Sep 2025

Joburg, Durban to host Meetings Africa and Africa’s Travel Indaba

Tourism

Joburg, Durban to host Meetings Africa and Africa’s Travel Indaba

17 Sep 2025

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Infrastructure & Utilities

SACQSP and UCT unite for landmark conference tackling infrastructure challenges

15 Sep 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Countdown to the matric exams

12 Sep 2025

Gauteng MEC for Education Matome Chiloane promised parents a new school. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro

Primary & Secondary Education

Parents shut down school for weeks

Kimberly Mutandiro 8 Sep 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Final call for Mpumalanga learner admissions for 2026 academic year

27 Aug 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

KwaZulu-Natal Education embarks on employee verification programme

21 Aug 2025

Airlink donates passenger jet to train Gauteng aviation learners

Aviation

Airlink donates passenger jet to train Gauteng aviation learners

20 Aug 2025

Calm restored at Maponya Mall

Retail

Calm restored at Maponya Mall

19 Aug 2025

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Inside SA’s multi-million rand plan to fill US funding void

Jesse Copelyn 15 Aug 2025

North-West University to host Inter-Schools Spelling Bee Competition

Primary & Secondary Education

North-West University to host Inter-Schools Spelling Bee Competition

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 14 Aug 2025

Women-led luxury hotel opens in Limpopo amid tourism funding boost

Tourism & Travel

Women-led luxury hotel opens in Limpopo amid tourism funding boost

11 Aug 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Gauteng Education strengthens school safety

7 Aug 2025

Source: Balwin Properties. Mooikloof Mega City was by president Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020, and is one of 62 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) gazetted in 2020.

Infrastructure & Utilities

How Mooikloof Mega City is fuelling the future of Tshwane's infrastructure

6 Aug 2025

Gauteng initiative to support small auto businesses launching soon

SMEs

Gauteng initiative to support small auto businesses launching soon

31 Jul 2025

Human Rights Law

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 29 Jul 2025

Source: ZipZap Circus.

Affordable & Social Housing

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

Matthew Hirsch 29 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Tertuis Simmers 28 Jul 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

2026 Gauteng School admission process garners over 213,000 applications

25 Jul 2025

Higher Education

Manamela appointed Higher Education minister as Nkabane sacked

22 Jul 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Gauteng education online admissions open this week

21 Jul 2025

Construction & Engineering

Eastern Cape floods cause R5bn in damage – health facilities among worst hit

18 Jul 2025

3rd AfCFTA Conf 2025 | MSMEs: Catalysts for Trade | 24-25 July | Radisson Blu, Sandton, SA

SMEs

3rd AfCFTA Conf 2025 | MSMEs: Catalysts for Trade | 24-25 July | Radisson Blu, Sandton, SA

Issued by MILLA SA 11 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 8 Jul 2025

KITE 2025 - supporting industrial growth in manufacturing

Manufacturing

KITE 2025 - supporting industrial growth in manufacturing

Issued by KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition 7 Jul 2025

Can citizens take action against the state to maintain critical infrastructure?

Human Rights Law

Can citizens take action against the state to maintain critical infrastructure?

Richard Hoal, Issued by Cox Yeats 2 Jul 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

CapeNature looks at WC's state of conservation in new report

1 Jul 2025

Source: Holland & Associates (fair use). The Namaquasfontein Skool Dam was illegally enlarged in 2017.

Construction & Engineering

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

John Yeld 27 Jun 2025

President Ramaphosa on his oversight visit to the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) facility housed at the hospital in Pretoria on Tuesday, 24 June 2025. Image credit: SA Government

NHI

Steve Biko Hospital is a blueprint for NHI's future - Ramaphosa

25 Jun 2025

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Construction & Engineering

Tragedy strikes Durban construction site: One dead, four injured in structural collapse

25 Jun 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

WC declares Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve a protected area

19 Jun 2025