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Anton van Heerden, Managing Director, DNA Outsourcing

Remuneration & Payroll

Unseen heroes: You only hear about payroll when things go wrong

Anton van Heerden 3 days

Labour Law

Landmark ConCourt ruling on parental leave and what it means for employers

3 Oct 2025

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Labour Law

LAC confirms contract workers can't have their cake and employee rights too

Bradley Workman-Davies 19 Sep 2025

SME compliance in SA: What every small business should know

Entrepreneurship

SME compliance in SA: What every small business should know

19 Jun 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

BEEI participants head to work at schools around the country

2 Jun 2025

Remuneration & Payroll

How outsourcing payroll can simplify the final leg of tax season

Anton van Heerden 8 May 2025

Tamsyn Lunt, director of Product Growth at Plentify

Employee Wellness

Unpacking progressive parental leave policies with Plentify's Tamsyn Lunt

Shan Radcliffe 28 Mar 2025

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HR Tools & Software

Why SMEs should consider outsourcing payroll and recruitment

Pierre Bekker 9 Jan 2025

Source: © the Workers Union John Botha, joint-CEO of Global Business Solutions, emphasises the importance of collaboration to mitigate the effects of retrenchments

Management & Leadership

Rethinking retrenchments though collaboration and a combination approach

John Botha 27 Dec 2024

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Construction & Engineering

Master Builders Association says contractors must learn from #GeorgeCollapse

17 Dec 2024

Four years after the landmark Concourt Mahalangu ruling, domestic workers are still unable to access compensation. Archive photo: Bernard Chiguvare / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union criticises employers for not registering domestic workers with UIF. But it’s not so simple

Kimberly Mutandiro and GroundUp Staff 26 Nov 2024

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

SMEs

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

21 Nov 2024

The Department of Employment and Labour has closed its office in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, due to safety and security concerns. Photo: Warren Mabona / GroundUp

HR & Management

Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closed

Warren Mabona 5 Nov 2024

Economy

Creating a job shouldn’t cost R365,000 (but it does in SA)

Nicholas Woode-Smith 16 Oct 2024

For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. Image: GroundUp

HR Tools & Software

After six weeks UIF online system still down

Mary-Anne Gontsana 4 Oct 2024

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HR Tools & Software

UIF announces extended operating hours

11 Sep 2024

Scores of people queued outside the labour office in Cape Town’s city centre on Wednesday. The UIF’s online portal has been offline for about three weeks. Photos: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp

HR Tools & Software

UIF online services frozen in court battle

Mary-Anne Gontsana 6 Sep 2024

Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 22 Jul 2024

Ryan Falkenberg

CRM

A clever way to improve service delivery

Ryan Falkenberg 24 May 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

TES conundrum in court: An 'employee' for PAYE, but not for VAT or ETI?

Joon Chong 16 May 2024

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Youth Employment

Labour Activation Programme heads to Northern Cape

9 May 2024

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Talent Acquisition

Labour activation programmes to create job opportunities in Gauteng

8 Apr 2024

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Higher Education

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Issued by FundiConnect 19 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

CRM, CX, UX

Absa declares bold new business and brand promise across all of its markets

Issued by OnPoint PR 23 Feb 2024

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Youth Employment

Employers urged to register vacancies on Essa to combat unemployment

25 Jan 2024

Paediatrics

South Africa leads the continent in offering more paternal leave to fathers. How to make sure both parents benefit

Wessel Van Den Berg 27 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: ICT

ICT

#BestofBiz 2023: ICT

19 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: HR & Management

HR & Management

#BestofBiz 2023: HR & Management

19 Dec 2023

Queues of people trying to claim UIF and get help for other issues are almost a permanent feature outside the labour department offices in Cape Town. Photo: Qaqamba Falithenjwa

Remuneration & Payroll

Workers are battling to collect unemployment benefits despite new technology

Ella Morrison and Qaqamba Falithenjwa 14 Dec 2023

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Labour Law

Nxesi denies allegations of corruption in R5bn UIF jobs deal

23 Nov 2023

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Management & Leadership

Tax implications of changes to employer status

Denny Da Silva 10 Nov 2023

Newspapers

City Press denies 'brown envelope' allegations

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Oct 2023

UIF launches app and USSD service to speed up operations

Mobile & Apps

UIF launches app and USSD service to speed up operations

5 Sep 2023

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NHI

Proposed tax hikes intensify NHI funding worries

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

The promise to end unemployment, poverty and inequality in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a boost with the province's revitalised S’thesha Waya Waya initiative | Image:

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

S'thesha Waya Waya initiative puts food on the table

22 Aug 2023

Domestic workers marched to the Union Buildings in Tshwane to demand workplace compensation for injuries or death and better working conditions. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Domestic workers battle with workplace compensation despite landmark ruling in 2020

Kimberly Mutandiro 8 Aug 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Some of the workers, who were dismissed from the Frimax chip factory in Verulam, Durban, for participating in an unprotected strike last month, wait outside the CCMA. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Chip factory workers will challenge dismissal in Labour Court

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jul 2023

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HR Tools & Software

Employees encouraged to make use of UIF online tools

11 Jul 2023

NHI

Rising economic burden: NHI funding plan unveiled

3 Jul 2023

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Accounting & Auditing

Exposed: Audits reveal misuse of R17.5bn in Covid-19 Ters payments

29 Jun 2023

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Criminal Law

Hawks bust alleged UIF fraudsters

13 Jun 2023

Smart farming project to boost KZN food security

Food Security

Smart farming project to boost KZN food security

22 May 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

How SA's legislative changes impact foreign employers

Ania Strydom 17 May 2023

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Tax Law

What foreign employers need to know about required Sars registration

Joon Chong 24 Mar 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

UIF pays out millions to Northern Cape workers

15 Mar 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

UIF pays R22.6m to former teaching assistants

1 Mar 2023

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Education

Campaign to pay former teaching assistants resumes

12 Jan 2023

Employment and Labour department to assist workers affected in Boksburg gas explosion

Employee Wellness

Employment and Labour department to assist workers affected in Boksburg gas explosion

29 Dec 2022