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Corporate & Commercial Law

Family or not - business is business: Consequences of reckless trading

Lara Horne and Nicola Mullineux 20 May 2025

Harnessing the gig economy: A practical guide for SMEs to leverage freelance talent

SMEs

Harnessing the gig economy: A practical guide for SMEs to leverage freelance talent

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 14 Apr 2025

Grant Smee, CEO of Only Realty Property Group

Markets & Investment

Property over partner: The new South African trend among millennials

14 Apr 2025

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Family Law

Divorce orders v Schools Act: Who can schools hold liable for unpaid fees?

Isabel van den Ende 8 Apr 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

All work, no pay: How to deal with employers that owe you money

Dakalo Singo 2 Apr 2025

Former Prasa acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (right) exits the Gqeberha Regional Court with his advocate, Mzwamadoda Mnyani. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Former Prasa acting CEO pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

12 Mar 2025

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Land & Property Law

High Court ruling allows body corporate to disconnect power of resident in arrears

Charlise Finch and Pierre Le Roux 4 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Nigeria suing Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax

Camillus Eboh 20 Feb 2025

UCT protests: University rejects blanket fee relief, warns against disruptions

Higher Education

UCT protests: University rejects blanket fee relief, warns against disruptions

20 Feb 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

Over 13,000 spaza shops registration forms issued in Gauteng

SMEs

Over 13,000 spaza shops registration forms issued in Gauteng

12 Dec 2024

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Financial Services

Sanlam warns: loan scams on the rise as festive spending ramps up

3 Dec 2024

Financial Services

SA's looming retirement crisis as R5.2bn funding gap emerges

27 Nov 2024

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Property

The true cost of borrowing: South Africans are losing their homes

19 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Paul Jackson is the chief executive officer of TUHF.

Property

Addressing the urgent need to combat SA's urban sprawl

Paul Jackson 15 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Nic Smit, Bidvest Life product and pricing executive.

Finance

Bidvest Life 2023 Claims Report reveals the opportunities to cover young lives

30 Oct 2024

Comms Minister steps in to keep millions of South Africans connected to SABC

Telecoms & Networks

Comms Minister steps in to keep millions of South Africans connected to SABC

Lindsey Schutters 8 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Schalk Fischer, insurance vertical sales leader at TransUnion South Africa.

Insurance & Actuarial

Data insights drive growth in stagnant insurance sector

Schalk Fischer 1 Aug 2024

Banking

SA Post Office: Union deal halts layoffs at the 11th hour

Katja Hamilton 24 Apr 2024

Thousands of school children stuck without transport months into school year

Primary & Secondary Education

Thousands of school children stuck without transport months into school year

Lucas Nowicki 18 Apr 2024

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dissolved the board of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and placed it under administration. Image source:

Higher Education

Nzimande dissolves NSFAS board

12 Apr 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

SCA ruling: A lesson for minority shareholders

Alisa Malindi 26 Mar 2024

Non-payment of invoices has a huge implication for small business, says PSC

SMEs

Non-payment of invoices has a huge implication for small business, says PSC

11 Mar 2024

Education department’s electricity cut off for owing millions of rands

Education

Education department’s electricity cut off for owing millions of rands

Thamsanqa Mbovane 20 Feb 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: The 3 biggest challenges predicted to face the education sector in 2024

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The 3 biggest challenges predicted to face the education sector in 2024

Paul Esterhuizen 12 Jan 2024

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Financial Services

No glitches expected with October grant payment cycle, says Mpumalanga Sassa

4 Oct 2023

Source: Kiara Affat, Daily Maverick On Tuesday, 19 September, security personnel at Standard Bank, manhandled Daily Maverick reporter Lerato Mutsila

Media Freedom

Standard Bank security, Sanef Sikuvile Journalism Awards sponsors, manhandle Daily Maverick reporter

22 Sep 2023

TPN Squat Index sees increase over last two quarters

Residential Property

TPN Squat Index sees increase over last two quarters

10 Aug 2023

Industry ombud to host CSOS Indaba for community scheme stakeholders

Residential Property

Industry ombud to host CSOS Indaba for community scheme stakeholders

26 Jul 2023

Exploring alternative funding options: Diversifying funding strategies for SME growth

Funding

Exploring alternative funding options: Diversifying funding strategies for SME growth

Ramone Pillay 11 Jul 2023

With R16.1bn outstanding, reconfigured water boards aim for financial sustainability

Infrastructure & Utilities

With R16.1bn outstanding, reconfigured water boards aim for financial sustainability

28 Feb 2023

Tenant arrears: Do agents and owners need to worry?

Residential Property

Tenant arrears: Do agents and owners need to worry?

18 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Nic Smit, Bidvest Life acting chief product and pricing actuary.

Finance

New 2021 high for Bidvest Life claims volumes

5 Sep 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Domestic workers urged to report employers not complying with minimum wage

29 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

TFG reports first-quarter sales jump, shares rise

Nqobile Dludla 29 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied

Sales

Pepkor sales growth slows due to floods and social grant disruption

Nqobile Dludla 29 Jul 2022

Dozens of North West NPOs face closure as Social Development department fails to pay subsidies

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Dozens of North West NPOs face closure as Social Development department fails to pay subsidies

Liezl Human 31 Mar 2022

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Energy

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 30 Mar 2022

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Labour Law

SCA delivers scathing judgment to SA Post Office

Imraan Mahomed, Vivien Chaplin and Tobie Jordaan 10 Mar 2022

Siyangena Technologies has appealed against a Pretoria High Court judgment setting aside contracts to supply security infrastructure to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. Archive photo: Kim Reynolds/GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Prasa dropped by lawyers as billion-rand corruption deal appeal looms

James Stent 9 Feb 2022

Festive Season: Slowest period for business - a time to reflect, plan and recharge

Entrepreneurship

Festive Season: Slowest period for business - a time to reflect, plan and recharge

Miranda Lusiba 13 Dec 2021

Road to recovery: How hospitality sector SMEs can plan for the festive season

Hospitality

Road to recovery: How hospitality sector SMEs can plan for the festive season

27 Oct 2021

How SA's SMEs can plan for the festive season

SMEs

How SA's SMEs can plan for the festive season

25 Oct 2021

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Financial Services

Highest complaints from withdrawal benefits

28 Sep 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Agri Tech

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021