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The Kantar Diva 2025 report reveals what it’s really like being an LGBTQIA+ woman in the workplace

DEI

The Kantar Diva 2025 report reveals what it’s really like being an LGBTQIA+ woman in the workplace

Senamile Zungu and Leigh Andrews, Issued by Kantar 24 Apr 2025

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Higher Education

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

Issued by Stellenbosch University Language Centre 22 Apr 2025

Image: South African protest against coal - Kgara Kevin Rack

Environmental Law

South African court says no to new coal-fired power: What’s behind the ruling

Melanie Murcott 14 Apr 2025

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CSI & Philanthropy

#HumanRightsMonth: Corporates vital role in driving social change

Ray van der Fort 18 Mar 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Who gets a say? SCA's final word on creditor voting rights in business rescue

Juliette De Hutton, Tobie Jordaan, Jessica Osmond and Aanisah Ramroop 7 Feb 2025

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Media & Entertainment Law

PoPIA v press freedom: SA court to decide on HIV disclosure case

Ahmore Burger-Smidt 6 Feb 2025

Explainer: BELA and its controversies

Primary & Secondary Education

Explainer: BELA and its controversies

Paula Ensor 5 Feb 2025

South Africa’s classrooms should have a ‘box’ of languages to help children learn: new bilingual education policy is a start

Primary & Secondary Education

South Africa’s classrooms should have a ‘box’ of languages to help children learn: new bilingual education policy is a start

Russell H. Kaschula, Mbali Sunrise Dhlamini 8 Nov 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

No appeals allowed for arbitration awards - High Court rules

Maria D’Amico 6 Nov 2024

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Labour Law

Directors appealing removal by the board - your 20 days starts now

Nicola Mullineux and Emma Meyer 4 Oct 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

President Ramaphosa to sign the BELA Bill

11 Sep 2024

Source: Gary Moore, senior consultant at the Free Market Foundation.

Banking

Banks Act gives Prudential Authority unconstitutional powers over banks

Gary Moore 26 Aug 2024

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Land rights: New legal amendment places Minister squarely in the way of substantive land reform

Brian Benfield and Gary Moore 29 Jul 2024

Source: © We the People SA We the People SA has translated the 4,675-word Bill of Rights into 15 concise and relatable tweets

Artificial Intelligence

#TheBillOfTweets - AI translates South Africa's Constitution into 15 tweets

8 Jul 2024

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Land & Property Law

Remote workers: Can landlords legally limit the amount of days tenants work from home?

Tafadzwa Zhanda and Vinolia Mashego 27 Jun 2024

It’s business as usual at medical schemes

Medical Aid

It’s business as usual at medical schemes

Issued by Bonitas 4 Jun 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

Green light for law criminalising hate crimes, hate speech

10 May 2024

SAHRC Commissioner Philile Ntuli

Human Rights Law

SAHRC releases July 2021 unrest report

29 Jan 2024

Water sector urged to prioritise professionalism over ego

Infrastructure & Utilities

Water sector urged to prioritise professionalism over ego

22 Jan 2024

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Land & Property Law

Can residents conduct sacrificial slaughters in a sectional title scheme?

Corlia van Zyl 18 Dec 2023

The Green Point marine outfall is one of three in Cape Town through which millions of litres of sewage are pumped out to sea daily. The City has been ordered to embark on a public participation process over the permits required for the operation of these outfalls. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town ordered to hold public hearings on sewage being pumped into the sea

Steve Kretzmann 21 Sep 2023

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Corporate & Commercial Law

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Tania Broughton 12 Sep 2023

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Law Practice

What are your rights when dealing with the sheriff?

Naledi Motsiri 24 Aug 2023

Psychosocial palliative care: The dying person's Bill of Rights

Palliative care

Psychosocial palliative care: The dying person's Bill of Rights

Issued by Association of Palliative Care Centres (APCC) 6 Jun 2023

Legal expense insurance provider launches AI lawyer in South Africa

Law Practice

Legal expense insurance provider launches AI lawyer in South Africa

Issued by Legal and Tax 25 Apr 2023

NHI

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Greenlight for residents to review Eskom's decision to reduce electricity supply

Sechaba Mchunu 16 Jan 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

National Health Insurance Bill almost ready to be tabled in Parly

13 Dec 2022

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Human Rights Law

How SA's legislation harms foreign national children

Elgene Roos 16 Nov 2022

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Tax Law

Can Sars search and seize your property without a warrant?

Francis Mayebe 30 Aug 2022

#YouthMonth: Francis Mayebe on young people's role as societal changemakers

Law Practice

#YouthMonth: Francis Mayebe on young people's role as societal changemakers

Shan Radcliffe 15 Jun 2022

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

Affordable & Social Housing

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

Raphael M. Kieti, Robert W. Rukwaro, Washington H.A. Olima 3 Jun 2022

Water-use rights: Why government needs to heighten awareness among land reform beneficiaries

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Water-use rights: Why government needs to heighten awareness among land reform beneficiaries

29 Mar 2022

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Competition Law

Should anticompetitive conduct be treated as a human rights infringement?

Lerisha Naidu and Sphesihle Nxumalo 18 Mar 2022

NHI - More questions than answers

NHI

NHI - More questions than answers

Lee Callakoppen, Issued by Bonitas 28 Feb 2022

Trust South Africa's foremost experts to unpack the year's critical labour developments and equip you for the year ahead

Labour Law & Unions

Trust South Africa's foremost experts to unpack the year's critical labour developments and equip you for the year ahead

Issued by Juta and Company 15 Feb 2022

Healthcare

Probe into Roche's inflated pricing of cancer-treatment drug

9 Feb 2022

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Infrastructure & Utilities

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Tania Broughton 24 Jan 2022

Source: © Alexandr Rozhkov

Media Freedom

Assange's unconditional release called for by R2K

5 Jan 2022

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Law Practice

Proposal to create corruption focused Chapter Nine institution

10 Dec 2021

The Constitutional Court has overturned a judgment of the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal which found that the Road Accident Fund can reject a compensation claim that it is not brought within three years because of a person’s mental incapacity. Archive photo: Ciaran Ryan / GroundUp

Law Practice

Concourt gives man go-ahead to file late road accident claim

Geoffrey Allsop 19 Nov 2021

ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

Sustainability

ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

Merlita Kennedy, Garyn Rapson & Tobia Serongoane 9 Nov 2021

Preparations for construction of houses in District Six in July 2020 revealed old streets and foundations. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful

Tania Broughton 11 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Covid-19

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Source ©morganka

Public Health

Changing organ donation perceptions

3 Sep 2021

Vaccine mandates are being debated all over the world. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Ethics & Medicolegal

Why Covid-19 vaccines should be mandatory in South Africa

Keymanthri Moodley 11 Aug 2021