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Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has warned that non-compliant municipalities are “not off the hook”.

Infrastructure & Utilities

National Treasury to unfreeze funds to municipalities

Liezl Human 28 Jul 2026

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Storm recovery efforts continue across Western Cape

25 May 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa gets the bulk of social development budget allocation

21 May 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa acts swiftly against illegal selling of queue spots at offices

17 Apr 2026

Podcast with MacG is widely popular in South Africa with hundreds of thousands of views per episode. Source: YouTube.

Podcasts

Government takes baby steps to regulate podcast industry

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Mar 2026

Bobtail, Canine Cuisine, Ultra Pet and more pet foods recalled from shelves

FMCG

Bobtail, Canine Cuisine, Ultra Pet and more pet foods recalled from shelves

6 Mar 2026

Source: Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp.

Affordable & Social Housing

Assassinated Abahlali leader praised for fighting land grab “mafia"

Ihsaan Haffejee 23 Feb 2026

Spain announced at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that it plans to join the global push to ban children under 16 from using social media. (Source: )

Social Media

No TikTok for teens? Spain plans social media ban for under-16s

5 Feb 2026

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Primary & Secondary Education

Umalusi reassures public of integrity of 2025 matric exam results

12 Jan 2026

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority’s challenge to paying compensation to the Bobete community in Thaba-Tseka. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Court orders Lesotho dams authority to pay 600 villagers compensation

Sechaba Mokhethi 24 Nov 2025

TEARS Soul City Bang Your Pot

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

TEARS Soul City Bang Your Pot

Issued by TEARS Foundation 3 Nov 2025

DFFE White Paper Deviates From 2022 Initial Draft

Environment & Natural Resources

DFFE White Paper Deviates From 2022 Initial Draft

Issued by FOUR PAWS 3 Jul 2023

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SAHRC orders Ngizwe Mchunu to apologise for anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

10 Oct 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Govt condemns Ngizwe Mchunu's hateful anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

3 Oct 2025

Media

Lesotho Times editor wrongfully arrested, admits anti-corruption agency

Sechaba Mokhethi 12 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Following the inaugural M20 Summit, the Johannesburg Declaration has been formulated with the aim of prioritising information integrity for the public good

Media Freedom

Johannesburg Declaration unapologetic in addressing threats to journalism

5 Sep 2025

About 80 people gathered in Rosebank to protest against Standard Bank and TotalEnergies’ investment in fossil fuels. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

Climate Change

Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Aug 2025

Source: © First Post One of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, journalist Anas al-Sharif has died following a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City on Sunday evening

Media Freedom

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif dies in Israeli attack

11 Aug 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Euro hits one-month low after reality check on US-EU trade deal

Rae Wee and Lucy Raitano 29 Jul 2025

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Energy

UN's António Guterres urges world leaders to fast-track clean energy

24 Jul 2025

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

Trump threatens extra 10% tariffs on BRICS as leaders meet in Brazil

Lisandra Paraguassu and Manuela Andreoni 8 Jul 2025

Reflections on World Press Freedom Day amid rising online attacks on journalists

Media

Reflections on World Press Freedom Day amid rising online attacks on journalists

Issued by Media Development and Diversity Agency 3 Jul 2025

Caprisa condemns fake news incident involving its director

Public Health

Caprisa condemns fake news incident involving its director

24 Jun 2025

Law Practice

To arbitrate or litigate? That is the question

Paul Russell 20 Jun 2025

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Informal Retailing

Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

Kimberly Mutandiro 6 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Emergency Medicine

Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

Markets & Investment

China vows retaliation as US tariffs spark global market fears

9 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Banking

EIB reviews financing for $760m hydro project over DRC war

14 Mar 2025

Chaos outside Cape Town schools as parents demand places for their children

Primary & Secondary Education

Chaos outside Cape Town schools as parents demand places for their children

Vincent Lali 21 Feb 2025

Budget Speech

Budget Speech clash: The elephant in the room

Katja Hamilton 19 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

UCT rocked by student protests against fee blocks, housing crisis

Higher Education

UCT rocked by student protests against fee blocks, housing crisis

17 Feb 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Women Ministry condemns brutal murder of gay activist Imam

17 Feb 2025

UCT students sleep in SRC offices and lecture halls as university faces housing crisis

Higher Education

UCT students sleep in SRC offices and lecture halls as university faces housing crisis

Takudzwa Pongweni 7 Feb 2025

DEI

The 'woke-ism' debate in brand communications: Navigating inclusivity in a polarised world

Issued by Brandfundi 30 Jan 2025

Human Rights Law

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar 3 Jan 2025

Nedbank lifts silence on financial abuse with warnings on its adverts, partners with POWA

ESG

Nedbank lifts silence on financial abuse with warnings on its adverts, partners with POWA

26 Nov 2024

Source: ©Algoa FM ©Euzebiusz Niemec /AFP Breyten Breytenbach has passed away

Media

Poet laureate of Afrikaans, Breyten Breytenbach dies

Danette Breitenbach 25 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

#Brics2024: Kazan Declaration pushes for new financial systems and peace initiatives

24 Oct 2024

The ads have both been seen as racially charged. Source: Heinz.

Advertising

Heinz faces backlash for racially controversial ads

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Oct 2024

Your guide to October's film releases and European Film Festival

Film

Your guide to October's film releases and European Film Festival

Daniel Dercksen 1 Oct 2024

Media Freedom

Reuters safety adviser killed and 3 journalists injured in Ukraine attack

28 Aug 2024

Markets & Investment

Shooting may boost Trump’s chances in the US presidential race, say investors

Katja Hamilton 14 Jul 2024

Ladina Heimgartner elected new President of WAN-IFRA on May 27. Source: Supplied.

Media

Ladina Heimgartner elected president at World News Media Congress in Copenhagen

28 May 2024

Source: © 123rf Icasa rules in favour of DA against SABC on flag-burning election advertisement

Advertising

#SAelections24: Icasa rules in favour of DA's flag-burning advertisement

27 May 2024

Healthcare

Health Dept slammed for favouring Cuban doctors over local talent

16 Apr 2024

Media Freedom

Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

Almost all universities pay NSFAS February allowances

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Almost all universities pay NSFAS February allowances

11 Mar 2024

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024