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Land & Property Law

Different minerals, same land: Why SA’s mining law falls short on overlapping rights

Nina Greyling 20 hours

Pnet Job Market Trends Report for September 2026: The reality of today's job search

Career Advice

Pnet Job Market Trends Report for September 2026: The reality of today's job search

Issued by Pnet 23 hours

The iPendoring Awards finalists have been announced. Pictured: Promise: Pendoring 2024 Umpetha winners )

Pendoring

All the iPendoring 2026 finalists

1 day

According to Cape Town’s Inner City Local Spatial Development Framework, only 30% of apartments or houses in the inner city are available for long-term leases, or occupied by their owners. The remainder “are either hotel managed or Airbnb”. Archive photo: Brent Meersman / GroundUp

Residential Property

Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis

Leila Kidson 1 day

CapeTalk has been instructed to withdraw the Outsurance pointsmen programme related to the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Area advertisement by the ARB (Image: @ Auto Top

Advertising

ARB says CapeTalk's Outsurance pointsmen advertisement is misleading

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

People living in these informal homes erected on Transnet land in Woodstock, Cape Town, say they have been living there for more than a decade. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Woodstock land occupiers lose bid to appeal eviction

Matthew Hirsch 2 days

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Agriculture

Agriculture has been here before, but has it learnt its lesson?

Abrie Rautenbach 3 days

Resilient by design: Bushtec tents complete Sindile Lodge at Shamwari

Travel

Resilient by design: Bushtec tents complete Sindile Lodge at Shamwari

Issued by Bushtec 3 days

Mining

Word on the WhatsApp group: SA mining must tackle misinformation

Merel van der Lei 3 days

“We were never consulted” – Cape Town residents challenge Equinix data centre

Data & Analytics

“We were never consulted” – Cape Town residents challenge Equinix data centre

Alice Scott 28 Sep 2026

The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has asked the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate failed farm worker equity schemes (FWES). Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Employment Equity

SIU asked to investigate farm worker equity schemes

Liezl Human 25 Sep 2026

Toyota Land Cruiser FJ ad escapes ARB complaint over alleged blasphemy

Dealers

Toyota Land Cruiser FJ ad escapes ARB complaint over alleged blasphemy

25 Sep 2026

Marriott’s Autograph Collection debuts safari lodge in South Africa

Tourism & Travel

Marriott’s Autograph Collection debuts safari lodge in South Africa

25 Sep 2026

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Agriculture

Land Bank pauses blended finance applications

23 Sep 2026

Sam Hospitality partners with mFulaWozi Wilderness to strengthen the guest experience

Tourism

Sam Hospitality partners with mFulaWozi Wilderness to strengthen the guest experience

Samkeliso Nkwanyane, Issued by Sam Hospitrain Training 23 Sep 2026

Land & Property Law

When does student housing become a home? High Court refuses blanket exclusion under Pie

Peter Michaels and Mathapelo Madiseng 23 Sep 2026

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Markets & Investment

#HeritageMonth: Why owning South Africa’s heritage comes with a responsibility

Keegan Steyn 21 Sep 2026

How due diligence underpins credible mineral asset valuation

Mining

How due diligence underpins credible mineral asset valuation

Issued by SRK Consulting 18 Sep 2026

#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

Environment & Natural Resources

#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

Issued by Soapbox 17 Sep 2026

Image Supplied: Yazeed Osman

Trends

What your boerewors says about how South Africa shops

Yazeed Osman 17 Sep 2026

Gariep Dam investment plans target tourism value chain

Tourism

Gariep Dam investment plans target tourism value chain

17 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Grant Smee, chief executive officer of Only Realty Property Group.

Markets & Investment

Landlords could gain stronger protection under proposed eviction law changes

16 Sep 2026

Source: Reuters | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks at the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru in Lima, Peru, September, 10, 2026. Martin Mejia/Pool via REUTERS

Travel

US restricts visas for some foreign nationals from South Africa

Kanishka Singh and Bhargav Acharya 16 Sep 2026

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Emergency Medicine

NASA visits Cape Town hospital in preparation for 2028 moon landing

16 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Graaff-Reinet, Drostdy Hotel.

Residential Property

From Karoo to coast: Eastern Cape towns attract property buyers

15 Sep 2026

How South Africans are redefining what joy means

Research

How South Africans are redefining what joy means

Issued by KLA 15 Sep 2026

Activists have lodged an appeal against the rezoning approval given for this land near Cape Town Airport to be the site for a hyperscale data centre. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Activists appeal Cape Town data centre approval

Tania Broughton 15 Sep 2026

#BehindtheCampaign | Hippo taps Dricus du Plessis to front new insurance campaign

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | Hippo taps Dricus du Plessis to front new insurance campaign

15 Sep 2026

South Africa’s biodiversity strategy must put nature before revenue

Agriculture

South Africa’s biodiversity strategy must put nature before revenue

Wikus Engelbrecht 15 Sep 2026

Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry a wooden coffin before loading the body of an unidentified man, who, according to his family, died of Ebola, as they attend to retrieve it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Jia B. Kangbai 14 Sep 2026

Meet we’re alright: The Cape Town band making noise and making space

Music

Meet we’re alright: The Cape Town band making noise and making space

Chloe Posthumus 14 Sep 2026

The future of food: Reflections from The 2026 Africa Food Systems Conference

Agriculture

The future of food: Reflections from The 2026 Africa Food Systems Conference

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 9 Sep 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Special Tribunal declares eThekwini low cost housing contracts unlawful

9 Sep 2026

Vuur and Heirloom unite for a once-only Cape Grace collaboration

Food & Wine

Vuur and Heirloom unite for a once-only Cape Grace collaboration

9 Sep 2026

Trim opens 20 rail sidings to private-sector investment

Logistics & Transport

Trim opens 20 rail sidings to private-sector investment

9 Sep 2026

Bos Tea's new packaging spotlights South African Rooibos origin

FMCG

Bos Tea's new packaging spotlights South African Rooibos origin

8 Sep 2026

Green Piketberg puts regenerative tourism in focus for Tourism Month

Tourism

Green Piketberg puts regenerative tourism in focus for Tourism Month

7 Sep 2026

Land Bank brings farmer finance focus to Nampo Cape 2026

Agribusiness

Land Bank brings farmer finance focus to Nampo Cape 2026

7 Sep 2026

Don't let these operational mistakes spoil your festive season

SMEs

Don't let these operational mistakes spoil your festive season

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 3 Sep 2026

El Niño drought risk puts farmers on alert for 2026/27 season

Agriculture

El Niño drought risk puts farmers on alert for 2026/27 season

3 Sep 2026

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Data & Analytics

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Brutus Mogotlo 2 Sep 2026

Women farmers urged to build commercially ready businesses

Agriculture

Women farmers urged to build commercially ready businesses

2 Sep 2026

Fuel hike puts road freight under renewed cost pressure

Logistics & Transport

Fuel hike puts road freight under renewed cost pressure

Gavin Kelly 2 Sep 2026

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Land & Property Law

More than brick and mortar: ConCourt rules state housing must be centrally located

Michael Evans, Thomas Karberg, and Lula Grant 1 Sep 2026

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Digital

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Issued by WesBank New Generation Awards 1 Sep 2026

Black Friday success depends on warehouse efficiency, not extra hires

Retail

Black Friday success depends on warehouse efficiency, not extra hires

Willie du Preez 1 Sep 2026

Farming can help drive southern Africa’s growth if countries in the region make trade easier

Agriculture

Farming can help drive southern Africa’s growth if countries in the region make trade easier

Wandile Sihlobo 1 Sep 2026