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Banking

Meezan Bank partners with ITFC to support private sector

2 days

Transformation in South Africa's advertising industry: Moving beyond compliance to genuine change

Advertising

Transformation in South Africa's advertising industry: Moving beyond compliance to genuine change

Sharleen James, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 5 Nov 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

All adds up: Considerations and calculations behind eye-watering admin penalties

Kent Davis and Anél De Meyer 31 Oct 2024

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Rihanna was interviewed by kid influencer. Source: Puma

Promotions & Activations

How kid influencers stole the show at Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma launch

Karabo Ledwaba 29 Oct 2024

Source: © @Mzansimagic - The Safta 2024 Best TV Drama Award went to Shaka iLembe which was also the biggest winner with 12 awards at the 18th South African Film and Television Awards

TV

Shaka iLembe tops the 18th South African Film and Television Awards

28 Oct 2024

Media

Press Council expels Independent Media for failing to obey rulings

25 Oct 2024

Techsys and Momentum empower South African women with AI-driven job platform: #SheOwnsHerSuccess

Digital

Techsys and Momentum empower South African women with AI-driven job platform: #SheOwnsHerSuccess

Issued by Techsys Digital 18 Oct 2024

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Legislation

Ramaphosa refers Bills impacting the creative industry to ConCourt

16 Oct 2024

Retail & Hospitality Property

Airbnb calls for registration in South Africa

7 Oct 2024

Coping with breast cancer surgery

Oncology

Coping with breast cancer surgery

Issued by CANSA 4 Oct 2024

Image source: Getty Images

Management & Leadership

Nominations open for boards of PIC, Sasria and Land Bank

1 Oct 2024

African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups

John Yeld 1 Oct 2024

Source: Investec.

Banking

Investec closes accounts linked to South Africa's political elite

1 Oct 2024

The scary 5-letter word

Advertising

The scary 5-letter word

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 26 Sep 2024

2025 NSFAS applications now open: How to apply

Higher Education

2025 NSFAS applications now open: How to apply

Issued by FundiConnect 23 Sep 2024

South Africa invited to host the 2025 and 2026 All-Africa Music Awards

Music

South Africa invited to host the 2025 and 2026 All-Africa Music Awards

11 Sep 2024

Medshield's guide to understanding prescribed minimum benefits

Medical Aid

Medshield's guide to understanding prescribed minimum benefits

Issued by Stone 5 Sep 2024

Basa board nominations open

Advertising

Basa board nominations open

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 5 Sep 2024

Media

Judge Lindiwe Rusi vs City Press: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling

Ombud Watcher Law 3 Sep 2024

Pre-enrol at South Africa’s leading private higher education institution

Higher Education

Pre-enrol at South Africa’s leading private higher education institution

Issued by Eduvos 2 Sep 2024

Social Media

Zuckerberg regrets bowing to government pressure on Covid-19 censorship

30 Aug 2024

Amendments shed light on renewable electricity contracts

Accounting & Auditing

Amendments shed light on renewable electricity contracts

Shivani Raghoonandan and Renshia van Noordwyk, Issued by SAICA 29 Aug 2024

Image by Terry Levin @Bizcommunity.com. AI in Advertising is brought to you by the Association for Communication and Advertising. It examines AI and how it is changing the industry

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: AI - The most pressing challenge to the future of our industry

Jarred Cinman 30 Aug 2024

Gauteng judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi has been found guilty of misconduct after failing to deliver dozens of judgments on time. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Law Practice

Gauteng judge guilty of misconduct, JSC finds

Tania Broughton 28 Aug 2024

Netwerk24’s new decade: From the editor

Media

Netwerk24’s new decade: From the editor

Henriëtte Loubser, Issued by Media24 22 Aug 2024

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Labour Law

Retrenchments: When can employers forgo a section 189(3) notice?

Amandla Makhongwana and Jared Allen 21 Aug 2024

Zolani Matthews has been fired as group CEO of Prasa. (Photo supplied by Prasa)

Labour Law

Prasa’s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15m and counting

Tania Broughton 19 Aug 2024

Newspapers

Understanding the hard-hitting Press Council ruling against Iqbal Survé’s newspapers

Ombud Watcher 12 Aug 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Devil in the details: Calculating compensation for unfair dismissal

Ayanda Nkabinde and Soraia Machado 5 Aug 2024

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

Agriculture

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

Bernard Chiguvare 29 Jul 2024

isiXhosa.click: Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Skills Training

isiXhosa.click: Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 29 Jul 2024

Law Practice

Ramaphosa appoints first female chief justice

26 Jul 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

Source: © CPJ The Basmanny district court in Moscow has convicted Russian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen of disseminating "fake" information about the Russian military

Media Freedom

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen convicted of disseminating "fake" information

19 Jul 2024

Woolworths Taste says farewell in print, embraces digital-first future

Magazines

Woolworths Taste says farewell in print, embraces digital-first future

Issued by New Media 15 Jul 2024

New minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has had a busy first week.

Construction & Engineering

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure sets vision for SA

Lindsey Schutters 9 Jul 2024

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

Home Affairs extends temporary visa concession

4 Jul 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Significance of signature dates when enforcing security documents

Sakhile Mbele 21 Jun 2024

SADiLaR director elected as fellow of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences

Higher Education

SADiLaR director elected as fellow of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 19 Jun 2024

From Soweto to the Super Bowl... and back home to Jozi

Advertising

From Soweto to the Super Bowl... and back home to Jozi

Issued by aHead Marketing Services 18 Jun 2024

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Cyber Law

Victims of cybercrime - SCA's landmark ruling on responsibilities of affected parties

Lionel Dos Passos 14 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Public Health

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Criminal Law

Congo lawyers say they have new evidence on Apple's minerals supply chain

Sonia Rolley 23 May 2024

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

SMEs

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

21 May 2024

Apple Music unveils 100 Best Albums of all time

Music

Apple Music unveils 100 Best Albums of all time

22 May 2024

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Higher Education

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Mary-Anne Gontsana 10 May 2024

Unpaid school uniform makers occupy Gauteng social development offices

Primary & Secondary Education

Unpaid school uniform makers occupy Gauteng social development offices

Masego Mafata, Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph 9 May 2024

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Higher Education

Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza

Ihsaan Haffejee 8 May 2024