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Artificial Intelligence

Meta expands parental controls with teen AI visibility, joining rivals

Karabo Ledwaba 30 Apr 2026

Supplied images: McIlhenny Tabasco sauce (L) and Stoli's new “Halapeño Pepper” vodka bottle (R)

IP Law

Trade dress dispute hots up as Tabasco takes Stoli to court over vodka bottle design

Nishaat Slamdien 14 Apr 2026

Social Media

Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Rob Nicholls 26 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp. Bulk services work on Botmaskop Estate at Helshoogte outside Stellenbosch before an April 2025 interdict prohibited any further construction.

Property Development

Judgment reserved in Stellenbosch luxury estate battle

John Yeld 16 Mar 2026

Social Media

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

Carolina Rossini 12 Mar 2026

HR Tools & Software

Is your AI recruitment software ageist?

27 Feb 2026

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

4th Industrial Revolution

AI and defamation: Where does the responsibility lie?

Dario Milo, Lia Wheeler 24 Feb 2026

App Your Game’s Yusuf Abrahams says neuroinclusive design is the real competitive edge for 2026 (and after) (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | App Your Game’s Yusuf Abrahams: Neuroinclusive design, the real competitive edge for 2026

Yusuf Abrahams 13 Feb 2026

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Law Practice

Class actions on the increase: A case for regulation of litigation funding

Stuart Pringle 10 Feb 2026

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff has stated that he wants AI regulated before more people die (Image source: © Salesforce

Technology

Salesforce CEO calls for AI regulation following “suicide coaches” deaths

22 Jan 2026

Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers find products beyond its marketplace, but retailers argue the experiment exposes a deeper tension over data ownership, consent and who really controls the future of online shopping (Image source: © 123rf )

E-commerce

Online retailers push back against Amazon's Shop Direct

7 Jan 2026

Image credit: Reuters/Jonny Hogg/File Photo

Mining

Glencore first miner to export cobalt under new DRC quotas

Ange Kasongo, Pratima Desai and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 11 Dec 2025

Mining

Apple faces new lawsuit over Congo conflict minerals

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis 27 Nov 2025

IP Law

Public domain vs commercial use: Why Disney is drawing battle lines over Mickey Mouse jewellery

Nishaat Slamdien 17 Nov 2025

People hold a banner with pictures of victims of crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 Boeing 737 Max 8 during Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing about Boeing’s commitment to address safety concerns in the wake of a January 2024 mid-air emergency involving a new 737 Max, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, 2 April 2025. Reuters/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Boeing ordered to pay more than $28m to 737 Max crash victim's family

Diana Novak Jones 14 Nov 2025

When a global powerhouse like the BBC ends up apologising for a “misleading edit” of Donald Trump’s speech - a move that’s now sparked resignations and a potential $1bn lawsuit - it shakes more than their newsroom. It shakes faith in journalism itself (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

The BBC-Trump saga: Questioning integrity in journalism and PR

Hayley Hillary 13 Nov 2025

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IP Law

Fighting for the royalty treatment: IP disputes in SA's music scene

Fathima Ismail and Sara-Jane Pluke 11 Nov 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

When polluters don’t pay: Still no cleanup at South African oil refinery that’s caused millions in damage but was sold for 6c

Llewellyn Leonard 10 Nov 2025

Reddit's NYC office hallway. Source: Reddit.

Artificial Intelligence

Reddit accuses Perplexity AI of data theft

23 Oct 2025

When workplace AI harms employees, who’s to blame?

4th Industrial Revolution

When workplace AI harms employees, who’s to blame?

Nadeem Mahomed, Safee-Naaz Siddiqi, Dylan Greenstone 22 Oct 2025

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IP Law

The business of Swift and Kelce: A brand match made in IP heaven?

Nishaat Slamdien 8 Oct 2025

Subrogation in South African law: Quo vadis?

Corporate & Commercial Law

Subrogation in South African law: Quo vadis?

Andrew Clark, Issued by Cox Yeats 12 Sep 2025

Digital

Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next

Rob Nicholls 3 Sep 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

Key changes to rules regulating class action lawsuits

Jonathan Barnes and Bianca Masterton 3 Sep 2025

Phenduka was fired on Monday. Source: Kaya FM.

Radio & Audio

“They fired me”: Sol Phenduka confirms Kaya 959 exit

Karabo Ledwaba 2 Sep 2025

Luxury tourism in Africa ‘causing more harm than good’, new research warns

Tourism

Luxury tourism in Africa ‘causing more harm than good’, new research warns

Catarina Demony 20 Aug 2025

Toyota reaffirms KZN investment following insurer’s lawsuit

Commercial & Industrial

Toyota reaffirms KZN investment following insurer’s lawsuit

12 Aug 2025

Human Rights Law

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 29 Jul 2025

An employee shows a Hershey's chocolate bar made in USA in the "American lifestyle" store in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2018. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Human Rights Law

Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel 24 Jul 2025

Lesotho Palace of Justice in Maseru. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority wants a case against it dismissed. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Jul 2025

Advertising

$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Image supplied. Diffusion tensor imaging shows corpus callosum fibre tracts in two adolescents: One with traumatic brain injury (TBI; G and H) and one with an orthopaedic injury (E and F). At 3 months post-injury (E, G), early degeneration and loss of fibre tracts are visible, especially in the TBI case. At 18 months (F, H), some recovery or reorganisation occurs, but persistent loss and thinning of tracts remain, particularly in the frontal regions, indicating lasting white matter damage after TBI.

Sports Science

The dangers of traumatic brain injuries in contact sport

Kathy Malherbe 17 Jun 2025

Social Media

Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

23 May 2025

Advertising

Google's latest antitrust loss in the US raises stakes for Big Tech

Rob Nicholls 23 Apr 2025

Advertising

Facebook agrees to halt targeted ads for UK user after legal challenge

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Mar 2025

Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo has proposed mandatory mediation for all civil matters. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Law Practice

Gauteng High Court proposes mandatory mediation for civil cases

Tania Broughton 25 Mar 2025

An architect’s impression of the proposed retirement complex at Sedgefield. Graphic: Eco Route Environmental Consultancy (Draft Amendment Report).

Land & Property Law

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5m

John Yeld 19 Mar 2025

Is Tesla’s sales slump down to Elon Musk?

Dealers

Is Tesla’s sales slump down to Elon Musk?

James Obiegbu, Gretchen Larsen 18 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

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

Camillus Eboh 20 Feb 2025

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Public Liability & Personal Injury

Interim relief for listeriosis class action claimants with urgent medical needs

3 Feb 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: ICT

Technology

#BestofBiz 2024: ICT

17 Dec 2024

Source: The late chief executive officer of United Healthcare Brian Thompson.

Financial Services

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead

6 Dec 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

ESG trends and how they are impacting the retail sector

Chandni Gopal and Zimkhitha Mhlahlo 29 Nov 2024

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Covid-19

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton 8 Nov 2024

Source: © Avid Following a settlement, the details of which have not been disclosed, Unilever has been dropped from the lawsuit by X

Advertising

Is Elon Musk winning the legal war or losing the ad battle as Unilever and X settle

Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2024

Maximising Your ERP and CRM investments: Not all managed services are made the same

CRM, CX, UX

Maximising Your ERP and CRM investments: Not all managed services are made the same

Issued by Altron Digital Business 10 Oct 2024

End of an era for Drip Footwear: footwear retailer enters liquidation, laying off employees

Retailers

End of an era for Drip Footwear: footwear retailer enters liquidation, laying off employees

9 Oct 2024

Instagram launches Teen Accounts to pour water on legal inferno

Mobile & Apps

Instagram launches Teen Accounts to pour water on legal inferno

Lindsey Schutters 18 Sep 2024