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Occupational Health & Safety

Fire safety shouldn’t be reactive: Protect your people and assets early

5 hours

Bird flu vaccines approved for South African poultry

Agriculture

Bird flu vaccines approved for South African poultry

8 hours

Vuvuzelas, vapes and other items not allowed into 2026 Fifa World stadiums

Sport

Vuvuzelas, vapes and other items not allowed into 2026 Fifa World stadiums

8 hours

Managing incentives and competitions the right way

Marketing

Managing incentives and competitions the right way

Issued by Caxton Media 7 hours

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

ESG

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Issued by Topco Media 9 hours

The 2026 Kantar-Diva-Curve Report

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

The 2026 Kantar-Diva-Curve Report

Leigh Andrews and Carissa Poonsammy, Issued by Kantar 11 hours

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Tax Law

Contradictory crypto judgment: New High Court ruling declares bitcoin is ‘capital’

Bright Tibane, Esther Geldenhuys and Robyn Berger 12 hours

Guy Lundy, country manager, Spencer Stuart South Africa, asks if South Africa’s next CMOs will be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers? (Image supplied)

Marketing

Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?

1 day

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Environmental Law

Private water trading faces total ban under 2026 NWA Amendment Bill

James Ross, Alysa Buntin and Emily Raubenheimer 1 day

South Africa's AI policy cheat sheet

4th Industrial Revolution

South Africa's AI policy cheat sheet

Verosha Singh, Jacolien De Muelenaere 2 days

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Criminal Law

White-collar crime in Africa: Cross-border trends reshape corporate risk

Lionel van Tonder, Garth Duncan and Brittany Leroni 2 days

Rawson launches Business Brokers division as demand for business sales grows

Markets & Investment

Rawson launches Business Brokers division as demand for business sales grows

Issued by Rawson Property Group 2 days

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Property

Warning to South African landlords: Student housing crackdown and R180,000 legal shocks

2 days

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Travel

Sars introduces new border rules for foreign vehicles

2 days

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Higher Education

Kenya's Strathmore University wins Africa space law moot court

29 May 2026

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to lawmakers in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, 14 May 2026. Reuters/Esa Alexander

Law Practice

SA impeachment committee to hold first meeting on president's scandal

Nellie Peyton and Anathi Madubela 29 May 2026

Talor Swift for her Life of a showgirl album. Source: TAS Rights Management.

Branding

Taylor Swift faces trademark battle over The Life of a Showgirl

29 May 2026

JALL 2026: 25 years of shaping labour law conversations in South Africa

Labour Law & Unions

JALL 2026: 25 years of shaping labour law conversations in South Africa

Issued by Juta and Company 28 May 2026

Research to results: Q&A with Ravini Moodley on scaling innovation in a constrained economy

2026 Western Cape Economic Innovation Awards

Research to results: Q&A with Ravini Moodley on scaling innovation in a constrained economy

Issued by Cape Chamber 28 May 2026

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South African president seeks to clear his name over cash-in-sofa scandal

Nilutpal Timsina and Sfundo Parakozov 28 May 2026

Filing season strategy for taxpayers already under Sars pressure

Taxation & Regulation

Filing season strategy for taxpayers already under Sars pressure

Issued by Tax Debt Compliance 27 May 2026

Smart glasses raise new privacy questions in South Africa

IoT

Smart glasses raise new privacy questions in South Africa

Allan Juma 26 May 2026

MultiChoice Talent Factory young filmmakers lead new anti-piracy PSA

TV

MultiChoice Talent Factory young filmmakers lead new anti-piracy PSA

Issued by MultiChoice 26 May 2026

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Ethics & Medicolegal

SAHPRA clamps down on unregistered weight-loss drugs

26 May 2026

The Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a Gauteng High Court ruling that allowed German firm Frazer Solar to attach Lesotho state assets worth R950-million. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court halts solar company from seizing Lesotho’s assets

Sechaba Mokhethi 25 May 2026

Responsible gaming moves into platform architecture in SA

Technology

Responsible gaming moves into platform architecture in SA

Mariia Halaida 25 May 2026

SA Poultry cries industry sacrifice, heads to court over shaky AGOA poultry quota

Agriculture

SA Poultry cries industry sacrifice, heads to court over shaky AGOA poultry quota

Issued by AMIE 22 May 2026

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IP Law

Protecting GUI IP: Why app icons are your best digital trade mark

Rual Grobler 22 May 2026

Why South African SMEs are losing out over cybersecurity

SMEs

Why South African SMEs are losing out over cybersecurity

Lucas Molefe 21 May 2026

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Consumer Law

CPA amendments: What new direct marketing rules mean for agents

Rowan Terry and Clare Laurent 20 May 2026

Based in Cape Town, the Astron Energy Refinery, formerly the Chevron Oil Refinery, is the third-largest crude oil refinery in South Africa. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Mining

South Africa to pump R2.86bn into mineral and petroleum sector

20 May 2026

South Africa’s sugar industry cannot survive unchecked dumping

Agro-processing

South Africa’s sugar industry cannot survive unchecked dumping

Robert Gumede 19 May 2026

Dove and Fifa are teaming up to champion the next generation of female sports commentators through the Girl Talk movement (Image generated by AI)

Promotions & Activations

Girl Talk: Finding the next female voice in sports

19 May 2026

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Medical Law

ConCourt declares sections of NHA inconsistent with the Constitution

19 May 2026

The growing role of data and AI in media buying

Digital

The growing role of data and AI in media buying

Issued by TDMC 18 May 2026

Protesters outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s offices in Cape Town in August 2025. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch

Coal, Oil & Gas

No plan to review SA’s coal exports to Israel, says Parks Tau

Matthew Hirsch 18 May 2026

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IP Law

Trade secrets vs. patents: Protecting the "how" behind the products you sell

Patrick O’Brien 15 May 2026

From student beds to senior living

Residential Property

From student beds to senior living

Issued by Catchwords 15 May 2026

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Law Practice

New NPA deputies appointed

15 May 2026

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: Ad law and self-regulation summit debuts at Cannes Lions

15 May 2026

The Constitutional Court has ruled that rejected asylum seekers cannot reapply. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Constitutional Court rules asylum seekers once rejected cannot reapply

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 14 May 2026

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Affordable & Social Housing

Eviction law reform sparks debate over housing rights and market access

Renier Kriek 14 May 2026

Marketing

Why the full-time CMO is a luxury most SA businesses can’t afford

Bernard Jansen 14 May 2026

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South Africa's ANC executive closes ranks around Ramaphosa over "Farmgate" scandal, SABC reports

Anathi Madubela and Sfundo Parakozov 14 May 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Surplus local funds and foreign debts: SCA's landmark insolvency ruling

Bridget Letsholo 13 May 2026

Media

Former journalist and provincial spokesperson convicted on 4 rape counts

13 May 2026

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Logistics & Transport

Transport budget allocates R31bn to Sanral for national road upgrades

13 May 2026

Happiness Primary School is one of three no-fee-paying schools in Nigel that have had their electricity cut off for months. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

Schools left in darkness as municipal bills mount

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 May 2026

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Remuneration & Payroll

New earnings threshold now in effect: Are your employment contracts compliant?

Carole Ratcliffe 12 May 2026