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2024's biggest podcasts in South Africa according to Apple

Karabo Ledwaba

Sunday Times GenNext Awards crowns the coolest of the cool crowd

10 Marketing trends for 2025

Jaguar’s rebrand: creative vision or branding blunder?

Karabo Ledwaba

Dentsu and Telkom partner to launch Merkury: Redefining consumer engagement across South Africa

ABC Q3 2024: A quiet quarter for newspapers

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Top Safa boss appears in court

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Sasria, Venda University of Technology and Gauteng Health face SIU probes

12 Nov 2024

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MultiChoice and law enforcement crack down on streaming device piracy rings

5 Nov 2024

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Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga/File Photo

Nigerian court orders release of Binance executive after charges dropped

Camillus Eboh 24 Oct 2024

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No stitches for snitches: Role of leniency in dismantling cartels

Nicholas De Decker 18 Oct 2024

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Ex-Eskom official convicted of fraud and corruption

14 Oct 2024

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NPA declines to prosecute in Phala Phala case

11 Oct 2024

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Dawn raid dodging: Ensure employees don't delete private messages

Clare-Alice Vertue, Karl Blom, Siya Ngcamu, and Sidrah Suliman 9 Oct 2024

Source: Investec.

Investec closes accounts linked to South Africa's political elite

1 Oct 2024

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NPA scores Steinhoff victory

27 Sep 2024

Illegal business occupants given 14 days to comply with the law

27 Sep 2024

Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate

Daniel Steyn 23 Sep 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa returned from a visit to China and busied himself with the fight against corruption.

Ramaphosa gives SIU license to investigate Transnet corruption

Lindsey Schutters 16 Sep 2024

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Police seize counterfeit goods worth more than R94m

6 Sep 2024

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Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

4 Sep 2024

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How PoPIA's protection extends to Pty Ltds

Ahmore Burger-Smidt and Dale Adams 22 Aug 2024

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Covid PPE supplier must face the music, court rules

Tania Broughton 7 Aug 2024

In 2021 GroundUp reported on streetlights in Kariega, under Nelson Mandela Bay, that had been off for years despite complaints by residents. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane / GroundUp

SIU to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in Nelson Mandela Bay

Liezl Human 16 Jul 2024

Almost 3 in 5 stores sell illegal cigarettes, research reveals

15 Jul 2024

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Ex-VBS Bank chair pleads guilty, gets 15 years

11 Jul 2024

Judge rules former health MEC can be held criminally liable for 9 Life Esidimeni deaths

Takudzwa Pongweni 11 Jul 2024

South Africa faces ‘perfect storm’ of financial crime, ready to ‘fight back’

5 Jul 2024

Analysis: Purdue pharma case and SA law impacts

2 Jul 2024

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

Lionel Dos Passos 14 Jun 2024

GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

27 May 2024

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic.

Scandal-ridden Binance in SA court to keep dealings with local minority partner under wraps

Georgina Crouth 24 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

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

Sonia Rolley 23 May 2024

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Green light for law criminalising hate crimes, hate speech

10 May 2024

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Woman sentenced for R16m theft

9 Apr 2024

More news

Image source: Getty Images

Top Safa boss appears in court

14 Nov 2024

Image source: pixelbliss –

Sasria, Venda University of Technology and Gauteng Health face SIU probes

12 Nov 2024

MultiChoice and law enforcement crack down on streaming device piracy rings

5 Nov 2024

Image source: jukic –

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga/File Photo

Nigerian court orders release of Binance executive after charges dropped

Camillus Eboh 24 Oct 2024

Image source: Denis Ismagilov –

No stitches for snitches: Role of leniency in dismantling cartels

Nicholas De Decker 18 Oct 2024

Image source: Ekaterina Bolovtsova from

Ex-Eskom official convicted of fraud and corruption

14 Oct 2024

Image source: Sergii Gnatiuk –

NPA declines to prosecute in Phala Phala case

11 Oct 2024

Image source: Miguel Á. Padriñán from

Dawn raid dodging: Ensure employees don't delete private messages

Clare-Alice Vertue, Karl Blom, Siya Ngcamu, and Sidrah Suliman 9 Oct 2024

Source: Investec.

Investec closes accounts linked to South Africa's political elite

1 Oct 2024

Image source: Burmakin Andrey –

NPA scores Steinhoff victory

27 Sep 2024

Illegal business occupants given 14 days to comply with the law

27 Sep 2024

Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate

Daniel Steyn 23 Sep 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa returned from a visit to China and busied himself with the fight against corruption.

Ramaphosa gives SIU license to investigate Transnet corruption

Lindsey Schutters 16 Sep 2024

Image source: Allan Swart –

Police seize counterfeit goods worth more than R94m

6 Sep 2024

Image source: Kindel Media from

Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

4 Sep 2024

Image source: Maksim Kabakou –

How PoPIA's protection extends to Pty Ltds

Ahmore Burger-Smidt and Dale Adams 22 Aug 2024

Image source: Karolina Grabowska from

Covid PPE supplier must face the music, court rules

Tania Broughton 7 Aug 2024

In 2021 GroundUp reported on streetlights in Kariega, under Nelson Mandela Bay, that had been off for years despite complaints by residents. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane / GroundUp

SIU to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in Nelson Mandela Bay

Liezl Human 16 Jul 2024

Almost 3 in 5 stores sell illegal cigarettes, research reveals

15 Jul 2024

Image source: Kindel Media from

Ex-VBS Bank chair pleads guilty, gets 15 years

11 Jul 2024

Judge rules former health MEC can be held criminally liable for 9 Life Esidimeni deaths

Takudzwa Pongweni 11 Jul 2024

South Africa faces ‘perfect storm’ of financial crime, ready to ‘fight back’

5 Jul 2024

Analysis: Purdue pharma case and SA law impacts

2 Jul 2024

Image source: Périg MORISSE –

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

Lionel Dos Passos 14 Jun 2024

GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

27 May 2024

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic.

Scandal-ridden Binance in SA court to keep dealings with local minority partner under wraps

Georgina Crouth 24 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

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

Sonia Rolley 23 May 2024

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

Green light for law criminalising hate crimes, hate speech

10 May 2024

Image source: sakhorn saengtongsamarnsin –

Woman sentenced for R16m theft

9 Apr 2024

KPMG scandal: Moema won't stand alone in facing prosecution

8 Apr 2024

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Judicial Matters Amendment Act signed into law

4 Apr 2024

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Former Steinhoff director appears in court for fraud, racketeering

26 Mar 2024

Book extract - Steinheist: The day the fraud became clear

Rob Rose 25 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste dies by suicide, reports say

22 Mar 2024

Steinhoff's former Chief Executive Markus Jooste appears in parliament to face a panel investigating an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer in Cape Town, South Africa, September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

SA regulator fines former Steinhoff CEO for accounting fraud

Nqobile Dludla 21 Mar 2024

Source: Nedbank CIB.

Landmark ruling: Bheki Cele held liable for heist linked to R101m Nedbank loss

19 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Steinhoff: Reserve Bank manager signed off on billions in alleged unlawful cross-border transactions (Part One)

Pauli van Wyk 12 Mar 2024

South Africa's battle against greylisting: a year on

Hawken McEwan 4 Mar 2024

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Agrizzi to appear in Pretoria High Court

22 Feb 2024