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![Key trends and challenges for SA SMEs in late August 2024](https://biz-file.com/c/2408/747924.jpg)
![The newly ascended Electricity Regulation Amendment Act is a catalyst for a brighter energy future from the Ramaphosa administration.](https://biz-file.com/c/2408/747845-120x120.jpg?5)
Energy & Mining
Electricity Regulation Amendment Act starts new era for SA energy sector
Lindsey Schutters 17 Aug 2024
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![President Cyril Ramaphosa is leaning hard on infrastructure as the route to SA's prosperity.](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/745099-120x120.jpg?5)
Construction & Engineering
Ramaphosa puts infrastructure at centre of GNU
Lindsey Schutters 23 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](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/744841-120x120.jpg?2)
HR & Management
Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts
Tsoanelo Sefoloko 22 Jul 2024
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Marketing & Media
Tunisian judge imposes media ban on a candidate for presidential election
Tarek Amara 16 Jul 2024
![Minister Malatsi is supported by his predecessor Mondli Gungubele as his deputy.](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/744270-120x120.jpg?5)
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![Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/743494-120x120.jpg?2)
![Solly Malatsi may have no technology or ministerial experience, but will build on a strong policy foundation.](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/742905-120x120.jpg?5)
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![Source: @GovernmentZA/X. SA's continued finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/742646-120x120.jpg?5)
![Some SRD grant beneficiaries with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/742396-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with Sassa’s new verification process
Marecia Damons 27 Jun 2024
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![Youth Participation in South Africa’s Political Landscape: South African Youth Call for Increased Representation](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/740817.png)
Education
Youth Participation in South Africa’s Political Landscape: South African Youth Call for Increased Representation
Issued by Varsity Vibe 22 May 2024
![Motorists warned: Road disruptions ahead of parliament session](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/740718.jpg)
![Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/740560-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round
Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024
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![Empowering our youth to leverage technology to build a better world](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/740081-120x120.jpg?3)
Marketing & Media
Empowering our youth to leverage technology to build a better world
Dr Mmaki Jantjies 7 Jun 2024
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![Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/739739.jpg)
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![A man takes a photograph of the election results at the National Results Operation Centre of the IEC, which serves as an operational hub where results of the national election are displayed, in Midrand, South Africa, 2 June 2024. Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/739312-120x120.jpg?2)
![Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill](https://biz-file.com/c/2406/739286-120x120.jpg?1)
![The ACA announces 2024/25 board of directors](https://biz-file.com/c/2405/739219.jpg)
Marketing & Media
The ACA announces 2024/25 board of directors
Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 31 May 2024
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![#SAelections24: A crucial turning point for rural development and land reform](https://biz-file.com/c/2405/738287-120x120.jpg?2)
Agriculture
#SAelections24: A crucial turning point for rural development and land reform
Peter Setou 23 May 2024
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![Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks to his suppoters during the launch of the election manifesto of his new political party, uMkhonto we Sizwe, ahead of a general election on 29 May, at a rally in Soweto, South Africa, 18 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko](https://biz-file.com/c/2405/737848-120x120.jpg?2)
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Marketing & Media
2 Tunisian journalists jailed pending trial, bolstering fears for free speech
Tunisian newsroom 16 May 2024
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