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Renowned comedian Barry Hilton champions Intercare's Mental Health Pledge Campaign

Healthcare

Renowned comedian Barry Hilton champions Intercare's Mental Health Pledge Campaign

Issued by Intercare 15 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

(Image supplied) Founder of the DStv Content Creator Awards Manuela Dias De Deus, MD of communications agency, One-eyed Jack, talks about the awards' evolution

Marketing & Media

DStv Content Creators Awards' evolution

14 Jun 2024

Legal

South African appeal court suspends order halting Shell drilling

Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2024

A government proposal to drop some statutory safeguards for the Kruger National Park has raised the alarm among some experts. Photos: John Yeld

ESG & Sustainability

New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards 'at risk'

John Yeld 31 May 2024

South Africa's Tobacco Bill process faces scrutiny as experts uncover flaws

Legal

South Africa's Tobacco Bill process faces scrutiny as experts uncover flaws

Issued by VPASA 3 May 2024

Gwede Mantashe addressing the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Thembalethu Society in Thembalethu Zone 3, George.

Energy & Mining

DMRE invites public input on draft Gas Master Plan 2024

30 Apr 2024

Marianne Thamm performs her show. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media

Daily Maverick's Marianne Thamm brings her performance journalism show to Joburg

26 Apr 2024

The value of plastic waste

Retail

The value of plastic waste

Issued by Mpact 24 Apr 2024

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has turned to the Constitutional Court in his bid to appeal against a Pretoria High Court judgment that found the process he used to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme was neither fair nor lawful. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Legal

Home Affairs minister takes Zimbabwean permit battle to the Constitutional Court

Tania Broughton 6 Mar 2024

The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme will not end any time soon, following a Supreme Court of Appeal dismissal of the Minister of Home Affairs’ request for leave to appeal. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Legal

SCA dismisses bid to appeal Zim permits ruling

Tania Broughton 23 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

Lizle Louw, Partner at Webber Wentzel

Legal

Call for comment on sectoral targets in EEA amendment draft

Lizle Louw 8 Feb 2024

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Legal

Deadline for comments on review of Coastal Waters Discharge Permit extended

19 Jan 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Communities urged to engage Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan

22 Dec 2023

Healthcare

South Africa defies WHO's health regulations

14 Dec 2023

Healthcare

BUSA and B4SA challenge "unconstitutional" NHI Bill

7 Dec 2023

Healthcare

Rubber stamping NHI Bill will have damaging consequences for SA for generations

27 Nov 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR

Legal

Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

Inaugural Sanedi annual energy conference. Source: Supplied

Energy & Mining

South Africa’s collaborative approach to energy transition

22 Nov 2023

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

The Green Point marine outfall is one of three in Cape Town through which millions of litres of sewage are pumped out to sea daily. The City has been ordered to embark on a public participation process over the permits required for the operation of these outfalls. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town ordered to hold public hearings on sewage being pumped into the sea

Steve Kretzmann 21 Sep 2023

ESG & Sustainability

International month for deaf people

Nomonde Mnukwa 11 Sep 2023

The Olifants River estuary on the West Coast is now protected from diamond mining in terms of a legally binding settlement agreement. Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp

Legal

11th-hour out-of-court settlement reached on West Coast diamond mining

John Yeld 1 Sep 2023

Damage to the West Coast north of the Olifants River estuary caused by previous diamond mining operations (before Trans Hex). Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp

Legal

Court challenge to 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights

John Yeld 28 Aug 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

National environmental management laws now in force

Garyn Rapson, Tsoseletso Bogopa, and Hassan Mahlawe 6 Jul 2023

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Legal

Have your say on revised water use licence regulations

7 Jun 2023

Bo-Kaap and District Six plans passed despite public participation concerns

Property

Bo-Kaap and District Six plans passed despite public participation concerns

Matthew Hirsch 2 Jun 2023

First glimpse of plans for Cape Town's Salt River and Woodstock

Property

First glimpse of plans for Cape Town's Salt River and Woodstock

Matthew Hirsch 16 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Healthcare

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Eskom temporarily allowed to bypass pollution rules

22 Mar 2023

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Construction & Engineering

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Steve Kretzmann 9 Mar 2023

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Marketing & Media

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 Feb 2023

Explainer - How will the 'state of disaster' resolve the power crisis?

Energy & Mining

Explainer - How will the 'state of disaster' resolve the power crisis?

Carien du Plessis and Kopano Gumbi 13 Feb 2023

How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems

Agriculture

How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems

2 Feb 2023

Why the responsible retirement of assets on contaminated land is vital

Construction & Engineering

Why the responsible retirement of assets on contaminated land is vital

Heidi Snyman 3 Jan 2023

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Legal

Unpacking the new 'placeholder' Preferential Procurement Regulations

Rodney Africa, Prelisha Singh, Lubumba Kamukwamba, Roxy Harrington, and Savannah Cozzi 15 Dec 2022

TotalEnergies about to submit its application to drill for gas along south coast

Energy & Mining

TotalEnergies about to submit its application to drill for gas along south coast

Liezl Human 25 Nov 2022

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Legal

National Assembly approves Electoral Amendment Bill

21 Oct 2022

Environmental authorisations may no longer be required for solar PV installations

Energy & Mining

Environmental authorisations may no longer be required for solar PV installations

Garyn Rapson and Nonhlanhla Mnengi 28 Sep 2022

Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why

ESG & Sustainability

Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why

Synda Obaji 7 Sep 2022

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Legal

Local Government Amendment Act welcomed

2 Sep 2022

The University of Cape Town’s Jagger Library, which housed thousands of theses, artworks, and precious documents, after it was gutted by a fire in April 2021. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Education

UCT Jagger Library insurance payout delayed for over a year

Daniel Steyn 13 Jul 2022

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Education

Proposed changes to school infrastructure regulations

4 Jul 2022

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

Property

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

Raphael M. Kieti, Robert W. Rukwaro, Washington H.A. Olima 3 Jun 2022

Court bid to stop Shell seismic survey off Wild Coast underway

ESG & Sustainability

Court bid to stop Shell seismic survey off Wild Coast underway

Tania Broughton 30 May 2022

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Property

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Liezl Human 26 May 2022

Acting Judge Noluntu Bam has ordered the Minister of Mineral Affairs and Energy to re-open an appeal by several community organisations against the extension of its Somkhele mining operation in KwaZulu-Natal. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Legal

Judge blocks mine expansion

Tania Broughton 6 May 2022

Public Sector Leaders (PSL) celebrates Freedom month

Marketing & Media

Public Sector Leaders (PSL) celebrates Freedom month

Issued by Topco Media 26 Apr 2022