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Explainer: BELA and its controversies

Paula Ensor 3 hours

Four leaders from Africa ar eon the 2025 Gerety MEA jury. (L to r): Nnenna Onyewuchi, Koo Govender, Linda Kachingwe-Sisya,Nnenna Onyewuchi,Jeanine Gomes. (Source: © Bizcommunity, Image by Ruth Cooper)

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4 creative and marketing leaders from Africa in Gerety 2025 MEA jury

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A drone image of oil at the main beach in Strandfontein on the West Coast. Photo: Tania Fouche / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

West Coast beaches polluted by oil spill

John Yeld 2 days

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2025

Online Media

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2025

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2025

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

31 Jan 2025

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Labour Law

Dismissal codes expanded: What employers need to know

Keshni Naicker and Amandla Makhongwana 30 Jan 2025

Record-breaking year for Daily Investor in 2024

Online Media

Record-breaking year for Daily Investor in 2024

Issued by Broad Media 30 Jan 2025

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Marketing

Warc's The Multiplier Effect - A CMO’s guide to brand building in the performance era

29 Jan 2025

Media

Press ombud rules on News24’s coverage of Gayton McKenzie’s Olympic jaunt

Ombud Watcher Law 29 Jan 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Have your say on draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy

29 Jan 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

New nature reserve established in the Soutpansberg

27 Jan 2025

Emergency Medicine

Western Cape EMS responds to record 69,000 calls during festive season

27 Jan 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

CSI & Philanthropy

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth

Youth Employment

Employment and Labour to recruit 10,000 inspector interns

23 Jan 2025

Public Health

How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment

Louise Baur, John B. Dixon, Priya Sumithran and Wendy A. Brown 23 Jan 2025

Afda lecturer Gerard Rudolf wins Ingrid Jonker L'Art Poétique Prize

Education

Afda lecturer Gerard Rudolf wins Ingrid Jonker L'Art Poétique Prize

Earle Holmes, Issued by AFDA 24 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

Digital

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

The Beer Association of South Africa shares priorities for 2025

ESG

The Beer Association of South Africa shares priorities for 2025

Charlene Louw 23 Jan 2025

Jonathan Goldberg, Chairman Global Business Solutions

Labour Law

Groundbreaking draft dismissal code to transform South Africa's workplace culture

Jonathan Goldberg 22 Jan 2025

The South African Social Security Agency is to suspend payment of Social Relief of Distress grants where fraud is suspected. Archive photo: Barbara Maregele / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Sassa to suspend SRD grants where fraud is suspected

Marecia Damons 22 Jan 2025

Call for applications for the Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme is now open for the 2025 intake!

Music

Call for applications for the Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme is now open for the 2025 intake!

Issued by SAMRO 22 Jan 2025

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

Education

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

22 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele 21 Jan 2025

A company called Edumarks has been asking for R100 to send learners their matric results in advance of the official release. On Thursday, the person running Edumarks was arrested. Archive Photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Criminal Law

21-year-old arrested in matric marks leak

Kirav Doolabh and Veer Gosai 17 Jan 2025

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Markets & Investment

Citizens of global powers are upbeat about a second Trump presidency – but this is by no means universal

17 Jan 2025

Quantum computing is not as futuristic as it sounds

Technology

Quantum computing is not as futuristic as it sounds

Issued by Perfect Word 15 Jan 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Amendments to Companies Act now in effect - what you need to know

Cathy Truter, Martin Hopkins, and Ntokozo Nzima 15 Jan 2025

Kate Stubbs, Marketing Director at Interwaste

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Turning waste into wealth - SA’s ESG roadmap for 2025

Kate Stubbs 14 Jan 2025

Judge Nana Makhubele could face impeachment after a Judicial Conduct Tribunal found her guilty of misconduct. Archive photo: Masego Mafata/GroundUp

Law Practice

Judge Makhubele guilty of gross misconduct

Tania Broughton 13 Jan 2025

“Of the nine cases referred to and cited, only two could be found to exist, albeit that the citation of one was incorrect,” wrote Judge Elsja-Marie Bezuidenhout about an application for leave to appeal. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Law Practice

Lawyers in deep trouble for using AI to draft court papers

Tania Broughton 9 Jan 2025

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Climate Change

Carbon dioxide has been regulating Earth’s climate for hundreds of millions of years – new study

Hana Jurikova 8 Jan 2025

Source: Accelerate Property Fund.

Property

Accelerate Property Fund offloads prime real estate in debt-reduction strategy

Katja Hamilton 8 Jan 2025

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Environmental Law

Deadline looms for unconventional gas regulations inputs

8 Jan 2025

Human8 hires Niels Neudecker as managing director, US

Research

Human8 hires Niels Neudecker as managing director, US

Issued by Human8 8 Jan 2025

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Climate Change

Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world

Oscar Berglund and Tie Franco Brotto 7 Jan 2025

Renergen starts 2025 with helium hurdles and legal battles

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renergen starts 2025 with helium hurdles and legal battles

Lindsey Schutters 7 Jan 2025

Media

As trust plummets, how can mainstream media rebuild credibility?

Anita Varma 6 Jan 2025

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2024

Online Media

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2024

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 5 Jan 2025

Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

Artificial Intelligence

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

3 Jan 2025

A worker assembles an EV car inside BYD's first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market where it has become the dominant player, in Rayong, Thailand. Source: Reuters/Chalinee Thirasupa

Manufacturing & Parts

EU and Asia manufacturing spooked by boogeyman Trump

Sam Holmes and Indradip Ghosh 2 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Charity Ekezie dispels myths about Africa on social media. Source: Instagram.

Social Media

Nigerian TikTok star Charity Ekezie uses hilarious skits to dispel ignorance about Africa

Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula 2 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf The fuel prices for January 2025 will be adjusted with increases for Petrol 93, Petrol 95 and for diesel

Fuel & Energy

SA welcomes in 2025 with petrol and diesel increases

29 Dec 2024

Oncology

African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes

31 Dec 2024

Global wood and paper trade drops 12% as digital media grows

Forestry

Global wood and paper trade drops 12% as digital media grows

31 Dec 2024

SA invites public feedback on new anti-money laundering bill

Legislation

SA invites public feedback on new anti-money laundering bill

24 Dec 2024

Source: © Pew Reserarch Center With podcast listener numbers expected to surpass half a billion by the end of the year, a lot of companies are turning to podcasting says Serpple

TV

5 tips to starting a successful podcast

31 Dec 2024

Mr Sweet workers picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston during their 11-week strike. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet workers face disciplinary hearings for strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Dec 2024