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Healthcare

Chinese Red Cross adds rescue force for Myanmar earthquake

China News Service 15 hours

Girl power: Female-focused products driving South Africa’s vitamins market

Women's Health

Girl power: Female-focused products driving South Africa’s vitamins market

Issued by Insight Survey 1 day

Relief at the pumps as fuel prices set to come down

Fuel & Energy

Relief at the pumps as fuel prices set to come down

2 days

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Nutrition

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Issued by Stone 2 days

Health & Welfare

Another extension for Sassa beneficiaries to switch to black cards

2 days

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Labour Law & Unions

Quiet firing: Could your boss be encouraging you to quit?

3 days

Infrastructure & Utilities

History made as Cape Town reveals R39.7bn infrastructure investment plan

3 days

New FMD cases in KZN and Eastern Cape spark biosecurity alert

Agriculture

New FMD cases in KZN and Eastern Cape spark biosecurity alert

3 days

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Food, Water & Energy Security

R2m to address eThekwini water challenges

26 Mar 2025

aQuellé delivers hope and hydration during National Water Week

Food, Water & Energy Security

aQuellé delivers hope and hydration during National Water Week

Issued by aQuellé 26 Mar 2025

Graduates welcome EFF proposal of Bill aimed at settling student university debt

Higher Education

Graduates welcome EFF proposal of Bill aimed at settling student university debt

Siyabonga Goni 24 Mar 2025

Markets & Investment

Missed chance: South Africa's interest rate freeze draws property market concerns

20 Mar 2025

Aleksandra Surogina, head of operations & content, Special Effects Media South Africa says we need to stop being marketers, and start being storytellers (Image supplied)

Social Media

Stop being marketers... Start being storytellers!

Aleksandra Surogina 20 Mar 2025

The disease is hard to catch because it looks similar to other crop diseases. Source: Supplied.

Agriculture

Goss’s Wilt and Leaf Blight: A new threat to South African maize production

Dr. Rikus Kloppers 19 Mar 2025

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Accounting & Auditing

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Issued by SAICA 17 Mar 2025

From points to purpose: The evolution of loyalty and rewards programmes

Marketing

From points to purpose: The evolution of loyalty and rewards programmes

Kgomotso Zaake, Issued by DNA Brand Architects 18 Mar 2025

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Banking & Finance

#Budget2025: How the 2025 budget will impact consumers

Thabani Ndwandwe 13 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strands drugs in warehouse

Aaron Ross, Tim Cocks and Vivianne Wandera 13 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Dr Chris Blair, CEO: 21st Century.

Budget Speech

#Budget2025: Pragmatism or missed opportunity?

Dr. Chris Blair 13 Mar 2025

#Budget2025: No fuel levy and sugar tax increases, a positive outcome for agriculture

Agribusiness

#Budget2025: No fuel levy and sugar tax increases, a positive outcome for agriculture

Paul Makube 13 Mar 2025

Source: © World Finance The Minerals Council of SA, responding to the Budget Speech delivered on 12 March, says the full potential of mining needs to be unlocked to prevent additional tax rises in coming years

Mining

#Budget2025: Unlocking mining's full potential could reshape South Africa's economy

13 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Budget Speech

No more headroom: 2025 Budget Speech is bad news for taxpayers

12 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Steve Mallaby, chief executive officer of adumo Payouts.

Finance

Adumo's tech-driven incentives: a game changer for employee morale

11 Mar 2025

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Taxation & Regulation

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Issued by SAICA 11 Mar 2025

John Botha, joint-CEO Global Business Solutions

Remuneration & Payroll

BCEA earnings threshold increase: What this means for business

John Botha 10 Mar 2025

Beware of your spare

Manufacturing & Parts

Beware of your spare

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 11 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Miyelani Holeni, group chief advisor at Ntiyiso Consulting Group.

Economy

Redefining economic growth: South Africa's budget blueprint for reform

Miyelani Holeni 10 Mar 2025

Trying to work-around time bars

Law Practice

Trying to work-around time bars

Peter Barnard, Issued by Cox Yeats 6 Mar 2025

Will South African SMEs find relief in the upcoming budget?

Entrepreneurship

Will South African SMEs find relief in the upcoming budget?

5 Mar 2025

Source: Megan Gonsalves, manager of Netcare Akeso’s Crisis Line.

Pharmaceuticals

From relief to reliance: Inside the silent painkiller epidemic

6 Mar 2025

South Africa's top 5 car brands for February 2025 revealed

Commercial & Industrial

South Africa's top 5 car brands for February 2025 revealed

Imran Salie 4 Mar 2025

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Land & Property Law

High Court ruling allows body corporate to disconnect power of resident in arrears

Charlise Finch and Pierre Le Roux 4 Mar 2025

RCL Foods posts profit surge, resumes dividends

FMCG

RCL Foods posts profit surge, resumes dividends

Nqobile Dludla 4 Mar 2025

Shoprite and Checkers offer purified water at just R1 per litre

ESG

Shoprite and Checkers offer purified water at just R1 per litre

4 Mar 2025

A look at wellbeing programme rewards that make you save smarter

Banking & Finance

A look at wellbeing programme rewards that make you save smarter

Jaco Oosthuizen 28 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters. Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Taxation & Regulation

VAT increase versus spending cuts: South Africa’s budget dilemma explained

28 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters. Young residents carry water home after filling up a bottle at a community filling station in the informal settlement of Kanana after individuals died from cholera in Hammanskraal, South Africa, 24 May, 2023.

Finance

Former African presidents demand action as debt crisis reaches historic levels

Katja Hamilton 27 Feb 2025

All infrastructure work on the R300m Botmaskop Fynbos Estate on the Helshoogte Pass between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek has already been completed. Photo from an appendix in the respondent’s court papers.

Property

Parties hold their breath in battle over R300m Stellenbosch mountain estate

John Yeld 26 Feb 2025

Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye

Energy

Bloomberg: Trump USAID cuts hit electricity programme in Africa

Mrinmay Dey 26 Feb 2025

Economy

Salaries in South Africa surpass expectations with strong January growth

26 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

Hundreds of students marched on the University of Cape Town campus last week protesting against financial exclusion. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Higher Education

UCT and SRC strike deal to help students with outstanding debt

Liezl Human 25 Feb 2025

Students protesting at the gates of eThekwini TVET College’s Centec campus in Morningside on Monday, demand an urgent solution to their accommodation crisis. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Higher Education

Durban students protest housing crisis

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 25 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Rex Cowley, director and co-founder of Overseas Trust and Pension (OTAP).

Markets & Investment

Foreign pensions: An effective tool for global wealth diversification and asset protection

25 Feb 2025

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Law Practice

ConCourt blocks Mphaphuli Consulting’s application in R76m case

24 Feb 2025

South Africa’s world-class scientific research vessel, the SA Agulhas II, heads toward Cape Town after a stop over in East London following its annual relief and supply voyage to the SANAE IV Antarctic base. The back of Table Mountain, seen in the distance here, was a welcome sight for some researchers returning from a 12-month overwintering stay at SANAE IV, along with sobering news on the state of the southern oceans. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Climate Change

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica with alarming news

Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2025

The science of service recovery: Why resolving complaints boosts your bottom line

CRM, CX, UX

The science of service recovery: Why resolving complaints boosts your bottom line

Chantel Botha, Issued by BrandLove 20 Feb 2025

UCT protests: University rejects blanket fee relief, warns against disruptions

Higher Education

UCT protests: University rejects blanket fee relief, warns against disruptions

20 Feb 2025

Budget Speech

Budget Speech clash: The elephant in the room

Katja Hamilton 19 Feb 2025

Allan Gray opens fellowship for high school entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

Allan Gray opens fellowship for high school entrepreneurs

18 Feb 2025