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Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

3 days

Source: Reuters.

Emergency Medicine

Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

Further work on the Botsmaskop Fynbos Estate has been halted by the Western Cape High Court. Photo from an appendix in court papers.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate

John Yeld 3 days

Investing in the Lobito Corridor: Focus on ESG-related disputes

ESG & Sustainability

Investing in the Lobito Corridor: Focus on ESG-related disputes

Priyesh Daya, Nick Alp, Brittany Leroni and Litha Raziya 14 Apr 2025

Steenberg Wines unveil new flagship wine labels

Packaging

Steenberg Wines unveil new flagship wine labels

14 Apr 2025

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Banking & Finance

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Naledi Sikhakhane 14 Apr 2025

Markets & Investment

South Africa braces for post-Agoa era as tariffs hit exporters

14 Apr 2025

Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence

Telecoms & Networks

Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence

Sechaba Mokhethi 10 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Trump's tariff pause sparks surge in European and Asian markets

10 Apr 2025

Image source: jordano2000 –

Tax Law

Updated carbon tax framework and its impact on high-emission industries

9 Apr 2025

The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

VAT hikes and fuel price cuts: A mixed bag for small businesses

Entrepreneurship

VAT hikes and fuel price cuts: A mixed bag for small businesses

9 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Economy

2025 Budget revealed: 61% allocated to social needs, says Ramaphosa

7 Apr 2025

SA Harvest transforms food aid with new vetting app

Food Security

SA Harvest transforms food aid with new vetting app

4 Apr 2025

Healthcare

Chinese Red Cross adds rescue force for Myanmar earthquake

China News Service 3 Apr 2025

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 2 Apr 2025

Relief at the pumps as fuel prices set to come down

Fuel & Energy

Relief at the pumps as fuel prices set to come down

1 Apr 2025

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Nutrition

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Issued by Stone 1 Apr 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Another extension for Sassa beneficiaries to switch to black cards

1 Apr 2025

Image source: wayhomestudio from

Labour Law & Unions

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

31 Mar 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

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

31 Mar 2025

New FMD cases in KZN and Eastern Cape spark biosecurity alert

Agriculture

New FMD cases in KZN and Eastern Cape spark biosecurity alert

31 Mar 2025

Image source: Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer –

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

Image source: Tara Winstead from

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