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Boudine Henningse, Executive: Operational Effectiveness, Ariston Global

HR & Management

Imperative shift: Lessons from LA fires for 2025 business strategies

Boudine Henningse 2 days

Source: Reuters/2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economy

#SONA2025: SA's future at stake in impending energy and trade address

Katja Hamilton 2 days

#BizTrends2025: The future of travel - how connection, conscience, and custom comforts redefine 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The future of travel - how connection, conscience, and custom comforts redefine 2025

Marc Harding 2 days

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Labour Law

Dismissal codes expanded: What employers need to know

Keshni Naicker and Amandla Makhongwana 3 days

Anja van Beek, talent & culture strategist, leadership & HR expert and executive coach

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Building resilient, human-centric workplaces

Anja van Beek 3 days

GenAI in marketing: Fear or FOMO?

Artificial Intelligence

GenAI in marketing: Fear or FOMO?

Issued by Kantar 3 days

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Climate Change

A hot and troubled world of work: How South Africa’s bold new climate act and labour law can align to drive a just transition

Debbie Collier 29 Jan 2025

Thriving people, thriving planet: Transforming lives and landscapes

CSI & Philanthropy

Thriving people, thriving planet: Transforming lives and landscapes

Issued by The Social Employment Fund 29 Jan 2025

California AG puts AI firms on notice, and we know DeepSeek’s secret

Technology

California AG puts AI firms on notice, and we know DeepSeek’s secret

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jan 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

New pollution law to increase protection of oceans

28 Jan 2025

2025: The year of growth and opportunity for all

Management & Leadership

2025: The year of growth and opportunity for all

Issued by Progression 28 Jan 2025

Source: ChatGPT

Trends

#BizTrends2025: US deregulation under Trump serves as a boon for equities, a bane for climate change

David Crosoer 3 days

Image source: The Endangered Wildlife Trust

Environment & Natural Resources

New nature reserve established in the Soutpansberg

27 Jan 2025

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Criminal Law

Rhino poachers handed prison sentences

27 Jan 2025

Start your own construction company in South Africa in 7 steps

How To Start Up

Start your own construction company in South Africa in 7 steps

Issued by Company Partners 27 Jan 2025

Jane Andropoulos, Partner, Bowmans

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Expect more corporate corruption crackdowns in 2025

Jane Andropoulos 27 Jan 2025

Property

R1bn housing tender controversy: SAPS raids the office of MMC JP Smith

Katja Hamilton 24 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

Omnisient launches AI tool to bring ChatGPT-like simplicity to drawing answers from complex data

Data & Analytics

Omnisient launches AI tool to bring ChatGPT-like simplicity to drawing answers from complex data

Issued by Omnisient 24 Jan 2025

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Climate Change

SA calls on US to reconsider withdrawal from Paris Agreement

24 Jan 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

New Expropriation Bill: It’s not as transformative as some claim

Katja Hamilton 24 Jan 2025

Brian Eagar, CEO of Towerstone

Trends

#BizTrends2025: #CuratingtheFuture with emotional intelligence to unlock leadership doors in 2025

Brian Eagar 24 Jan 2025

Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth

Youth Employment

Employment and Labour to recruit 10,000 inspector interns

23 Jan 2025

Business vs franchise transfer: What happens to employee contracts?

Labour Law

Business vs franchise transfer: What happens to employee contracts?

Ian Jacobsberg and Danie Pretorius 23 Jan 2025

#Calabash2025: Robbie Williams - a Better Man - and a changed woman

Music

#Calabash2025: Robbie Williams - a Better Man - and a changed woman

Shan Radcliffe 23 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Mike van der Westhuizen, portfolio manager at Citadel.

Markets & Investment

#BizTrends2025: Local and global economic outlook for 2025 - the "year of Trump risk"

Mike van der Westhuizen 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

Capital markets bolster Murray & Roberts with R130m for business rescue efforts

Construction & Engineering

Capital markets bolster Murray & Roberts with R130m for business rescue efforts

21 Jan 2025

Phillipa Geard, founder and CEO of RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 7 trends impacting the HR and recruitment sector in 2025 and beyond

Phillipa Geard 21 Jan 2025

ITAC bends to ArcelorMittal pressure to investigate steel imports

Materials & Equipment

ITAC bends to ArcelorMittal pressure to investigate steel imports

Lindsey Schutters 21 Jan 2025

Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.

Taxation & Regulation

America's path to ‘liquid gold’: Trump reveals new tariffs and national energy strategy

Katja Hamilton 21 Jan 2025

Orange Ink's Portia Mvubu examines the shift in influencer marketing from popularity to genuine influence, referred to as “social opinion leadership" by some brands (image supplied)

Social Media

#BizTrends2025: Orange Ink's Portia Mvubu - Redefining influence, from popularity to leadership and other influencer marketing trends

Portia Mvubu 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Zaakir Mohamed and Mawande Ntontela 20 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Trump's triumphant return: What it means for South Africa and Agoa?

Katja Hamilton 20 Jan 2025

Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.

Markets & Investment

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

17 Jan 2025

Pictured: Jess Moyer

Interior Design

The cultural blueprint: How to make your office not just look good, but feel right

Jess Moyer, Issued by Catchwords 17 Jan 2025

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Agree to disagree: Why mutual agreement is required when referring a dispute for arbitration

Ziyanda Sibeko and Johnson Mthembu 16 Jan 2025

Healthcare

Musk's Neuralink: Brain implant trials breaking new ground

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2025

Virgin Active survey reveals the most outrageous wellness trends from 2024

Wellness

Virgin Active survey reveals the most outrageous wellness trends from 2024

16 Jan 2025

Elevating excellence in people practices - Momentum Group certified as Top Employer for 2025

HR & Management

Elevating excellence in people practices - Momentum Group certified as Top Employer for 2025

Issued by Momentum Group 16 Jan 2025

Incubeta Africa’s MD Jaco Lintvelt says CMOs must get back to the idea of marketing as a key driver of value (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BizTrends 2025: Incubeta Africa’s Jaco Lintvelt – Getting back to marketing as a key driver of value

Jaco Lintvelt 20 Jan 2025

A heartfelt thank you to our recycling champions

Circular Economy & Waste Management

A heartfelt thank you to our recycling champions

Dumisani Khumalo, Issued by Fibre Circle 17 Jan 2025

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Cyber Law

Social media personality appears in court

15 Jan 2025

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

5 immigration service targets and what Home Affairs needs to achieve them

Imraan Mahomed, Taryn York and Mapaseka Nketu 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

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

Brendan Jacobs 21 Jan 2025

Non-profit calls for enhanced CPA capacity to drive land reform

Agriculture

Non-profit calls for enhanced CPA capacity to drive land reform

14 Jan 2025