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HR & Management

Guard against cyber breaches: Equipping your organisation and employees

Wendy Tembedza, Dario Milo, and Dumisani Ndiweni 15 Jul 2024

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Legal

How will the new competition laws impact business?

Mark Garden, Clare-Alice Vertue & Annerita Maritz 5 Jul 2024

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Legal

Debarments reveal systemic issues within the financial services industry

Jean-Paul Rudd 2 Jul 2024

Competition watchdog finds price mark-ups, barriers in SA's fresh produce market

Agriculture

Competition watchdog finds price mark-ups, barriers in SA's fresh produce market

Nqobile Dludla 19 Jun 2024

Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela named the 2024 Templeton Prize Laureate

Education

Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela named the 2024 Templeton Prize Laureate

Issued by Stellenbosch University 6 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Marketing & Media

UK passes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

3 Jun 2024

The migration to digital terrestrial broadcast will free up valuable spectrum. Source: Keriliwi/Unsplash

ICT

Icasa extends deadline for digital migration regulations review

Lindsey Schutters 27 May 2024

Legal

GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

27 May 2024

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Legal

Pitfalls of failing to follow rules of court

Jean-Paul Rudd 17 May 2024

Marketing & Media

Science journalism in South Africa: social media is helping connect with new readers

Sisanda Nkoala 17 May 2024

Source: Wikipedia. Police minister, Bheki Cele is overseeing investigations of the George building collapse at the weekend.

Property

George building collapse: 33 lives claimed, 19 remain trapped

Katja Hamilton 14 May 2024

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Legal

Green light for law criminalising hate crimes, hate speech

10 May 2024

Mourners as seen at the Central Methodist Mission, at the memorial service in honour of the Marshalltown fire victims, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 September 2023. Reuters/Shiraaz Mohamed/File Photo

Legal

Inquiry blames Joburg authorities for neglect leading to deadly building fire

Tim Cocks 6 May 2024

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Legal

What SA's new ‘failure to prevent’ corruption offence means for business

19 Apr 2024

Marketing & Media

#MDPMI Inquiry anounces supplementary processes

10 Apr 2024

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Legal

Judicial Matters Amendment Act signed into law

4 Apr 2024

Marketing & Media

#MDPMI: Open AI's ChatGPT surprises founders with mass adoption

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

What’ll happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music

Peter Martin 22 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

We don’t rake in profits off news, Google tells Competition Commission

Georgina Crouth 14 Mar 2024

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Marketing & Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024

Thomas Kurian, Strive Masiyiwa and Daniela Amodei at the partnership announcement. Source: Supplied

ICT

Liquid, Google and Anthropic team up to power Africa's digital transformation

6 Mar 2024

Inquiry chair James Hodge is leading the public hearings. Source: YouTube.

Marketing & Media

Elon Musk's X Corp faces backlash for refusing to participate in Competition Commission inquiry

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry to kick off month-long public hearings

4 Mar 2024

Why businesses should leverage click-to-chat ads for real-time customer interaction

Marketing & Media

Why businesses should leverage click-to-chat ads for real-time customer interaction

George Muhia 6 Feb 2024

AskCarlaKote secures R300m annual deal to supply poultry delicacies to China

Agriculture

AskCarlaKote secures R300m annual deal to supply poultry delicacies to China

23 Jan 2024

Finance

Landmark ruling: Dismissal of key banks in rand manipulation case

Katja Hamilton 9 Jan 2024

Marketing & Media

4 resources for journalists from the world’s top investigative conference

Daneel Knoetze 3 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf A Further Statement of Issues (FSOI) has been released by the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI or Inquiry)

Marketing & Media

Competition Commission's MDPMI identifies 6 additional themes, calls for FSOI

20 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: Agriculture

Agriculture

#BestofBiz 2023: Agriculture

19 Dec 2023

The Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Refugees Act which dictate that asylum seekers who have not renewed their visas within a month of expiry are considered to have permanently abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Legal

Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Tania Broughton 13 Dec 2023

Healthcare

NCOP's NHI approval: No surprise here

Mike Settas 12 Dec 2023

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Legal

Yes, your side hustle can cost you your job

Mpumelelo Nxumalo and Kalene Watson 6 Dec 2023

Healthcare

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

27 Nov 2023

Healthcare

Healthcare system burdened by unfounded cases of medical malpractice

9 Nov 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Importance of 'G' in ESG and what happens when governance fails in the TMT sector

9 Nov 2023

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Legal

Zimbabwe permit application dismissed: no need for it, say judges

Tania Broughton 8 Nov 2023

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Finance

#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal crisis: Rising debt and urgent reforms unveiled

Katja Hamilton 1 Nov 2023

Film lays gender-based violence bare

Marketing & Media

Film lays gender-based violence bare

Issued by Gravel Road Distribution Group 1 Nov 2023

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Finance

Be smart about credit

24 Oct 2023

ICT

Compcom probes Meta, X and Google for unfair media practice

Nqobile Dludla 18 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) has been launched by the Competition Commission (Commission)

Marketing & Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) into media content distribution launches

18 Oct 2023

Why choose Vasco Connect for uncapped fibre and fast LTE?

ICT

Why choose Vasco Connect for uncapped fibre and fast LTE?

Issued by Vasco Connect 12 Oct 2023

Rocket Creative goes solar for sustainable client services

Marketing & Media

Rocket Creative goes solar for sustainable client services

Issued by Rocket Creative Design & Display 22 Sep 2023

Healthcare

Only with both the private and public sectors working together will NHI succeed

19 Sep 2023

The Pretoria High Court will hear a matter this week in which Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to Home Affairs’s “arbitrary” ID blocking practice. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Legal

Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

Tania Broughton 18 Sep 2023

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Healthcare

Minister denies cover-up in NW Health corruption allegations

13 Sep 2023

Marketing & Media

Congo journalist detained regarding Jeune Afrique article, magazine says

13 Sep 2023

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that an independent inquiry has found no evidence that a Russian ship had collected weapons from the country late last year destined for Russia.

Legal

South Africa says inquiry found no evidence of arms shipment to Russia

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Bhargav Acharya 4 Sep 2023

The fresh produce value chain is coming under scrutiny. Source: Scott Warman/Unsplash

Agriculture

Compcom's fresh produce market inquiry kicks off roadshow

1 Sep 2023

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Property

Over 2,000 malls set for transformation as exclusive leases end

31 Aug 2023