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Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

HR & Management

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 5 hours

Navigating the turbulence in South Africa’s higher education

Education

Navigating the turbulence in South Africa’s higher education

Issued by SACAP 15 Jul 2024

Mastering employee communication amid strikes and protests: Navigating crises effectively

HR & Management

Mastering employee communication amid strikes and protests: Navigating crises effectively

Issued by Wyzetalk 27 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial (Photo: Mick Friis)

Marketing & Media

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

31 May 2024

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

Agriculture

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

24 May 2024

Why students should vote in the 2024 Elections

Education

Why students should vote in the 2024 Elections

Issued by FundiConnect 22 May 2024

Court interdicts protesting college students

Education

Court interdicts protesting college students

Joseph Chirume 14 May 2024

Marketing & Media

South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity

Prinola Govenden 6 May 2024

No lectures for nearly two months now at Gqeberha college

Education

No lectures for nearly two months now at Gqeberha college

Joseph Chirume 24 Apr 2024

Source: © RSF The BBC World Service has filed an urgent appeal to UN over abuse of national security and counter-terrorism laws against BBC News Persian journalists

Marketing & Media

BBC World Service files urgent appeal to UN over abuse of BBC News Persian journalists

17 Apr 2024

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

Legal

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dissolved the board of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and placed it under administration. Image source:

Education

Nzimande dissolves NSFAS board

12 Apr 2024

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

ESG & Sustainability

SA's looming humanitarian crisis: Potential for civil unrest and riot

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 11 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Samatu disappointed with health dept's failure to uphold promise to unemployed doctors

Cedric Sihlangu 9 Apr 2024

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Property

Bulletproof park proposed in gang-hit Mitchells Plain

8 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Kenyan doctors strike over pay and training extends into third week

George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri 3 Apr 2024

Many non-profit organisations in Gauteng fear for their future in the face of looming funding cuts by the Gauteng Department of Social Development. Photo: Creative Commons Pixabay

ESG & Sustainability

Centre for quadriplegics may have to close if Gauteng funding cuts are implemented

Daniel Steyn 28 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

SA marks World Water Day

22 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Easter snoek shortage fears rise amidst tightened fishing regulations

19 Mar 2024

Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school

Education

Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school

Johnnie Isaac 19 Mar 2024

Wits students stage ‘sleepover’ protests

Education

Wits students stage ‘sleepover’ protests

Jabulile Mbatha 7 Mar 2024

WC Government: Housing subsidy increase causes delays in project implementation

Construction & Engineering

WC Government: Housing subsidy increase causes delays in project implementation

18 Feb 2024

Healthcare

Cathcart Hospital rumours spark week of protests

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Feb 2024

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

Tourism & Travel

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

13 Feb 2024

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Legal

Strike misconduct - you don't have to be violent to get fired

Lizle Louw and Amy King 12 Feb 2024

Louis Trichardt union members who protested the appointment of their municipality’s Chief Financial Officer have been vindicated. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Legal

High Court finds appointment of Makhado CFO unlawful

Tania Broughton and Bernard Chiguvare 12 Feb 2024

SAHRC Commissioner Philile Ntuli

Legal

SAHRC releases July 2021 unrest report

29 Jan 2024

Social media trends: Just an annual echo?

Marketing & Media

Social media trends: Just an annual echo?

Sean Cavé, Issued by Brandfundi 25 Jan 2024

Thousands of unplaced high school learners in the Western Cape

Education

Thousands of unplaced high school learners in the Western Cape

Ella Morrison, Kimberly Mutandiro, Joseph Bracken 24 Jan 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

Marketing & Media

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Mining critical minerals will depend on creative funding solutions

Energy & Mining

#BizTrends2024: Mining critical minerals will depend on creative funding solutions

Rudi van Blerk and Tycho Möncks 8 Jan 2024

The Sharara oil field is managed by Spain's Repsol, France's TotalEnergies, Austria's OMV, and Norway's Equinor. Source: Repsol/Flickr

Energy & Mining

Libya's largest oil field shut by protestors, again

Ayman Werfalli 4 Jan 2024

Impala Bafokeng complex. Source: Implats

Energy & Mining

Implats responds to underground protest

18 Dec 2023

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Logistics & Transport

Tips for businesses on protecting company fleets over the holiday season

12 Dec 2023

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Legal

July unrest 'instigator' Mdumiseni Zuma slapped with 12-year jail sentence

30 Nov 2023

NSFAS budget cuts could leave more than 87,000 students without funding in 2024

Education

NSFAS budget cuts could leave more than 87,000 students without funding in 2024

Marecia Damons 30 Nov 2023

File photo: The Nairobi skyline is seen in the background as zebras walk through the Nairobi National Park, near Nairobi, Kenya, 3 December 2018. Reuters/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Legal

UPDATED: Kenyan court strikes down housing levy in finance law

Humphrey Malalo and Bhargav Acharya 28 Nov 2023

Marketing & Media

Israel: Why the brand boycotts probably won't make much difference

Aisha Ijaz 13 Nov 2023

Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children

Education

Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Nov 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Ford Motor Company celebrates 100 years in SA

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Ford Motor Company celebrates 100 years in SA

Brendan Seery 8 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Time for central bank digital currencies to prove their worth

Marc Jones 25 Oct 2023

Tunisians gather during a pro-Palestinian protest to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Tunis, Tunisia, 20 October 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo.

Legal

Tunisian parliament committee proposes bill criminalising normalisation with Israel

Tarek Amara 25 Oct 2023

Marketing & Media

Community radio: young South Africans are helping shape the news through social media

Sisanda Nkoala, Blessing Makwambeni and Trust Matsilele 23 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. Following last night's deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza, US President Joe Biden's trip to Jordan has been cancelled.

Healthcare

High casualties reported in Gaza hospital strike

18 Oct 2023

Programme to assist unemployed people get driving licenses

Automotive

Programme to assist unemployed people get driving licenses

11 Oct 2023

Visiting natural Nairobi

Lifestyle

Visiting natural Nairobi

Eugene Yiga 10 Oct 2023

Source: RVI Sanef and Standard Bank find common ground on Daily Maverick issue

Marketing & Media

Standard Bank apologises to Daily Maverick, meets with Sanef

26 Sep 2023

Parliament grills NSFAS over student funding failures

Education

Parliament grills NSFAS over student funding failures

Marecia Damons 7 Sep 2023

1960 is a significant South African film from writer-producer, Bruce Retief

Lifestyle

1960 is a significant South African film from writer-producer, Bruce Retief

Daniel Dercksen 22 Aug 2023

Property

Rioters rampage, causing destruction of Swellendam municipal offices

16 Aug 2023