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Small business to come to the fore at LED Summit

Entrepreneurship

Small business to come to the fore at LED Summit

3 days

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Infrastructure & Utilities

R4.2bn investment drives Matjhabeng’s sanitation revival in major project handover

24 Mar 2026

Rand Water gets more Vaal River access to fix Gauteng water supply

Food, Water & Energy Security

Rand Water gets more Vaal River access to fix Gauteng water supply

20 Feb 2026

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Govt calls on South Africans to help end "societal scourge" of GBVF

26 Nov 2025

Women for Change's Unburiable Casket is woven in the traditional Zulu art style, with each purple bead representing a victim of GBVF in South Africa. Image credit: Women for Change

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

South African government declares GBVF a national disaster

21 Nov 2025

Source: CoGTA. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Over 75,000 lives transformed as Ekuvukeni water supply project wraps up

30 Sep 2025

Image credit: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Health & Social Welfare

R1.2bn grant to aid disaster-affected provinces

8 Jul 2025

Residential Property

Luxury home of Lottery “kingpin” frozen by Special Tribunal

Raymond Joseph 5 Jun 2025

The Constitutional Court has ruled that a law preventing municipal employees from holding office in political parties is unconstitutional. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Legislation & Regulation

Constitutional Court says municipal employees can hold office in political parties

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 8 May 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Govt allocates R1.44bn for natural disaster recovery efforts – Hlabisa

31 Mar 2025

HR & Management

Community work contracts extended for participants aged 55 and older

17 Jan 2025

Informal Retailing

Government extends spaza shop registration amid rising foodborne illness crisis

19 Dec 2024

NHI

NHTKL calls for swift implementation of NHI

26 Nov 2024

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

SMEs

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

21 Nov 2024

Source: @PresidencyZA/X

Finance

From Struggle to State Capture: Remembering Pravin Gordhan

Katja Hamilton 19 Sep 2024

Property

Western Cape calls for urgent reform in emergency housing funding

Katja Hamilton 18 Jul 2024

Image: Flooding in Cape Town recently -

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

"New system" is needed to deal with natural disasters in SA

17 Jul 2024

Source: @GovernmentZA/X. SA's continued finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

Godongwana holds onto Finance Ministry in new Cabinet

Katja Hamilton 1 Jul 2024

Food, Water & Energy Security

Awaiting NWRIA Bill sign-off: Focus on sustainable water management

23 May 2024

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

Residential Property

George building collapse: 33 lives claimed, 19 remain trapped

Katja Hamilton 14 May 2024

Source: CHRO. Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi.

Property

George building collapse: 44 remain missing

Katja Hamilton 10 May 2024

CoGTA to launch new programme to improve entrepreneurship skills

Entrepreneurship

CoGTA to launch new programme to improve entrepreneurship skills

23 Apr 2024

Image source: X/Twitter

Health & Social Welfare

KZN activates disaster teams

16 Apr 2024

Deputy President Paul Mashatile responded to questions from the NCOP

Infrastructure & Utilities

Government scrambles to fix water, power outages with rapid response plans

14 Mar 2024

Water sector urged to prioritise professionalism over ego

Infrastructure & Utilities

Water sector urged to prioritise professionalism over ego

22 Jan 2024

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Primary & Secondary Education

Access Matric 2023 results on Matric Results Online System

18 Jan 2024

Image source: Nyau Mimi from

Food, Water & Energy Security

Mchunu to lead Water Services Authority Summit

17 Jan 2024

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu. Source: x.com

Infrastructure & Utilities

Minister Mchunu calls for prioritised maintenance of infrastructure

22 Dec 2023

February 2023 flooding. Source: SANews.gov.za

Climate Change

#MTBPS: Funds allocated for future disasters

2 Nov 2023

The promise to end unemployment, poverty and inequality in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a boost with the province's revitalised S’thesha Waya Waya initiative | Image:

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

S'thesha Waya Waya initiative puts food on the table

22 Aug 2023

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Services

Icasa forms Council Committee to gauge impact of load shedding on communications industry

30 May 2023

Government revokes 'state of disaster' over power crisis

Energy

Government revokes 'state of disaster' over power crisis

Kopano Gumbi 5 Apr 2023

Urgently needed Makhanda water project six years behind schedule

Infrastructure & Utilities

Urgently needed Makhanda water project six years behind schedule

Loyiso Dyongman 2 Mar 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

Electricity National State of Disaster regulations gazetted

28 Feb 2023

Image: South Beach in Durban earlier this February after heavy rains. Much of it comes from rivers that empty into the sea. Photos: Lucas Nowicki | GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Call for government to save Durban's contaminated rivers

Lucas Nowicki 27 Feb 2023

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

Health & Social Welfare

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

23 Feb 2023

Eastern Cape floods cause R4.5bn infrastructure damage

Infrastructure & Utilities

Eastern Cape floods cause R4.5bn infrastructure damage

21 Feb 2023

Health & Social Welfare

National State of Disaster declared on floods

14 Feb 2023

Image source: renjith krishnan –

Legislation & Regulation

National Assembly approves Division of Revenue Amendment Bill

18 Nov 2022

Legislation & Regulation

New law to capacitate, improve municipalities

22 Aug 2022

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Occupational Health & Safety

New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

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Economy

#YouthMonth: Ramaphosa cuts to the chase

Katja Hamilton 10 Jun 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Amendments of Child Justice Act regulations approved

3 Jun 2022

KZN floods detail the effect of climate change, Cogta minister says

Climate Change

KZN floods detail the effect of climate change, Cogta minister says

20 Apr 2022

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Legislation & Regulation

Updated rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 14 Apr 2022

Flooding affects schooling in KZN

Primary & Secondary Education

Flooding affects schooling in KZN

13 Apr 2022

Image source: © Romolo Tavani –

Legal

National State of Disaster to end soon

30 Mar 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

CoGTA committee votes against proposed Disaster Management Amendment Bill

16 Mar 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Mandatory vaccines and life after the state of disaster

Bradley Workman-Davies and Kerry Fredericks 16 Mar 2022