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Labour Law & Unions

Why off-duty social media posts can still get you fired

Jonathan Goldberg 2 days

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gender Commission lambasts "violent nature" of Mchunu's anti-LGBTQIA+ comments

13 Oct 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SAHRC orders Ngizwe Mchunu to apologise for anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

10 Oct 2025

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Govt condemns Ngizwe Mchunu's hateful anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

3 Oct 2025

Source: © Facebook Open Chats podcast owners have issued an unconditional apology for derogatory remarks made on its show about coloured people in an episode that the episode where the hosts described coloured people as “incestuous” and “crazy” who sleeping with their cousins”

Radio & Audio

Open Chats podcast apology over derogatory comments about coloured people too little, too late?

8 Aug 2025

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Govt to crack down on 'water mafia' sabotaging water access

1 Aug 2025

Duduzile Zuma, daughter of South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma, looks on during a press briefing on the outcomes of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) National High Command Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 October 2024. Reuters/Alet Pretorius/File Photo

Criminal Law

Zuma's daughter charged over 2021 riots

Sfundo Parakozov 30 Jan 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Can employers withhold the pay of staff for working from home?

Jacques van Wyk and Danelle Plaatjies 27 Nov 2024

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Criminal Law

Sasria, Venda University of Technology and Gauteng Health face SIU probes

12 Nov 2024

SAHRC Commissioner Philile Ntuli

Human Rights Law

SAHRC releases July 2021 unrest report

29 Jan 2024

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Primary & Secondary Education

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Sonia A. Rao 16 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Accounting & Auditing

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

Cape Town Arts Festival returns in 2023

Art

Cape Town Arts Festival returns in 2023

25 Oct 2023

Cape Town Arts Festival celebrates 100 years of Langa with Langa Vibes

Art

Cape Town Arts Festival celebrates 100 years of Langa with Langa Vibes

22 May 2023

Litigants in the court case to stop the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have received threats on Twitter. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Twitter threats to litigants in Zimbabwean Exemption Permit court case

Ashraf Hendricks 18 Apr 2023

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Human Rights Law

Court rules on the limit of the Human Rights Commission's powers

Tania Broughton 16 May 2022

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Agribusiness

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Fenji Materechera and Mary Scholes 21 Apr 2022

The right to food is a fundamental human right that must be realised with greater urgency

Food, Water & Energy Security

The right to food is a fundamental human right that must be realised with greater urgency

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 10 Mar 2022

Alexandra residents clean up township

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Alexandra residents clean up township

Masego Mafata 20 Dec 2021

A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

Human Rights Law

SAHRC commences hearings into July unrest

15 Nov 2021

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Media & Entertainment Law

Human Rights Commission to convene advertising industry inquiry

18 Oct 2021

Why numbers are important

Accounting & Auditing

Why numbers are important

Monique Verduyn, Issued by SAICA 28 Sep 2021

The Information Regulator: Our new transparency superhero?

Legislation & Regulation

The Information Regulator: Our new transparency superhero?

Brendan Slade 28 Sep 2021

Lack of clean water in Hammanskraal is a violation of rights, says SAHRC

Food, Water & Energy Security

Lack of clean water in Hammanskraal is a violation of rights, says SAHRC

Mosima Rafapa 8 Sep 2021

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Human Rights Law

SAHRC to intervene in Semenya case

3 Sep 2021

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Health & Social Welfare

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Stephen Devereux 2 Aug 2021

No deadline set for registration of information officers

Talent Acquisition

No deadline set for registration of information officers

23 Jun 2021

PoPIA rules have been updated ahead of the 1 July deadline

Data & Analytics

PoPIA rules have been updated ahead of the 1 July deadline

22 Jun 2021

National Assembly approves GBV bills

Legislation & Regulation

National Assembly approves GBV bills

4 Jun 2021

The community of Xolobeni village, in the Eastern Cape, succeesfully challenged the mining of their land in the High Court in 2018. Rogan Ward © Sunday Times.

Mining

Law protecting interests of South African communities in mining deals falls short

14 Apr 2021

Levi's drives awareness around importance of clean drinking water

ESG

Levi's drives awareness around importance of clean drinking water

29 Mar 2021

Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement

Law Practice

Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

No evictions or demolitions without a court order, judges rule

Land & Property Law

No evictions or demolitions without a court order, judges rule

James Stent 27 Aug 2020

High Court hands down groundbreaking judgment on the right to basic education

Human Rights Law

High Court hands down groundbreaking judgment on the right to basic education

Jacquie Cassette and Tricia Erasmus 6 Feb 2020

SA wins International School Moot Court Competition

Primary & Secondary Education

SA wins International School Moot Court Competition

3 Feb 2020

Mental health

We did the sums on South Africa's mental health spend. They're not pretty

Sumaiyah Docrat & Crick Lund 9 Oct 2019

Labour Court judgment reconfirms constitutionality of affirmative action

Labour Law

Labour Court judgment reconfirms constitutionality of affirmative action

9 Oct 2019

Media

News making headlines in SA

23 Sep 2019

Tensions flare at Cape housing dialogue

Affordable & Social Housing

Tensions flare at Cape housing dialogue

Ashraf Hendricks 30 Aug 2019

International migrants often struggle to access healthcare. Shutterstock

Public Health

Migrants must be part of South Africa's universal health plan. Here's why

Sasha Frade & Jo Vearey 30 Jul 2019

Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations

Land & Property Law

Gauteng wants blanket court interdict on land occupations

Zoë Postman 25 Jul 2019

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Markets & Investment

Dirty deeds: how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction

Julia Dehm 17 Apr 2019

The country's state emergency services are facing staff and vehicle shortages, leaving provinces with no choice but to outsource these critical services. (Christopher Sebela / Flickr)

Public Health

If you need an ambulance this festive season, what are your chances of getting one?

Nelisiwe Msomi 18 Dec 2018

Cogta continues to engage Khoisan Council

Human Rights Law

Cogta continues to engage Khoisan Council

4 Dec 2018

#WorldDisabilityDay: Health Department is denying disabled people their basic rights

Public Health

#WorldDisabilityDay: Health Department is denying disabled people their basic rights

3 Dec 2018

Promise of right to housing remains elusive in democratic South Africa

Affordable & Social Housing

Promise of right to housing remains elusive in democratic South Africa

Soraya Beukes 27 Nov 2018

Victory for debtors as judges rule that cases must be referred to lower courts

Land & Property Law

Victory for debtors as judges rule that cases must be referred to lower courts

Ciaran Ryan 3 Oct 2018

Barney Selebano, former head of department. Photo: Joyrene Kramer, Section 27

Mental health

How many doctors and nurses will lose their licenses over #LifeEsidimeni?

Nelisiwe Msomi 7 Aug 2018

Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Andronica Nedzamba

Mental health

Mahlangu, Hlongwa elected to top Gauteng ANC body

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 25 Jul 2018

IAB SA campaigns for all South Africans to have free access to the internet

Digital

IAB SA campaigns for all South Africans to have free access to the internet

18 May 2018