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The Gathering 2025: Changemakers | The Impact Edition – agenda released

Online Media

The Gathering 2025: Changemakers | The Impact Edition – agenda released

Issued by Daily Maverick 21 Aug 2025

Made by humans: How to break in and thrive in advertising

Advertising

Made by humans: How to break in and thrive in advertising

Karabo Ledwaba 23 Jul 2025

The Gathering 2025: Daily Maverick’s flagship event returns for its 15th edition

Online Media

The Gathering 2025: Daily Maverick’s flagship event returns for its 15th edition

Issued by Daily Maverick 17 Jul 2025

Parliament recently heard submissions on the One-Stop Border Post Bill. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Legislation & Regulation

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

Jan Bornman 11 Jun 2025

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

Primary & Secondary Education

Thousands of teachers march against budget cuts

Ihsaan Haffejee 25 Apr 2025

Community health workers, supported by Nehawu, picketed outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya/GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Community health workers picket outside Labour Court

Silver Sibiya 30 Oct 2024

Economy

Creating a job shouldn’t cost R365,000 (but it does in SA)

Nicholas Woode-Smith 16 Oct 2024

For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. Image: GroundUp

HR Tools & Software

After six weeks UIF online system still down

Mary-Anne Gontsana 4 Oct 2024

Source: @PresidencyZA/X

Finance

From Struggle to State Capture: Remembering Pravin Gordhan

Katja Hamilton 19 Sep 2024

Image source: Andriy Popov –

Remuneration & Payroll

Living wage vs minimum wage: How to address pay disparity and reduce working poverty

Ntuthuzelo Gcolo 17 Jul 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Agriculture

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Liezl Human 8 Jul 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Branching into South Africa? 5 legal facets you shouldn't overlook

Ginen Moodley 24 Jun 2024

Lily Mine was the scene of a 2016 disaster where three miners were trapped underground in a container after a ground collapse.

Mining

Vantage Goldfields to resume operations at Lily and Barbrook mines

16 May 2024

Nelson Mandela University workers march for higher salaries

Higher Education

Nelson Mandela University workers march for higher salaries

Thamsanqa Mbovane 14 Mar 2024

Queues of people trying to claim UIF and get help for other issues are almost a permanent feature outside the labour department offices in Cape Town. Photo: Qaqamba Falithenjwa

Remuneration & Payroll

Workers are battling to collect unemployment benefits despite new technology

Ella Morrison and Qaqamba Falithenjwa 14 Dec 2023

New board appointed for Transnet

Transport

New board appointed for Transnet

13 Jul 2023

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HR Tools & Software

Employees encouraged to make use of UIF online tools

11 Jul 2023

Source © IOL Once again Tiger Brands will extend operations at its deciduous fruit business Langeberg & Ashton Foods (L&AF) for a further season

Food & bev. services

Tiger Brands extends Langeberg & Ashton Foods (L&AF) operations for a further season again

12 Jun 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Finance

Banking

#BestofBiz 2022: Finance

12 Dec 2022

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

National Assembly approves Electoral Amendment Bill

21 Oct 2022

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Labour Law & Unions

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Bhargav Acharya and Anait Miridzhanian 25 Aug 2022

Source: Kimberly Mutandiro. Hundreds of union members and supporters marched in Pretoria on Wednesday demanding measures against the high cost of living.

Economy

Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country

Vincent Lali and Kimberly Mutandiro 25 Aug 2022

SA's unemployment crisis calls for out-of-the-box thinking

Youth Employment

SA's unemployment crisis calls for out-of-the-box thinking

Russel Morena 29 Apr 2022

PSL highlights the millions of jobs lost to Covid-19, the NPA's fight against corruption, and booster shots

Magazines

PSL highlights the millions of jobs lost to Covid-19, the NPA's fight against corruption, and booster shots

Issued by Topco Media 15 Feb 2022

Financial Services

Cosatu welcomes in signing of 3 GBV bills into law

31 Jan 2022

Economy

Cosatu sets the record straight on mandatory workplace vaccinations

29 Jan 2022

Workers disgruntled over low wages and changes to terms and conditions of employment, go on strike outside a Makro store in Johannesburg on 19 November 2021. Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Retailers

Strike ends at Massmart after agreement reached

Nqobile Dludla 7 Dec 2021

Financial Services

Call to legalise work access restrictions for unvaccinated

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2021

Massmart workers commence indefinite strike

Retailers

Massmart workers commence indefinite strike

Nqobile Dludla 19 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

Saccawu to start indefinite strike at Massmart

Promit Mukherjee 16 Nov 2021

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Energy

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Kim Harrisberg and Nita Bhalla 2 Nov 2021

Auto industry fears impact of Union of Metalworkers strike

Commercial & Industrial

Auto industry fears impact of Union of Metalworkers strike

5 Oct 2021

Victor Bucarizza, GIB Financial Services Limited

Markets & Investment

Pension-backed lending: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Victor Bucarizza 3 Aug 2021

Civil servants offered 1.5% pay rise

Remuneration & Payroll

Civil servants offered 1.5% pay rise

Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf 6 Jul 2021

The pitfalls of the proposed pension fund amendments

Markets & Investment

The pitfalls of the proposed pension fund amendments

14 May 2021

Ntombifuthi Ntuli, CEO, Sawea

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewable energy sector engages with DMRE

27 Jul 2020

South Africa’s finance minister, Tito Mboweni, ahead of his budget speech. EPA/Nic Bothma

Budget Speech

Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa's economic woes

Seán Mfundza Muller 28 Feb 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2020: Experts deliver their verdict

27 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Banking

Banking strike off for now

26 Sep 2019

Banking strike could disrupt Sars business

Banking

Banking strike could disrupt Sars business

25 Sep 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

NHI

NHI one step closer to universal coverage

8 Aug 2019

Philippe Burger, Annabel Bishop, Prince Mashele, Dawie Roodt and Max du Preez

Markets & Investment

How can we fix the South African economy and create jobs?

Nicci Botha 9 Jul 2019

Workers' Day: This industry is not what it used to be, says clothing worker

Design & Manufacturing

Workers' Day: This industry is not what it used to be, says clothing worker

Barbara Maregele 2 May 2019

The biggest threat to SA's economy, business and supply chains

Supply Chain

The biggest threat to SA's economy, business and supply chains

5 Apr 2019

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SU hosts dialogue on pursuing a socially just and sustainable economy in SA

22 Mar 2019

Western Cape government wins school closure case

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape government wins school closure case

Barbara Maregele 7 Mar 2019

Edcon secures R2.7bn lifeline for restructuring plan

Retailers

Edcon secures R2.7bn lifeline for restructuring plan

4 Mar 2019

South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni preparing to deliver the budget. EPA-EFE/Elmond Jiyane

Budget Speech

South Africa's budget was missing ideas from the left. Why this isn't a good thing

Steven Friedman 22 Feb 2019