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Law Practice

Fica compliance risks for law firms: 5 red flags

Hawken McEwan 9 hours

Image credit: Unsplash

Medical Aid

#CorporateWellnessWeek: Supporting health, financial wellbeing

James White 1 day

Women in business: Visa’s ‘She’s Next’ programme now open for 2025 SA applications

SMEs

Women in business: Visa’s ‘She’s Next’ programme now open for 2025 SA applications

Issued by OnPoint PR 27 Jun 2025

Peach Payments launches POS terminal, Digit Pro

Banking & Finance

Peach Payments launches POS terminal, Digit Pro

27 Jun 2025

Cybersecurity

SA is a prime target for ransomware attacks: How to safeguard your system

Kumar Vaibhav 26 Jun 2025

Virgil Bethanie | How Drip Footwear went from success to cautionary tale

How To Start Up

Virgil Bethanie | How Drip Footwear went from success to cautionary tale

Virgil Bethanie 26 Jun 2025

Vouchers open new doors for South African online shoppers

Banking & Finance

Vouchers open new doors for South African online shoppers

25 Jun 2025

Talent Acquisition

Quarterly employment stats confirm 74,000 job losses in formal sector

25 Jun 2025

Source: FNB Credit Card Data Science Head: Akshay Bhayroo.

Banking

Surge in virtual card usage signals Gen Z's financial evolution

26 Jun 2025

Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 24 Jun 2025

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Heidi Patmore – Digital wallets: A gamechanger

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Heidi Patmore – Digital wallets: A gamechanger

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied. Cuy Sheffield, Vice President, Head of Crypto, Visa; Chris Maurice, CEO & Co-Founder, Yellow Card; Godfrey Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Head of Product and Solution, CEMEA, Visa.

Financial Services

Yellow Card and Visa's strategic alliance aims to fast-track stablecoin adoption globally

24 Jun 2025

Shaun Shehab, lead solutions engineer at Ecentric, says the refund process holds untapped potential to enhance customer experience (Image supplied)

CRM

Taking the pain out of the refund function for retailers and customers

Shaun Shehab 20 Jun 2025

SME compliance in SA: What every small business should know

Entrepreneurship

SME compliance in SA: What every small business should know

19 Jun 2025

Securing the legacy of our youth

Law of Succession

Securing the legacy of our youth

Issued by Capital Legacy 17 Jun 2025

New crèches in the Drakensberg may have to close because of late payments of subsidies by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Early Childhood Development

New crèches may have to close because of late payments by education department

Joseph Bracken 17 Jun 2025

#YouthMonth: Pretty Kubyane, bridging tech and agriculture to empower Africa’s farmers

Agriculture

#YouthMonth: Pretty Kubyane, bridging tech and agriculture to empower Africa’s farmers

Robin Fredericks 17 Jun 2025

Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s system

Marecia Damons 12 Jun 2025

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

Marketing & Media

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

13 Jun 2025

Telkom resumes dividends as earnings jump 62.3%

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom resumes dividends as earnings jump 62.3%

10 Jun 2025

In South African law, gig workers, such as Checkers Sixty60 drivers, are classified as “independent contractors” with limited labour protections or benefits. Photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Employee Wellness

South African law is failing gig workers

Nick Fabré 10 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf The most recent IAS Media Auditing Masterclass explored the often-overlooked parts of agency spend where bloated Scope of Work (SOW) estimates and unchecked costs run rife

Media

IAS Media Auditing Masterclass: If you’re not auditing, you’re bleeding

10 Jun 2025

Lula: In a world of negativity, here’s the real story

Financial Services

Lula: In a world of negativity, here’s the real story

Garth Rossiter, Issued by Lula 9 Jun 2025

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

ESG & Sustainability

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

9 Jun 2025

Who owns digital?

Digital

Who owns digital?

Issued by Offernet 6 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Fitch downgrades Afreximbank to one notch above 'junk'

Libby George 4 Jun 2025

#ConvergeAfrica: Commerce media is the next big frontier in retail

Retail

#ConvergeAfrica: Commerce media is the next big frontier in retail

4 Jun 2025

Image source: Christos Georghiou from

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court voids over R2.2m in payments during Wheatcor's liquidation proceedings

Lara Horne and Werner Lotter 3 Jun 2025

How to secure exports beyond the US-SA diplomatic dance

Import/Export

How to secure exports beyond the US-SA diplomatic dance

Frank Knight 3 Jun 2025

Image source: mindandi from

Corporate & Commercial Law

Smile, you're on camera: Court reaffirms virtually signed agreements still valid

Mtho Maphumulo 2 Jun 2025

#AfricaMonth: Africa’s quiet strength – what the world can learn from our way of delivering

Software

#AfricaMonth: Africa’s quiet strength – what the world can learn from our way of delivering

Jonathan Maurer, Issued by BET Software 29 May 2025

An online travel company just collapsed. Here’s how to avoid being left stranded by an online deal

Travel

An online travel company just collapsed. Here’s how to avoid being left stranded by an online deal

Madalyn Scerri and Anita Manfreda 28 May 2025

Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

Early Childhood Development

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 28 May 2025

Danilo Acquisto, CEO and co-founder of video specialist digital agency, Special Effects Media South Africa gives the case for the untapped intra-African trade opportunity in media and marketing (Image supplied)

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Danilo Acquisto - Nurturing Africa’s creative economy

Danilo Acquisto 28 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Cornelius Coetzee, country director for Verto South Africa.

Finance

#AfricaMonth: Inside Verto's strategy to streamline African trade with a 2030 vision

Katja Hamilton 27 May 2025

Converge Africa 2025 wraps with record engagement and industry-shaping insights

Fintech

Converge Africa 2025 wraps with record engagement and industry-shaping insights

Issued by Converge Africa 26 May 2025

Pick n Pay debuts AI-driven app to unify online services

Mobile & Apps

Pick n Pay debuts AI-driven app to unify online services

26 May 2025

Shaping the future of payments and financial services in Southern Africa

Fintech

Shaping the future of payments and financial services in Southern Africa

Lincoln Mali, Issued by Lesaka 22 May 2025

The corner shop is more that just a 'corner shop', it's Africa’s economic heartbeat

Informal Retailing

The corner shop is more that just a 'corner shop', it's Africa’s economic heartbeat

Michael Write 22 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Shawn Theunissen, founder of Entrepreneurship To The Point (eTTP) and Property Point.

Finance

Why Budget 3.0 isn't the boon for small businesses South Africa needs

22 May 2025

Temu signs MoU to combat online counterfeiting

E-commerce

Temu signs MoU to combat online counterfeiting

22 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Simon Black, Chair of Onafriq.

Fintech

Strategic push for pan-African payment solutions as Onafriq appoints new executive

21 May 2025

Unlocking Africa’s $180bn digital trade economy

Supply Chain

Unlocking Africa’s $180bn digital trade economy

19 May 2025

Fintech

Project Pine: the digital transformation that could reshape global monetary policy

Katja Hamilton 19 May 2025

Travel

Expat Explore turns 20: The South African-born travel brand comes home to celebrate

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 16 May 2025

Source: Coface.

Economy

Moody's upgrade boosts Cape Town's credit rating close to South Africa’s sovereign level

14 May 2025

A staff member walks past a branding during a media visit and tour of Tiger Brands' Albany Belville Bakery, in Cape Town, South Africa, 17 October 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander/File photo

Consumer Law

Tiger Brands offers settlement to plaintiffs in listeriosis class action

Siyanda Mthethwa 12 May 2025

Capitec’s new jingle makes banking fees as easy as 1, 2, 3, 6, 10

Marketing

Capitec’s new jingle makes banking fees as easy as 1, 2, 3, 6, 10

Issued by Capitec 26 May 2025

Image source: kjpargeter from

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS disputes claims of 2025 registration portal closure

12 May 2025

Property

Buffalo City wants to recover R16m in Covid housing funds

Johnnie Isaac and GroundUp staff 9 May 2025