The definition of grey literature is the unpublished, non-commercial, hard-to-find information that organisations such as professional associations, research institutes, think tanks and government departments produce. Welcome to Policy Commons, home to 3.4 million...
A single open resource becomes a stepping stone to so much more
Sabinet’s mission of facilitating access to information resulted in the development of its new delivery platform Sabinet Discover. While this new open platform makes it easier for users to browse the breadth of Sabinet’s voluminous content services with increased...
Bridge The Information Gap With Sabinet
In a world where information is quickly filtered and truths have uncited versions with undocumented or tainted history, Sabinet is determined to contribute to ensuring accuracy in global communication by providing access to information with factual links and...
Preserving News in a Digital Age
There’s only one way to research news, says Sabinet, home to a most impressive portfolio of South African news and digital archives. Sabinet’s News Research Services is an important resource in the Sabinet portfolio of products, with a focus on current and historical...
Sabinet Bill Tracker – Stay up to date on all parliamentary bills
Gathering credible online information, whether for research, legal, or business support across all industries, presents a slew of challenges. There is too much information. There isn't enough time. Fear of the consequences of inaccurate search results. Sabinet has...
Sabinet NetLaw – A much more efficient way to access South African legislation
Sabinet Discover gives you access to information that is current, relevant, authoritative, accurate, and purposeful.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 10 February 2022 highlighted some key issues requiring attention. Most notable were his commitment to cut red tape constraining business, to boost infrastructure investment and to continue with...
Sabinet African Journals: A powerful, new platform for a fast-growing collection.
Sabinet is pleased to announce the migration of Sabinet African Journals (www.journals.co.za) to a new powerful technology platform. With this move to Atypon’s Literatum online publishing and website development platform, Sabinet strengthens the technology upon which...
A partnership to power up access to policy materials
At Sabinet, we’re passionate about providing intuitive solutions which add value for our customers and stakeholders, allowing them to close the gap between searching and ultimately finding the information they’re after. In another move towards closing this gap, we’re...
Sabinet’s Publishing Solutions: Manage peer review with PowerReview and manage APC’s with SciPris
With online publishing becoming the new normal for many publishers, the sheer number of services available on the market can be overwhelming. This information overload can be tricky to cut through.Publishers face a variety of challenges, specifically: assurance of...
Policy Commons – The what and the why
Policy Commons – The what and the why CENTURION Pretoria, South Africa, 12 August 2021. The original meaning of the term ‘commons’ comes from the way communities managed land that was held ‘in common’ in medieval Europe. Along with this shared...
Sabinet introduces custom library app CapiraMobile
Sabinet is pleased to introduce an exciting addition to their library solutions offering that will significantly increase the impact and engagement of libraries. Libraries today are under enormous pressure to prove relevance and value, particularly as community needs...
LIASA 2021 – Thembi Mathenjwa — A Library Changemaker and Creative Community Collaborator
Countrywide, the pandemic forced libraries and librarians into new ways of working, pushing them to find ways of creatively engaging with their communities. For 2021, Sabinet is proud to highlight one of these individuals, 2021 LIASA’s Library Changemaker...
Employment Equity Amendment Bill set to send ripples throughout South Africa’s business sectors (2)
The closing date for comments on the Employment Equity Amendment Bill is set for this Friday, 19 February. The Bill has been greeted with varying degrees of concern from companies around the country.Certain proposals contained within this draft are set for further...
Sabinet Judgments — a well-rounded view of reported and unreported – supplemented by an advanced system to enable users to timeously and cost effectively find the information they require.
Sabinet, one of the most respected thinkers at the intersection of law and technology, is proud to announce a new service - Sabinet Judgments. This is an exciting addition to Sabinet’s legal content portfolio – providing access to a broader spectrum of legal...
Powered-up publishing with PowerReview
Due to the wide-ranging and far-reaching implications of scientific findings and discoveries, it’s important that some kind of quality control exists to ensure, prior to publication, that the science they contain is sound. That’s where ‘peer...
Sabinet: Partnering to improve visibility and accessibility of open content
Libraries today are faced with the challenges and pressures of incorporating open content into their collections. The management of these open resources can be daunting, but the benefit to library users is immense.Access to information is a human right that empowers...
Saving costs and moving to the cloud is critical for academic libraries
Sabinet supports libraries and institutions across Southern Africa and Africa by helping them migrate to, and effectively use, the WorldShare ILL platform. Budget cuts are affecting organisations across South Africa, including colleges and universities. The recent...
How the Cannabis laws impact your business
Whenever laws change, it’s important for business to know what the implications are for them and their industry. Recent changes to the Cannabis and drug policy laws of South Africa could prove confusing to employers across all sectors and industries.In September...
UPDATE: Cannabis Legislation
The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill was brought before parliament at the beginning of September. With the deadline of 30 September a week away, it looks like there might be an extension — though one has not yet been confirmed. Once these comments have been...