Data privacy took centre stage with the High Court court mulling the legitimacy of publishing matric results online, and the Information Regulator flagging the need for better resources to monitor organisations in order to protect privacy, writes Legalbrief. This as ... Read More
A dispute whether crypto assets are subject to exchange control regulations dating from the 1960s is heading to the SCA. Die Burger reports that the SARB has been granted leave to test the issue. The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) previously ... Read More
Betway has rejected claims that a recent SCA ruling amounts to a national ban on online casino-style gambling. The company says it operates legally under provincial gambling licences and remains committed to a regulated, responsible betting industry in SA. A ... Read More
The DA last week submitted a PAIA request to compel the SAPS and Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia to release the delayed first quarter crime statistics. According to Polity, the party threatened to pursue legal and parliamentary remedies should ... Read More
When Anthropic released its Claude 4 evaluation report, a particular finding sparked significant discussion among AI safety researchers: during testing scenarios, Claude Opus 4 blackmailed a human overseer to avoid deactivation. In another study, a recovering methamphetamine addict struggling with ... Read More
Proponents of the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) and big tech companies persistently attempt to convince us about the merits of the claimed benefits that will flow from the Bill and AI. Professor Sadulla Karjiker of Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Law ... Read More
* The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has dismissed viral social media claims that beneficiaries will receive double payments, warning that the misinformation is causing unnecessary panic. Sassa said last week 'there has been no announcement of social grants' double payment ... Read More
* The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has published new regulations for transporting power batteries and battery-powered devices, such as power banks, on planes. The changes are part of Iata’s 2026 editions of key industry manuals for cargo and ground operations ... Read More
* Gambling adverts displayed at King Shaka International Airport have drawn public criticism amid growing concern over the promotion of gambling amid what many describe as a national crisis. Airports Company SA confirmed the adverts form part of an existing concession-based ... Read More
Musk launches Wikipedia rivalElon Musk’s company xAI launched Grokipedia last week to compete with Wikipedia, which he has accused of ideological bias. The site dubbed version 0.1 had more than 885 000 articles by Monday evening, compared to Wikipedia’s ... Read More
Icasa has declared its intention to amend the Municipal Party Elections Broadcasts and Political Advertisements Regulations, 2011 as amended. A Policy Watch report notes that the authority invites interested parties to make written representations on the draft regulations by no ... Read More
Icasa has, in the interest of transparency and ensuring that stakeholders are able to make meaningful contributions/comments to the Draft Regulations on the Dynamic Spectrum Access and Opportunistic Spectrum Management in the Innovation Spectrum Frequency Ranges 3800 – 4200 ... Read More
SCA: Logik Group Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a Fire Logik v Fire Logic (Pty) Ltd Judgment: 28 October 2025 Keywords: Passing off – requirements for passing off – whether reputation had been established Summary: Fire Logic (Pty) Ltd, established in ... Read More
