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02 May 2026 Cyberlaw & Technology Watch

CyberFOCUS


AI debacle offers chance for more vigorous guidelines

The embarrassing failure by the Department of Communications & Technology to verify its sources in the much-anticipated Draft National AI Policy, has exemplified how dangerous a tool AI can be, writes Legalbrief. The document, released for public comment last week and ... Read More

CyberREPORTs


Draft regulations streamline cross-border money flows

National Treasury has released draft regulations that signal a major shift away from apartheid-era controls governing cross-border money flows in SA. Open for public comment, the proposals move from a pre-approval system to a more flexible framework where transactions are ... Read More

Competition dynamics in ICT space unpacked

Capacitating regulators to appropriately deal with the rapid advancements and competition dynamics in the ICT space was the running theme at an industry event in Sandton last week. An IT Web report notes that the Association of Comms and Technology ... Read More

Icasa to court Elon Musk's Starlink

Icasa is working on a new licensing framework for satellite Internet operators, and specifically named Elon Musk’s SpaceX among firms it will target. According to a MyBroadband report, in its annual performance plan for 2026/27, Icasa said it was ... Read More

CyberANALYSIS


Children denied freedom in digital world

Every April, SA rehearses the language of freedom. Writing in a Business Day analysis, Anzio Jacobs, acting CSP programmes manager at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, states that ‘we speak about liberation, dignity, rights and the unfinished business of democracy ... Read More

CyberBYTES


Cable thief jailed for 20 years

* Braam Bothma has been sentenced by the Bloemfontein Regional Court to 20 years’ direct imprisonment for stealing cables belonging to telecommunications company Telkom and electricity distributor Centlec. The NPA has commended the prosecution team and investigators from the South African ... Read More

SIDEBARS


SA start-ups chosen for Google Africa cohort

SA startups for Google cohortSouth African technology start-ups Loop and Vambo AI are among the 15 African start-ups selected to join the 10th cohort of the Google for Start-ups Accelerator Africa. Chosen from a competitive pool of nearly 2 600 ... Read More

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