The National Treasury and the SARB have introduced new proposals to direct cross-border transactions in crypto as part of a broader effort to strengthen the oversight of financial activities and curb emerging risks associated with virtual assets. Crypto asset service ... Read More
SA’s redrafted national AI policy will not prescribe rules to industry. Instead, individual sectors will be left to write their own AI strategies off a set of national guidelines. This is according to Department of Communications & Digital Technologies acting ... Read More
A breakthrough in a three-year investigation in several countries has led to the arrest of a Soweto man believed to be behind an international ‘sextortion’ scheme that caused at least one teen to commit suicide. The Hawks last week said ... Read More
An acting judge in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) will have to explain himself to the Legal Practice Council (LPC) for possibly using AI in writing a judgment which contained at least 11 ‘hallucinations’. GroundUp notes that his judgment – ... Read More
As study of online messaging in the period preceding the so-called 30 June deadline for foreign nationals to leave SA showed there was highly co-ordinated activity amplifying xenophobic narratives, inflammatory content and attacks on journalists. ‘Much of that activity appeared ... Read More
Imagine receiving a message from your bank about suspicious activity on your account, only to discover someone has accessed your personal information after an organisation you trusted suffered a data breach. Or finding your medical records or identity details have ... Read More
* What started as a R350 investment promising R12 a day has ended in heartbreak for thousands of South Africans after the alleged Morita Forestry investment scheme collapsed, leaving victims counting their losses and questioning how promises of easy money turned ... Read More
* SARS has issued a stern warning to taxpayers regarding an escalating wave of sophisticated scams leveraging AI. These AI-generated communications, circulating via SMS and email, are designed to mimic official SARS correspondence, making them increasingly difficult for individuals to distinguish ... Read More
* The Department of Home Affairs has launched an online service aimed at making it easier for South Africans to locate bank branches where they can apply for a smart ID card. According to Home Affairs, 372 participating bank branches around ... Read More
Leap for quantum physicsPhysicists at Wits University have shown that information carried on light can survive a trip through turbulent air completely intact, even when the light itself arrives so badly distorted that it is unrecognisable. That matters because of ... Read More
National Treasury and the SARB have invited interested parties to submit written comments on the draft Crypto Assets Manual for cross-border activities (draft Manual). A Policy Watch report notes that this follows the publication of the draft Capital Flow Management ... Read More
Minister of Land Reform & Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso has announced his intention to introduce the Electronic Deeds Registration and Recordal Systems Amendment Bill, 2026, in the National Assembly. Policy Watch notes that the Bill seeks to amend the amend ... Read More
