Legal professionals at SA's first AI and the Law Conference last week acknowledged the power of AI tools to revolutionise the justice system, but the resounding consensus was that justice itself must continue to be administered by humans. Delegates at ... Read More
Cape Town has greenlit a series of land-use applications, clearing the path for a new hyperscale data centre near Cape Town International Airport. This decision comes despite objections citing insufficient information regarding the project’s potential impact on water resources, electricity ... Read More
SA’s biggest telecommunications operators want municipalities to face financial consequences – including damages claims – when they sit on wayleave applications, the Association of Comms & Technology (ACT) told Icasa’s public hearings on the draft rapid deployment regulations in Midrand ... Read More
Two men have been sentenced to an effective 30 years’ imprisonment by the Pinetown Regional Court for robbing unsuspecting victims after luring them through Facebook Marketplace under the guise of buying and selling gaming consoles and computers between May and ... Read More
Too often, governance is treated as a buzzword, a compliance requirement, or a bureaucratic hurdle. In the AI era, that is dangerous. In an IT Web analysis, Jill Flynn, lead consultant at InfoBlueprint, notes that ‘governance is now central to ... Read More
* The Competition Commission has confirmed it received a formal complaint from Pretoria-based fintech Motswagae Holding, which has accused South Africa’s largest banks of blocking access to the ATM networks its cardless cash platform needs to operate. The little-known company said ... Read More
Parliament’s Communications & Digital Technologies Committee has invited members of the public and interested stakeholders to submit written comments on the 22 candidates shortlisted for interviews to fill four vacancies on the Council of the Independent Communications Authority of SA ... Read More
North West High Court (Mahikeng) Dispro Tech SA v Soot Science Judgment: 10 July 2026 Keywords: Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013, ss 18(1) and (3) – execution pending application for leave to appeal and appeal – exceptional circumstances ... Read More
Labour Court (Johannesburg) GNG Pine Products CC v De Beer Judgment: 10 July 2026 Keywords: Restraint of trade – urgency – rule 38 – rule 39 – condonation – locus standi – transfer of business – Labour Relations Act, s ... Read More
SCA FirstRand Limited and Another v National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC (Pty) Limited Judgment: 7 July 2026 Keywords: Intellectual property law – Bona fide intention to use a mark as a trade mark – Threshold of grave failure of ... Read More
