Legal Articles and Guides
Sushi outlet owner gets sole rights to Facebook page
The owner of the sushi outlet, Nuri Sushi, will finally have exclusive and sole administration rights over the business’s Facebook social media page following a court battle.
Bid to keep R585m Tshwane IT tender secret fails
Brilliant Telecommunications has failed in its bid to prevent the City of Tshwane from revealing documents showing why the metro awarded a crucial R585m IT contract to the company, which allegedly does not seem to have the capability to execute the work.
Commission to probe online platforms
The Competition Commission yesterday began a 15-month probe into how Google, TikTok, YouTube, X and other video-sharing sites and social media platforms are affecting the health of SA's news media.
eMedia lodges new case against MultiChoice
eMedia has lodged a new case against MultiChoice at the Competition Commission in its ongoing fight over the Rugby World Cup television rights.
Senior municipal officials' phones hacked and cloned
The phones of the IFP's eMadlangeni Municipality Mayor Mzwakhe Buthelezi and municipal manager Grace Mavundla were hacked, cloned and spied on from May to July, according to a confidential information technology report.
Court dismisses eMedia's ‘urgent’ World Cup application
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has dismissed an urgent application brought by eMedia, the parent company of e.tv, over the broadcast rights of the Rugby World Cup.
Webafrica’s purchase of Mweb approved with conditions
Webafrica will have to address public interest concerns when it buys rival ISP Mweb, according to conditions imposed by the Competition Commission.
eMedia takes action against Multichoice over rugby rights
eMedia Holdings, the parent of Openview and eTV has filed papers against MultiChoice in the High Court over the screening of World Cup rugby matches, reports TechCentral.
Concerns over rampant failure to Rica SIMs
The majority of the approximately 165m mobile SIM cards that enter the SA market every year may be non-compliant with the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act (Rica).
US court orders MTI to pay R32bn restitution
SA Ponzi scheme Mirror Trading International (MTI) has been ordered to pay $1.7bn (R32bn) in restitution to thousands of victims in the US.
R585m Tshwane IT contract now set for challenge
In what a Fin24 report calls a scathing judgment, the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has ordered the City of Tshwane to reveal documents to show why it awarded a crucial R585m IT contract to a startup that does not seem to have the capability to execute the work.
Disputed SANDF hack appears authentic
An alleged breach of SANDF computer systems by hacking group SNATCH appears to be authentic, according to a Daily Maverick investigation with cybersecurity researchers.
Dis-Chem faces R10m fine over data hack
The Information Regulator has ordered Dis-Chem to take remedial action to address a hack that led to the personal data of 3.6m customers being breached last year, or face a fine of up to R10m, imprisonment, or both, reports Fin24.
Concerns raised over streaming licence proposal
The availability of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and other on-demand content services in SA could be at risk if the government adopts a proposal that they pay licence fees to operate in the country.
Daily Maverick hacked after Modi report
The Daily Maverick has allegedly come under attack from Indian computer servers after it published a story about India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s apparent refusal to disembark from his plane in SA ahead of the 15th Brics summit.
