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Sushi outlet owner gets sole rights to Facebook page

By Daily News Published on Monday, 27 November 2023
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Tags: #Business & Industry Law #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Tags: #Competition Law #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 16 October 2023
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Friday, 06 October 2023
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 18 September 2023
Tags: #Criminal Law #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 14 September 2023
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 07 September 2023
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 04 September 2023
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Monday, 28 August 2023
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Friday, 25 August 2023
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
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.

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