Legal Articles and Guides
Prominent blogger arrested again
Blogger Musa Khawula was arrested again this week, less than two months after spending time in jail.
Over 2m view pirated MultiChoice offerings
MultiChoice has estimated that more than 2m people view pirated versions of the series and movies available on its platform, haemorrhaging billions of rands in annual sales and shining a harsh spotlight on pervasive copyright violations.
Global syndicate allegedly behind Facebook fraud
Financial journalist Maya Fisher-French's joint household account was last week cleaned out by what appears to be a global syndicate which uses stolen credit cards to pay for Facebook adverts, reports Fin24.
Please Call Me was ‘just a brilliant idea’ – Vodacom
Vodacom says Nkosana Makate's idea for the Please Call Me Service was ‘brilliant', but that it was ‘just an idea’, according to News24.
'Cryptoqueen' fugitive rumoured to be in SA
German police believe that ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova whose high-flying life included a lavish yacht and several mansions across the globe, might be hiding out in Cape Town.
MTN, police crack OTP scam syndicate
MTN and police have made a breakthrough in the one-time pin (OTP) scam syndicate that swindled and stole from many local customers.
How MTI fugitive’s luck ran out in Brazil
When MTI CEO Johann Steynberg was arrested in Goiânia, a city in Brazil’s interior, in December 2021, it was the first news anyone in SA – or elsewhere – had received of Steynberg (at least officially).
V-Day for Makate over ‘Please Call Me’ scrap?
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate returns to the Constitutional Court on Thursday for the final round of his bid to compel Vodacom to pay him R9.4bn for his idea, which raked in hundreds of billions of rands for the mobile communications giant.
More than 600 000 SA TikTok videos pulled down
TikTok has removed over 614 000 videos from SA based accounts for violating several community rules, including those governing integrity, advertising, privacy and security.
Please Call Me inventor justifies R9.4bn Vodacom claim
Paying out Please Call Me (PCM) inventor Nkosana Makate's R9.4bn will not cause the demise of Vodacom as it already paid out more than that in dividends to shareholders each year, his legal representative has argued.
ConCourt rejects YeboYethu's bid to join Vodacom fray
The special purpose vehicle that holds Vodacom's BBBEE shares – YeboYethu – has failed in its bid to be admitted as a friend of the court in the protracted legal battle between Vodacom and ‘Please Call Me’ (PCM) inventor Nkosana Makate.
StarSat investors may lose more than R430m
Investors in DStv rival StarSat could lose more than R430m if the satellite platform is shut down by a directive from Icasa, BusinessLIVE reports.
Musk addresses SA Starlink delays
Elon Musk says SpaceX is waiting for regulatory approval to launch its Starlink satellite internet service in SA. The SpaceX and Tesla founder made a terse statement on the process in SA in response to a post on X on Sunday.
Makata hails ‘Please Call Me' ruling
Vodafone has failed in its bid to be admitted as a friend of the court in the protracted legal battle between Vodacom and ‘Please Call Me’ (PCM) inventor Nkosana Makate.
ConCourt to hear ‘Please Call Me’ appeal bid
The Constitutional Court will hear an application from Vodacom Group for leave to appeal a ruling that it pay a former employee billions of rands in compensation for an idea he proposed more than two decades ago, reports Moneyweb.
