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Makate still waits for ConCourt’s ‘Please Call Me' ruling

By Daily News Published on Friday, 09 May 2025
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
Nearly six months after the Constitutional Court heard the landmark ‘Please Call Me' case involving inventor Nkosana Makate and Vodacom, there is still no indication when the apex court will hand down its judgment.

Home Affairs and Sita square off over IT services

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 08 May 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
The proposed breakup between the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) and the Department of Home Affairs is getting messy.

Home Affairs moves to sever ties with Sita

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has moved to sever ties with the government’s lead IT agency, the State Information Technology Agency (Sita), reports BusinessLIVE.

Courts now have to decipher emojis

By Daily News Published on Monday, 24 March 2025
Tags: #General Legal Practice #Science & Technology Law
Judges and lawyers are increasingly being asked to decipher the hidden meanings of emojis, according to two University of Western Cape researchers on forensic linguistics.

Pam Golding probes data hack

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
The Information Regulator and SAPS have been informed by real estate giant Pam Golding Properties that it has been hacked, reports Fin24.

End of the road for OnDigital Media as StarSat flounders

By Daily News Published on Friday, 28 February 2025
Tags: #Insolvency Law #Science & Technology Law
StarSat SA marketing manager Jan Hendrik Harmse says OnDigital Media, the pay-TV broadcaster’s licence holder, has been liquidated.

Hefty fine for Cell C in roaming bill dispute

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
Cell C was fined R500 000 after a consumer received a R11 265 bill for just a few hours of international roaming in France.

Concern over criminal use of unregistered SIM cards

By Daily News Published on Friday, 14 February 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
Airtime voucher manufacturer Securi-Tech has added its voice to growing concerns about the use of unregistered SIM cards in extortion attempts in SA, says a Business Day report.

Mobile networks request fair rules as Starlink looms

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 06 February 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
Just as Elon Musk’s Starlink is lobbying hard for a change to the ownership rules for mobile operators, SA’s mobile network companies, through their lobby group ACT, have told Icasa that there needs to be fairness in the licensing regime, TechCentral writes.

Prominent blogger arrested again

By Daily News Published on Friday, 10 January 2025
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
Blogger Musa Khawula was arrested again this week, less than two months after spending time in jail.

Over 2m view pirated MultiChoice offerings

By Daily News Published on Friday, 10 January 2025
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Thursday, 05 December 2024
Tags: #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Friday, 22 November 2024
Tags: #Litigation #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Friday, 22 November 2024
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
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

By Daily News Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Tags: #Criminal Law #Science & Technology Law
MTN and police have made a breakthrough in the one-time pin (OTP) scam syndicate that swindled and stole from many local customers.

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