Legal Articles and Guides
Home Affairs visa system bars 5 500 travellers
Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says SA’s new electronic travel authorisation (ETA) system has already prevented more than 5 500 travellers from entering the country after detecting fraudulent or suspicious applications.
Digital evidence key in major judgments
Digital evidence is no longer the supporting material in SA’s courts – it’s now determining the outcomes in criminal and civil court cases.
Land Bank hackers demanded R5m
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the Land Bank was the target of a cyberattack in an attempt by criminals to extort more than R5m in cryptocurrency from the entity – but the matter was resolved without a ransom being paid, reports BusinessLIVE.
Home Affairs launches portal to reinstate citizenship
The Department of Home Affairs has launched a dedicated portal to assist South Africans abroad who are unconstitutionally stripped of their citizenship, reports The Herald.
WhatsApp settles SA court case
WhatsApp has settled its court case against the Information Regulator. MyBroadband reports that the case examined WhatsApp’s practices in forcing users to accept a new privacy policy to continue using the service.
MTN's shares crash over grand jury probe
MTN shares yesterday crashed, wiping out some R30bn in shareholder value at one point, as investors digested the prospect of increased risk of a sizeable hit stemming from its venture in Iran.
SCA prioritises ‘Please Call Me’ case
The SCA appears to be moving with speed to hear the dispute over compensation between 'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate and Vodacom.
‘Please Call Me’ battle referred back to SCA
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate and Vodacom’s legal battle over compensation has been referred back to the SCA, Business Day reports.
Service providers face subpoenas in child porn case
Fresh from its court victory against tech giant Meta, The Digital Law Company (TDLC) now faces another uphill battle – tracing who is behind the accounts and profiles linked to the online porn racket targeting local teens.
'Critical precedent' set as Meta avoids contempt ruling
A settlement agreement made an order of court on Friday sees Meta Platforms, the owner of Instagram and WhatsApp, required to release information about who was behind accounts to which graphic child pornography was posted.
Court orders deactivation of ex-MPs Facebook account
The Limpopo High Court (Polokwane) has ordered that former ANC MP Boy Mamabolo’s Facebook account be deactivated and that he refrain from publishing defamatory statements against Polokwane Mayor John Mpe and his family.
IT litigation surge exposes courts
Disputes over software failures, data breaches and intellectual property rights are clogging courtrooms and arbitration panels. This litigation boom exposes a critical gap in SA’s legal framework, argues Roger Wakefield, of Werkmans Attorneys.
Gigaba loses bid to halt tell-all Showmax programme
Former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s urgent bid to halt the airing of a tell-all interview with his ex-wife, Nomachule Mngoma, on Showmax’s Untied has been thrown out, reports News24.
Judge addresses AI ‘hallucinations’
Faced with non-existent legal citations in a matter before the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) an acting judge asked counsel responsible for it whether the citations constituted artificial intelligence (AI) ‘hallucinations,’ to which the red-faced advocate confirmed that ‘it appears to be so.’
Top school rocked by 'sexploitation' scandal
A pupil at a top private boys’ school has been accused of using digitally manipulated photos of a 15-year-old female and linking them to a pornographic video, which he used to try to blackmail her into sending him explicit photos of herself.
