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South Africa has at least four pieces of legislation and one policy that can be used to fight cybercriminals.
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South Africa has at least four pieces of legislation and one policy that can be used to fight cybercriminals.

On December 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 others seriously injured in what, President of the United States, Barack Obama, has deemed a terrorist attack in California.

A buzz phrase lately in the South African broadcasting industry is ‘digital migration’. To some it sounds quiet extra-terrestrial, and probably intimidating.

The Auditor-General of South Africa (“the AG”) recently released his 2012-2013 consolidated general report on the audit outcomes of local government, 30 July 2014 (“the report”).
The enactment of the Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) will have a direct effect on the manner in which businesses use electronic marketing.
A 29-year old called Edward Snowdon last week blew the whistle on the US Government’s snooping program.
The past few years have seen the increased adoption of electronic documents by banks, private industry and Government.
Reports in this week’s media of a cybersecurity breach of the South African Police Service’s website are a foretaste of bigger and more damaging information security breaches to come.
The South African Department of Communications (“DoC”) published a draft of the proposed National Broadband Policy for South Africa (“the Policy”) on 03 April 2013.
While everyone is focused on the contentious value added network services (“VANS”) licence con process, currently taking place, the lines are quietly being drawn for the next big battlefront – the local loop.