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Opening the Network: What new Individual Electronic Communications Network Services Licences could mean for competition and connectivity in South Africa
On 21 May 2025, the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies released a proposed Policy Direction which could reshape the regulatory landscape as we know
POPIA Just Got a Digital Makeover – Are You Ready?
If you’re still treating data protection like a dusty file in a cabinet, it’s time to wake up. South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act
Unlocking Type Approval: Ensuring Compliance and Navigating Fee Changes in South Africa
In the evolving world of telecommunications, the use of electronic communications equipment or facilities must be first be approved by Independent Communications Authority of South
Digital Migration Suspended: High Court delays analogue TV switch-off protecting access to critical news, knowledge, and information
” Each day without access to news, public service announcements and educational programming results in irreversible loss of knowledge, awareness and democratic participation.”[1] As a
Crypto Pyramid Scheme Unraveled: R4.5 million asset forfeiture
The Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court shut down a crypto pyramid scheme by sentencing Mfundo Manci to 10 years direct imprisonment. Manci pleaded guilty on
Botha v Smuts – Farms, photos, physical addresses and privacy: Constitutional Court ruling on online use of personal information
“…this matter implicates more than the rights of the parties. It implicates our collective relationship with the internet and its power over our online personae.”
TikTok, TikTok, is time up for TikTok? National security versus freedom of expression weighed in court judgment
TikTok has run out of options to challenge a United States national security law that requires its owner to divest (dispose of its ownership interest)
Oops I did it again! A case of déjà vu for the Department of Basic Education and the privacy aspects of publishing matric results
“Oops, I did it again, I published your marks and my reasons are lame” (sung to the tune of Britney Spears’ famous hit). South Africa’s
South Africa’s National Data and Cloud Policy, 2024 Published Yesterday
The South African government’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (“DCDT”) published its National Policy on Data and Cloud yesterday (“National Data and Cloud Policy”). It is well-drafted, concise and realistic. It doesn’t skirt issues, acknowledging that there are problems and identifying how to fix them.