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Data breach at Pam Golding puts spotlight on protection laws in South Africa

Cybersecurity

Data breach at Pam Golding puts spotlight on protection laws in South Africa

Mark Thomas, Andrew Attieh 24 Mar 2025

Sassa presented its audit action plan to Parliament on Wednesday. Archive photo of people queueing for social grants in Eerste River in 2018. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Sassa explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Marecia Damons 24 Mar 2025

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Environmental Law

Court ruling a warning shot against illegal fishing

10 Dec 2024

Glencore has finally reached closure on the DRC criminal case

Mining

Glencore closes DRC criminal investigations

5 Aug 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

What every business needs to know about beneficial ownership registries

Sihle Bulose and Sibusiso Pholwane 31 Jul 2024

Source: © RSF The BBC World Service has filed an urgent appeal to UN over abuse of national security and counter-terrorism laws against BBC News Persian journalists

Media Freedom

BBC World Service files urgent appeal to UN over abuse of BBC News Persian journalists

17 Apr 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga

Corporate & Commercial Law

Detained Binance executive in court on Nigerian tax, money laundering charges

Camillus Eboh 4 Apr 2024

Source: @Twitter/SARS Sars commissioner, Edward Kieswetter.

Taxation & Regulation

Sars trust drops, service satisfaction gains in taxpayers

8 Nov 2023

Criminal Law

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

Raymond Joseph 25 Oct 2023

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Accounting & Auditing

Exposed: Audits reveal misuse of R17.5bn in Covid-19 Ters payments

29 Jun 2023

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Tax Law

What are taxpayers' rights to a refund from Sars?

Graeme Palmer 13 Jun 2023

Andre de Ruyter, Group Chief Executive of state-owned power utility Eskom speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, 31 January 2020. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham//File Photo

Criminal Law

Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO

Wendell Roelf 9 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Trends

Ramaphosa's power base boosted, but South Africa's reform path still rocky

23 Dec 2022

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Tax Law

Voluntary vs compelled disclosure

Virusha Subban and Francis Mayebe 12 Jul 2022

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Economy

#YouthMonth: Ramaphosa cuts to the chase

Katja Hamilton 10 Jun 2022

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Zondo Commission

Bosasa: Zuma failed to uphold constitutional duty

Valencia Talane 14 Mar 2022

New Property Practitioners Act set to tighten up property legislation

Residential Property

New Property Practitioners Act set to tighten up property legislation

24 Jan 2022

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Zondo Commission

Zondo calls for 'swift' action against SAX/NW project looters - final report

Valencia Talane 10 Jan 2022

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Criminal Law

Former Gauteng Health officials arrested in R221m corruption case

7 Dec 2021

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Banking

Sabric warns dye-stained cash won't be honoured

19 Jul 2021

The sooner the better: implementing cybersecurity and data protection law across Africa

Cyber Law

The sooner the better: implementing cybersecurity and data protection law across Africa

Darryl Bernstein and Janet MacKenzie 8 Jun 2021

The duty to report suspected fraud and the consequences thereof

Criminal Law

The duty to report suspected fraud and the consequences thereof

Corné Lewis 6 Apr 2021

NPA dealing with Steinhoff matter without fear or favour

Corporate & Commercial Law

NPA dealing with Steinhoff matter without fear or favour

5 Mar 2021

Coffer dam mining operations in 2017. Image from the report Amendment of Environmental Management Programmes for Mining Rights 554MRC, 10025MR, 512MRC and 513MRC - Volume 2: Mining Right 554MRC, November 2017 by SLR Consulting in association with Placer Resource Management.

Mining

Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams

John Yeld 9 Dec 2020

Vodacom launches Gender-Based Violence Fund

ICT

Vodacom launches Gender-Based Violence Fund

26 Aug 2020

Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act

Materials & Equipment

Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act

18 Jun 2020

Tourism & Travel

This could be the end of the line for cruise ships

16 Apr 2020

Cyber insecurity is a threat to Africa’s digital economy. Riccardo Mayer/Shutterstock

Banking

What's been done to fight cybercrime in East Africa

Mercy Muendo 3 Dec 2019

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Media Freedom

Wan-Ifra backs call for UN investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder

2 Oct 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.

Media Freedom

Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

A man looks at newspaper front pages in Dakar, on February 25, 2019, one day after Senegal's presidential elections. Senegalese authorities arrested critical journalist Adama Gaye on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Seyllou.

Media

Senegalese authorities arrest critical journalist Adama Gaye

14 Aug 2019

Tax return submission raised to R500,000

Tax Law

Tax return submission raised to R500,000

4 Jun 2019

Riccardo Spagni

Financial Services

50 shades of financial privacy

Riccardo Spagni 18 Apr 2019

A young man looks through a book at the Hargeisa International Book Fair in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa on July 21, 2018. Somaliland authorities recently issued a one-year suspension of the privately owned Foore newspaper. Credit: CPJ/Mustafa Saeed/AFP).

Media Freedom

Somaliland court suspends newspaper for one year for publishing 'false news'

28 Feb 2019

The Accra International Conference Centre screened a documentary by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Accra, Ghana, on June 7, 2018. Ahmed Hussein Suale Divela, who was involved in the film, was murdered on January 16. Credit: CPJ - Francis Kokoroko/Reuters.

Media Freedom

Investigative journalist Ahmed Divela shot dead in Ghana

18 Jan 2019

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Who wants to be a millionaire?

Markets & Investment

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Who wants to be a millionaire?

Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster 12 Oct 2018

Report on VBS recommends criminal charges

Corporate & Commercial Law

Report on VBS recommends criminal charges

11 Oct 2018

Hot 91.9FM makes a meaningful difference touching 100 lives

Radio & Audio

Hot 91.9FM makes a meaningful difference touching 100 lives

Issued by HOT 102.7FM 13 Aug 2018

Flowers and photos of Aleksandr Rastorguyev, Kirill Radchenko, and Orkhan Dzhemal, are left at the journalist union building in Moscow. The Russian journalists were killed while on assignment in the Central African Republic. Credit: AP/Pavel Golovkin/CPJ.

Media

Investigative journalists killed in CAR

3 Aug 2018

Duduzane Zuma granted R100k bail with strict conditions

Criminal Law

Duduzane Zuma granted R100k bail with strict conditions

9 Jul 2018

The wrong technology in the wrong environment can actually increase risk

Technology

The wrong technology in the wrong environment can actually increase risk

Marius Coetzee 31 May 2018

Soria Hay, head of corporate finance at Bravura

Education & Training

B-BBEE codes focus on ownership and skills

Soria Hay 22 May 2018

Zodwa Ntuli, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission

Finance

Companies still fronting through trusts

18 Apr 2018

Imad Mesdoua, senior political risk consultant at Control Risks.

Research

Political risk impacts on dealmaking in Africa

10 Apr 2018

How to lawyer-up against your lawyer

Consumer Law

How to lawyer-up against your lawyer

10 Apr 2018

Christian radio fined, suspended over discriminatory broadcast

Radio & Audio

Christian radio fined, suspended over discriminatory broadcast

20 Mar 2018

FSB drags its feet on pension looting

Financial Services

FSB drags its feet on pension looting

5 Mar 2018

Blame for Trillian mess lies with previous Eskom board, says forensic investigator

Mining

Blame for Trillian mess lies with previous Eskom board, says forensic investigator

Linda Ensor 28 Feb 2018