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Who let the dogs in?
21st July 2025 Cyber infiltration allows for a ransomware demand. The one is dependent on the other. Reading ‘The State of Ransomware in South Africa Report... →
AI-Hallucinated Case Law
21st July 2025 Research is Difficult and Time-Consuming Over the past year, we have read more than once of lawyers referencing non-existent cases before courts in... →
How Strong Merits Can Save a Late Case
21st July 2025 In a recent Labour Appeal Court (“LAC“) judgement in Government Printing Works v Public Service Association and Another,[1] the court provided a... →
Does an Employer’s Right to Discipline and Dismiss its Employees Prescribe?
21st July 2025 In Public Investment Corporation v More and others, handed down on 16 April 2025, the Labour Court was called upon to consider whether the... →
From Promise to Practice: Responsible AI in South African Healthcare
21st July 2025 Artificial intelligence (“AI“) is reshaping industries worldwide, and healthcare is no exception. The healthcare sector in South Africa experiences... →
Cracking Down or Catching Up? South Africa’s Approach to Crypto Regulation: Part 1 – Payments
4th July 2025 Crypto assets (“crypto“) exist in a unique regulatory space. Unlike traditional currency, crypto is not issued by central banks. Crypto can however... →
Employers must timeously take steps to deal with any allegations of sexual harassment raised with them, failing which they may be held liable
20th June 2025 In Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union obo S and another / Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, the Commission for Conciliation and... →
Proposed Economic Opportunity Tax for Casino Operator Licensees in the Western Cape to relocate their casinos
20th June 2025 On 6 June 2025, the draft Western Cape Twentieth Gambling and Racing Amendment Bill, 2025 and related Regulations were gazetted for public comment.... →
