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Violence Will Not Resolve South Africa’s Immigration Challenges South African citizens have every right to voice their frustration, but they also have a responsibility to do so in an orderly and lawful manner. The frustration over the July Constitutional Court judgment, and the Home Affairs directive that followed and was

The Department of Home Affairs has announced action against what it describes as a coordinated disinformation campaign concerning the Constitutional Court’s 7 July 2026 judgment in the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town matter. The Department says the matter will be referred to the Independent Electoral Commission under the newly published

South Africans received an estimated 17.47 billion spam calls in the first half of 2026, a 25.2% increase on the same period last year, according to Truecaller figures cited by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau. Fewer than one in twelve of those calls is now answered. Launching the

A global agenda with a local test  This week in Abu Dhabi, 119 countries adopted a five-year global roadmap on crime. For South African businesses, particularly SMMEs, the practical question is whether that global commitment eventually translates into better protection against the procurement fraud they encounter at home. Justice and

Fake tender invitations are a recurring fraud risk for South African businesses, particularly SMMEs. They arrive by email looking like genuine procurement correspondence: a department-style reference number, a procurement clerk’s signature, and instructions to copy officials at a real government domain. The goal is rarely the tender itself. Fraudsters want

President Cyril Ramaphosa has granted a final extension to the deadline for the submission of the final report of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission’s final report is now due on 25 January 2027. According to the Presidency, the extension will allow the Commission to process additional evidence, including