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
GI Advisory formalises its editorial work through GI Advisory News Pretoria, South Africa — GI Advisory has formally established GI Advisory News, the editorial outlet of Geopolitical Intelligence (Pty) Ltd. The move formalises editorial work that has been published by GI Advisory since 2023. GI Advisory News now operates within
Image credit: UJ News As National Women’s Month comes to a close, a point can be made about the use of the term “Women Empowerment.” I fully understand that “Women Empowerment” is well-established institutional terminology, particularly within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, which calls to “achieve gender equality
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has published Draft Directive 12 under section 43A of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act 38 of 2001). The proposed Directive introduces an important operational change for specified accountable institutions: the annual submission of their Risk Management and Compliance Programmes (RMCPs) to the FIC.
We often speak about the importance of institutions in building a just society. But institutions are ultimately built and sustained or even challenged by people. Women are part of that work. They contribute their time, knowledge and energy to public service, business, law, security, academia and civil society. They build
