About 30% of consumers are unknowingly buying fake goods when making online purchases, according to the Global Online Shopping Survey.

On 25 May 2016, the National Council of Provinces passed the Financial Intelligence and Centre Amendment Bill being the final approval before a section 76 bill is delivered to the President for signature.

Any strike action that members of a trade union embark on has to comply with statutory requirements as set out in the Labour Relations Act.

The South African National Treasury reported on 29 February that while South Africa was on track to address all the outstanding action items required to be removed from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list...

The Copyright Amendment Bill ("the CAB / the Bill") has caused much debate and controversy in the protection of Intellectual Property rights in South Africa.

Discovery is a process in civil and criminal proceedings, provided for in Rule 35 of the Uniform Rules of Court, where parties exchange non-privileged documentary evidence available to the...

This article is the last of a three part series which will consider environmental, social and governance indicators ("ESG") and the factors that have the potential to impact the components of ESG. In the second article...

Businesses across the spectrum are increasingly making use of the services of technology to manage their operations more efficiently.

KPMG has released its findings of the third Africa Fraud Barometer.

We see it weekly in the news, "South African National Anti-Counterfeit Task force seizes counterfeit goods worth R100 million rand, suspects arrested".

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a powerful piece of anti-corruption legislation which was adopted by the United States of America (US)

The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 ("PRECCA") aims to strengthen measures to prevent and combat corruption in the private and public sectors in South Africa.

It has been a little over a year since the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") , an international initiative established to combat money laundering published its Mutual Evaluation Report ("MER") on South Africa in which it identified major "weak spots" in our compliance processes.

In the metaverse, users have digital avatars which they can customise and use as a virtual proxy to interact with the metaverse environment and other users.

International Fraud Awareness Week (Fraud Week) kicks off on 17 November and ends on 23 November 2019. This is an opportune time for every organisation in the country

As the Madlanga Commission reckons with the layers of criminality and political interference that have undermined South Africa's justice system, the country continues to grapple with the urgent challenge...

"Business hijackings", in which companies or their business secrets are stolen lock, stock and barrel right under the noses of their owners, appear to be on the increase in South Africa.

Generative AI tools are creating unprecedented compliance challenges for organisations, from embellished employee grievances to hallucinated content in regulatory filings and sophisticated AI-enabled fraud schemes. As these risks manifest across sectors, companies must urgently assess whether their investigation frameworks and governance protocols can effectively detect and respond to AI-generated content at scale.

Strike action is prominent in South Africa with grievances often pertaining to service delivery and wage increases.

When a judge confronts perceived irregularities in settled litigation, how far may the judge go without crossing the line into professional misconduct?