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The announcement of the National State of Disaster on 15 March 2020 has driven up the demand for ICT services and has essentialised the need for access to high-speed and affordable broadband internet.

The demand for software applications, particularly mobile apps has grown at a phenomenal rate in recent years, fuelled in part by the ever growing use of smartphones globally.

Following the release of its position paper in February 2019, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published its long-awaited draft regulations

Telecom operators are evolving beyond connectivity into digital finance infrastructure, leveraging their existing assets like customer reach, SIM-linked identity, and distribution networks.

In a Judgment regarding the matter between Amabhungane Centre For Investigative Journalism NPC and Stephen Patrick Sole V Minister Of Justice And Correctional Services and 10 others...

The Act sets out certain exceptions to the abovementioned rule.

Morocco's marine sector has received a welcome boost, as Russia and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed cooperation initiatives.

A company known for its chatbot persona recreations of popular TV characters has recently come under fire following a civil lawsuit alleging that a fourteen-year-old boy committed suicide after prolonged...

*Coronavirus (COVID-19) regulatory measures...

In stark contrast to earlier media reports as to what would constitute "essential services", the Regulations published in terms of the impending coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown are far from clear...

Contracts underpin every aspect of business and are a critical element for any successful business relationship.

On 1 November 2019, the South African communications regulator, ICASA, published a long-awaited Information Memorandum (IM)...

Since the Minister of Communications removed certain statutory restrictions imposed on value added network service licensees (Vans) in September 2004, the industry eagerly anticipated 1 February 2005. This was the effective date for the removal of the restrictions and the opening of the sector to greater competition, with attendant benefits of lower telecommunications service costs and wider consumer choice.

South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is reviewing policy that could reshape the nation's telecommunications.

The Cryptography Regulations issued in terms of the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act of 2002 (ECT Act), which came into effect on 10 March 2006, have not clarified the uncertainty over whether or not users of cryptography software would also be considered cryptography providers and should be registered as such.

The Information Technology ("IT") services landscape has shifted dramatically in the past few years at incredible speed. Artificial Intelligence ("AI"), heightened cybersecurity threats, geopolitical trade tensions...

The Prudential Authority ("PA") has issued a new Directive, the Directive 2/2019 Reporting on Material Information Technology and/or Cyber Incidents.