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From Publication to Impact: A Connected Publishing Ecosystem for African Scholarship
Digital transformation is reshaping scholarly publishing, but meaningful transformation requires more than new technology. It requires an integrated publishing environment. To simplify workflows, strengthen publication quality and help research reach the audiences it was created to serve.
A journal article can be published and still remain invisible and undiscoverable. Today...
The changing role of the library
From providing information to supporting the research journey
Libraries have always connected people with information. Today, however, that role extends far beyond providing access to books, journals and databases.
Modern libraries support users throughout the research journey. Librarians help researchers identify credible sources, improve their search strategies, navigate complex information environments...
From Prompt to Practice: Navigating the New Era of Legal AI...
The legal profession has spent the last few years drowning in a sea of generic artificial intelligence. Law firms and in-house legal departments were told that conversational chatbots would revolutionize their workflows, only to find themselves wrestling with rigid software that required massive subscription overhauls, manual prompt engineering from...
When compliance gaps turn into expensive lessons
The latest regulatory action against a major financial institution, resulting in a R28 million administrative penalty for shortcomings under the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), is a timely reminder that compliance cannot be treated as a once-off exercise.
What stands out to me is not the size of the penalty,...
Document Automation: Is this the end of the Interview?
The document automation questionnaire, sometimes still called an interview (a term HotDocs coined decades ago), is dying. That's the claim doing the rounds, and it's not entirely wrong, it's just aimed at the wrong target. It isn't the questionnaire that's dying, it's the hours lawyers and paralegals lose retyping...
Don’t Bother With the Microsoft Store. This Free Alternative Is Way...
Windows 11 is stuck in the past when it comes to application management. I have to hunt down individual installers every time I set up a new PC, and subsequently updating any of those programs often proves equally tedious. What Windows needs is a single, comprehensive place to install...
Daan’s Snippets – 26th October 2026
Practice News
Speaking of AI in the second paragraph of the conveyancing section below: I had not known that there is quite an effortless way of checking whether AI was used in generating a document: https://synthid.com/
There are two interesting discussions on uncertainty created by divergent decisions of our courts, namely...
The Boardroom Exorcism [Who Gets to Override the Machine?]
Human Oversight, AI Kill Switches and the Fine Art of Not Looking Guilty.
September gave us the synthetic whistleblower - an AI system with the rather antisocial habit of spotting the transaction, pattern, or decision nobody in the room particularly wants spotted. October brings the less glamorous sequel. The system...
Scrapping the Road Accident Fund to save R2.25 on petrol is...
OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage recently spoke in an interview on 702 about the growing calls to scrap the RAF, a state-owned entity that has become a major source of frustration for taxpayers over the years.
He said that getting rid of the RAF levy would necessitate a shift to either...
Agentic AI vs AI Agents
Imagine you have a personal assistant who can help you with your daily work, organise your timetable, and prepare for client meetings. Now imagine that assistant can also decide what needs doing, work out the best way to do it, and carry out the tasks with very little help...
Beyond the Firewall: Protecting Your Law Firm’s Information, Finances, and Reputation
October serves as a timely reminder that safeguarding a law firm requires far more than locking the office doors at the end of the day. In today’s digital legal environment, a practice's most critical assets extend beyond physical property and financial capital - they encompass confidential client records, sensitive...
The Compliance Crypt [When Legacy Systems Refuse to Stay Buried]
Why Legacy Technology Is the AI Compliance Risk Hiding on the Balance Sheet…
Every organisation has one - a system so old that nobody dares switch it off, question it too closely or mention it during due diligence without first shutting the door. It sits beneath the grand promises of...
Daan’s Snippets – 12th October 2026
Practice News
Restraints of trade in business acquisitions: https://fairbridges.co.za/the-value-of-a-restraint-of-trade-in-a-business-acquisition/
Does negligent medical care act as a novus actus interveniens? https://www.derebus.org.za/murder-does-negligent-medical-care-act-as-a-novus-actus-interveniens/
Other than when forced to do so, mediation holds many advantages: https://www.derebus.org.za/mediation-rule-41a-and-the-future-of-civil-litigation-in-south-africa-why-legal-practitioners-can-no-longer-afford-to-ignore-mediation/
The RAF has again been in the news of late in that reports swirled on future funding models such as imposts...
Has AI Actually Saved Lawyer’s Time?
AI is helping lawyers review contracts, organise files and tackle routine administration in a fraction of the time. But a revealing discussion among legal professionals suggests that saving time is only half the story.
Artificial intelligence has made some impressive promises to the legal profession. Faster research, quicker contract reviews,...
THE ALGORITHMIC SÉANCE: Reconstructing an AI Decision After the Machine Has...
When AI’s Perfect Memory Becomes Conveniently Paranormal…
September took us into the Friction Economy: that expensive little collision between hyper-automation and the stubbornly unautomated human. October takes the argument somewhere colder. Because knowing where the risk lives is one thing. Inviting it into the business, giving it a login, and...
AI Could Give Us Our Time Back
Artificial intelligence should not only help us do more. It presents an opportunity to rethink productivity and reclaim some of the work-life balance technology helped erode.
Artificial intelligence could give us back something technology has steadily taken away. Time may be the most valuable resource we have.
Until now, much of...
Supporting the People Who Shape South Africa’s Information Landscape
Libraries are essential to education, research and access to knowledge across South Africa. At the heart of every library are dedicated professionals who connect people with trusted information, embrace new technologies and respond to evolving user needs.
One of the most important opportunities for learning, collaboration and professional growth within...
LPC Examination Results Analysis – October 2026
Conveyancing and Notary examinations - all nine provinces - analysis of the published results lists (prepared 9 October 2026)
Conveyancing candidatesPaper 1 pass ratePaper 2 pass rateNotary pass rate10344.8%5.4%11.9%27 cleared every paper written45 of 931; 81 to orals46 of 854; 97 to orals74 of 622; 111 to orals
Key findings
Outright pass...
The Architecture of Awe – Why the World Needs Beautiful Words
In a world increasingly governed by the cold precision of algorithms and the binary rigidity of numbers, we’re often told that data is the ultimate truth. We’re told that numbers rule the world. But while numbers can measure the...
The High Cost of Low Stakes
Why a Staff Writer is a Death Sentence for Your Brand …
"Hiring a staff writer to explain the law is like hiring a Lego architect to build a cathedral. The dimensions are correct, but the soul has been traded for interlocking plastic safety....
The Bot that Cried “Statute”!
Why Your Law Firm Needs a Human (Specifically, a Belletrist) …
Let’s be honest - we are all currently living in a digital fever dream. If I see one more LinkedIn post generated by a bot that starts with "In...
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