The Silicon Shyster: Why AI and Law are a Match Made in Circuit-Board Hell...
Welcome to the future. It’s exactly like the past, but with more electricity and significantly less accountability. If you’ve spent any time on LinkedIn...
Microsoft’s Legal Agent Could Shake Up Legal Tech—If It Delivers
Microsoft unveiled its Legal Agent on Thursday, but the jury is out as to whether the tool will truly impact the legal tech industry...
AI-Powered Synthetic Identity Fraud Threatens South African Financial System
Artificial intelligence (AI) is enabling fraudsters to create highly convincing synthetic identities, and at industrial scale, at that. “This poses a severe and escalating...
Customer experience moves to the centre of business strategy
As markets remain competitive and customers grow less tolerant of friction, 2025 marked a clear shift in how organisations think about customer experience (CX)...
THE GREEN GAVEL: Why ESG Compliance is the Next Big Growth Area for Modern...
A lawyer and a CEO are standing on a beach, watching a massive tidal wave approach. The CEO sighs and says, “This is a...
Arrested: Durban advocate allegedly defrauded a client of R25 million ‘to bribe prosecutors
A prominent Durban advocate, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a client of R25 million, under the guise of bribing prosecutors.
Shunmugam “Shan” Govender, 59,...
FORTRESS LAW: Why Cybersecurity is Your Most Powerful Business Development Tool in 2026
Imagine, for a moment, the sound of your firm’s professional indemnity insurance premium spontaneously combusting.
That’s the sound of the modern legal landscape. If you...
Malatsi withdraws draft AI Policy – contains various fictitious sources
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has announced the withdrawal of the Draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy following an internal process.
“Following revelations...
Stafford Masie rips government’s draft AI policy
“Seven new institutions, before a single rand of public money has been committed to compute infrastructure, before a single regulatory sandbox has processed its...
Agentic AI is here and it’s time for the CIO to lead the shift...
For the past few years, generative AI has dominated boardroom conversations. It drafted documents, summarised data and helped employees move faster. But the next...
Malalane Attorney Remanded in Custody After Hawks Arrest in R14m Fraud
Disgraced Mpumalanga attorney Zietta Janse van Rensburg (40) was arrested by the Hawks on 13 April alongside her 73-year-old former father-in-law Johan. They face...
Anthropic Targets Lawyers With Claude For Word
Anthropic has just released Claude for Word in Beta – in itself a major move, but even more significant is that the AI giant...
