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The department challenges a fine imposed on it for allegedly contravening the Protection of Personal Information Act.

Per record cost of data breaches has increased 20% to R2 750 on average over the last three years, IBM report finds.

The DoJ was required to submit proof the Trend Anti-Virus licence, the SIEM licence and the Intrusion Detection System licence were renewed

On 9 May 2023 the Information Regulator (Regulator) issued an Enforcement Notice to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) following the finding of the contravention of various sections of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) by the DoJ&CD. In September 2021 the DoJ&CD suffered a security compromise on its IT systems. This led to the department's systems being unavailable to its employees and subsequently affecting services to the public....

In September 2021, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Developments website was hacked, locking out its employees from accessing important files necessary for service delivery.

Single parenthood is hard enough without the added challenge of attempting to procure child maintenance from the other parent.

Apartheid reparations: The President’s Fund is growing as apartheid’s victims are left to wait in the cold.

There is no evidence that non-citizens are in fact taking jobs and benefits from South Africans. Indeed, a recent World Bank report found that immigrants actually ‘generate jobs for locals’. There is no evidence that non-citizens are in fact taking jobs and benefits from South Africans. Ind...

1. Despite making commitments to act on recommendations from its third UPR cycle, South Africa has not adopted significant measures to implement many of these recommendations. The government struggled to tackle xenophobia and the ongoing threat of violence against foreign nationals. Despite making commitments to act to prevent, investigate and prosecute cases of violence against persons based on sexual orientation and gender identity, violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, t...

The NPA’s reputation has suffered much damage in the past 10 years. There is ample evidence that there exists more than the possibility of interference in its independence and operation, and that this has had adverse consequences for its perceived independence.