South Africa: New Technology

This comprehensive legal update covers recent developments across South African law, from pharmaceutical naming regulations and copyright platform liability to VAT amendments affecting insurance and digital services. The collection explores emerging challenges in intellectual property protection, cryptocurrency regulation, and data brokerage compliance.

This comprehensive legal update covers recent developments across South African law, from pharmaceutical naming regulations and copyright platform liability to VAT amendments affecting insurance and digital services. The collection explores emerging challenges in intellectual property protection, cryptocurrency regulation, and data brokering, while examining how AI and digital transformation are reshaping traditional legal frameworks.

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Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept in Africa. It is here, it is being used, and it is now reshaping regulatory agendas and courtroom practice across the continent.

South Africa's Draft National AI Policy, published in April 2026, establishes a comprehensive governance framework that positions artificial intelligence as a constitutional and development priority.

On 18 March 2026, Oasis Security published 'Claudy Day'. A vulnerability chain in Anthropic's Claude AI. Unlike attacks on proprietary in-house tools requiring custom exploits...

MIT's State of AI in Business 2025 report paints a sobering picture. Despite global enterprise investment of between USD 30 billion and 40 billion in generative AI, around 95% of organisations have yet to see measurable returns.

MIT's State of AI in Business 2025 report should temper any rush to restructure workforces around artificial intelligence. Headcount reductions based on assumptions of immediate, sweeping efficiency gains reflect poor risk management.

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority ("FSCA") and the Prudential Authority ("PA") released a first of its kind report on the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") in the South African financial sector on 24 November 2025...