buy this article By Annalise KempenImage and photo courtesy of Pexels and Unsplash Every year, as cellphone contracts in South Africa are renewed, hundreds, if not thousands, of these phones end up in drawers or are handed down to children, family members or domestic helpers. Many others become dysfunctional or broken and are simply discarded […]
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– S v De Bruin, Case no: 6359/2024, High Court Bloemfontein, dated 25 November 2024 (FB) buy this article By Brig Dirk LambrechtsImage courtesy of FreePik Introduction On Saturday morning 9 November 2024, Judge J P Daffue of the High Court in Bloemfontein, was on urgent court duty (on standby). He received notification of an
buy this article Compiled by Kotie Geldenhuys Photos courtesy of Pixabay and Unsplash From the fields where Papaver/opium or coca plants are grown to the factories where substances are processed, illegal drug production leaves a hidden footprint on the planet. Behind the global trade lies an environmental cost measured in rising carbon emissions, depleting water
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Pixabay, Unsplash and Pexels Behind every discarded cellphone, laptop and electronic device is a hidden global trade. E-waste has become a growing environmental crime, with criminal gangs abusing weak legislative enforcement to profit from the transportation and disposal of electronic items. Millions of devices cross borders,
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of ChatGTP and Pixabay Illicit logging, wildlife trafficking and illegal mining activities result in huge gains for the criminals who launder the proceeds of their illicit activities through elaborate financial schemes. With the escalation of such environmental crimes, it has become equally important to trace the money
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– Small towns under siege from ghost criminals who vanish by day, terrorise by night buy this article By Odwa RalaneImages generated by Copilot This article explores the “amaphara-phara” phenomenon: young men driven by their drug addiction who abandon their homes for street life and crime, transforming small Eastern Cape towns into zones of fear.
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buy this article By Annalise KempenPhoto courtesy of Roman Odintsov, Pexels We live in a tech-driven world with an estimated 70% of the global population relying on mobile services for communication, commerce and access to digital platforms (GSMA Intelligence, 2026). Children are part of our tech-driven world, and in 2019 the first announcements about a
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buy this article By Brig Dirk Lambrechts This is “an ex tempore judgment*” by the High Court in Durban. It is an appeal against the refusal by the magistrates’ court, Verulam in KZN, to admit Mr Shirwin Nowtham (hereinafter referred to as the accused) to bail based on the alleged existence of “new facts”. The
buy this article – Security tool or privacy threat? By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Magnific The use of facial recognition technology is becoming common in today’s world. Apart from the ability to unlock cellphones, other uses include expediting security screening at airports and improving customers’ experience in stores through better service. The technology has
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buy this article By Kotie GeldenhuysPhotos/images courtesy of Magnific and SAPS Policing is an increasingly complex task, with manpower and resource shortages and increasing levels of violent crime adding strain on law enforcement agencies. In response, drones are emerging as a valuable policing tool, helping law enforcement officers manage some routine but demanding situations. Unmanned
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