In this case, State v Ndiki and others, the court ruled that computer-generated evidence labelled as hearsay according to the Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988 (LEAA) could be allowed under specific parts of the Act. Evidence depending [...]
In Firstrand Bank Ltd t/a Wesbank v Leon Gregory Govender, Wesbank successfully sued its client for the breach of an electronic contract. Who should care about this judgment and why? Anyone who uses and enters into electronic contracts. What could [...]
R v Douvenga was one of the first cybercrime judgments to address unauthorised access to data, commonly known as hacking. In this case, the court had to decide whether Gloudina Magrieta Douvenga, an employee at Rentmeester Assurance Limited, was guilty of [...]
The ECT Act (or Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 or ECTA) became law in South Africa on Friday, 30 August 2002 and we summarise it for you. This marked the end of a process initiated by the South [...]
