In this case, State v Ndiki and others, the court ruled that computer-generated evidence labelled as hearsay under the Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988 (LEAA) could be admitted under specific provisions of the Act. Evidence based solely […]
In Smuts v Botha, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) overturned a High Court judgment which ordered Smuts to take down parts of a Facebook post containing Botha's personal information. The SCA held that the information that Smuts published could […]
In President of the Republic of South Africa v Office of the Public Protector, the Court confirmed the authority and powers of Chapter 9 Institutions. Similar to the Public Protector, the Information Regulator can also hold others accountable for their […]
In Dutch Reformed Church Vergesig v Sooknunan, the Court ordered Sooknunan, the owner and publisher of a Facebook page, to remove certain posts as they were unlawful in content and impact. The Court held that people posting the Church members' […]
We often get asked the same questions about privacy. Here are some of them. What is privacy? Privacy is a wide concept. It includes separate, but related concepts, such as bodily privacy (which involves the protection of people’s physical selves […]
In National Media Ltd v Jooste, a magazine published an article about Jooste and her child without Jooste's consent. The Court held that a child's personal information was also a guardian's personal information. The Court also held that a person […]
