The Please Call Me legal bill ran into hundreds of thousands. (Image created with GenAI) In October 2024, as Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate prepared for what would become his final court battle, three senior and three junior advocates prepared his Heads of Argument – potentially costing between R90 000 and R145 000 a…
The criminal group behind the June breach at MIP Holdings is now extorting South African insurers directly after taking a ransom payment from the software supplier in exchange for an undertaking to destroy the stolen data. Some of the data has now been published online. TechCentral has reviewed material on a dark web leak site…
Writer E. Jean Carroll arrived at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where former U.S. President Donald Trump was to arrive to ask a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago, in…
Transactional sex, defined as the exchange of sex for money, food, or favours, is common among young people in Africa. Studies have reported that about 10% of those aged 15-24 have engaged in this exchange in South Africa, 23% in Nigeria and 25% in Uganda. The behaviour has been linked to negative consequences such as…
The rebuttal was followed by news the police chief was resigning a year before the end of his term.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday evening that despite the government shutdown, Coast Guard service members will get their paychecks this week. Noem said the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Coast Guard, found an “innovative” way to provide the money. The announcement came two days after President Donald Trump said he would…
