Navigating POPIA in a digitally borderless world

Navigating POPIA in a digitally borderless world

In South Africa, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is reshaping how organisations handle personal data, both locally and across borders. By Ryan Boyes, governance, risk and compliance officer at Galix For businesses operating internationally, the...
Transforming SA’s business sector goes beyond law and regulation

Transforming SA’s business sector goes beyond law and regulation

Businesses need to continually review their progress and reset their goals to accommodate the multiple dynamics of their organisation. One of the areas that needs diligent attention is diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) policy and practice, writes Taelo...
Clean up fronting before an empowerment levy can work

Clean up fronting before an empowerment levy can work

An empowerment levy could simplify compliance and unlock transformation funding – but only if credibility and enforcement come first. By Bruce Hunt, MD of Transcend Capital and Transcend Corporate Advisory A new private-sector proposal has reignited debate about...

Regtech powers cross-border trust in financial mergers

Financial institutions (FIs) are expected to deliver instant transactions, immediate verifications and fast onboarding in a world that has shifted towards real-time payments. Bradley Elliott, CEO of RelyComply  The ability to process online payments in real time rests...

SA leaders can’t afford to get governance wrong

South Africans trust Woolworths more than Eskom. Not because of rotisserie chicken, but because we instinctively know where good governance lives and where it hasn’t. By Jonathan Crisp, director of BarnOwl GRC and Audit software In politics, governance failures show...

Stop pretending waste pickers don’t exist

South Africa has high recycling rates thanks to waste reclaimers but refuses to treat them as real workers. They collect up to 80% of recycled packaging, yet remain invisible to policy, unpaid and unprotected. Regenize’s REACT solution digitalises and formalises...