Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Nexa Beyond launched a free phone-based legal portal for women in Gauteng, offering plain-language guidance and help drafting protection-order affidavits, pleadings and other documents.

Professor Martin Olifier said South Africa is at the forefront of digital forensics, but SAPS struggles to recruit and retain specialists because police salaries do not match their IT skills.

Digital evidence can place a suspect’s phone at a crime scene, but Professor Olifier stressed that tower data and geolocation remain circumstantial evidence requiring proper police investigation.

Chinese vehicle brands now account for more than 20% of South Africa’s new-car sales; Chery and GWM dominate the lower-priced rankings, while BYD is emerging above R700,000.

Listeners said living together exposes unequal domestic workloads, prompting a strong reminder that cooking and household chores are shared adult responsibilities rather than women’s duties.