Parliament’s Committee on Public Service & Administration has backed legislative reform to allow the Special Investigating Unit to conduct routine and independent lifestyle audits across government, signalling a shift toward more proactive corruption detection. Wyndham Hartley reports that the proposal would remove the need for presidential proclamations and enable continuous ...
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South Africa’s removal from the FATF grey list in October 2025 was a milestone, but as ENS notes in commentary published via Lexology, it came with a clear expectation: the country must move from reactive to proactive financial crime detection. The Draft General Laws Amendment Bill reflects that shift, most ...
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Illegal offshore gambling operators are rapidly capturing a significant share of South Africa’s online betting market, raising serious concerns from both an anti-money laundering and conduct risk perspective. According to Business Day, unlicensed offshore platforms now account for the majority of online betting activity in South Africa, diverting billions of ...
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By Lee Rossini
Although still in its infancy, the term agentic AI is being heard more frequently. It refers to AI that can act autonomously to achieve goals, make decisions, and adapt to changing environments with minimal human intervention. Unlike traditional AI models that respond only to direct prompts, agentic AI systems are designed with a sense of 'agency': they can plan, execute multi-step tasks, interact with other systems, and learn from outcomes. These systems often combine reasoning, memory, and tool usage, enabling them to operate more like digital collaborators than passive tools.
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