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Gauteng e-Panic Button faces scrutiny over data security

Gauteng's e-Panic Button is facing mounting scrutiny over the security of highly sensitive personal information submitted by users on the platform. The e-Panic Button allows Gauteng residents to request assistance during criminal incidents, medical emergencies, gender-based violence incidents and fires. But with residents relying on the platform during some of their most vulnerable moments, concerns are mounting over whether the sensitive information they provided has been adequately protected. The Gauteng […]

todaySeptember 29, 2026 31

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OPINION | Whoever owns the data owns the truth: Capitec, the DA, and the quiet enclosure of South Africa’s information economy

In June 2024, in the aftermath of an election in which voter turnout fell to 58.57%, I argued that South Africa's democracy was in crisis, not simply because people had stopped voting, but because the alternatives on offer were themselves financed and shaped by the same captains of capital who had long protected the status quo. Parties like Rise Mzansi, ActionSA and BOSA, I maintained, were not vanguards of "new […]

todaySeptember 15, 2026 67