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A paia manual small business owners in South Africa must compile is a formal document required under section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000....

POPIA SMS marketing in South Africa is governed by Section 69 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, which prohibits sending promotional text messages unless the recipient has explicitly consented...

POPIA marketing compliance in South Africa is not a single rule — it is three overlapping legal frameworks that govern different channels in different ways, and the most common mistake...

Marketing to minors in South Africa is governed by a layered framework of three pieces of legislation and an industry code — each with a different definition of “child,” a...

Influencer disclosure in South Africa is a legal obligation, not a courtesy — the Advertising Regulatory Board’s Code of Advertising Practice requires every commercial communication to be clearly identifiable as...

South Africa’s email marketing law is not one rule but three overlapping Acts, each with a different regulator, a different penalty scale, and a different job to do — and...

ECT Act ecommerce compliance is mandatory for every South African online store without exception: the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 imposes five core obligations — mandatory website...

Ecommerce disclaimers are the legal notices, disclosures and policy statements that South African online stores must publish to trade lawfully — and getting them wrong is not just a reputational...

Digital goods refund law in South Africa is governed by two statutes — the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECTA) and the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) — and the rules...

A POPIA operator agreement is a written contract that South African law requires you to sign with every third-party vendor that processes personal information on your behalf — and as...