Recent changes in South Africa include the commencement of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, to protect people's privacy rights.
Parts of the Cybercrimes Act, 2020 have also come into operation, criminalising (among other things) the unlawful and intentional disclosure of harmful data messages such as intimate images of another person without their consent.
The Film and Publication Board has now published draft guidelines for public comment on the classification of films, games and certain publications.
These guidelines would amend the existing classification guidelines. Some of the changes proposed in the draft guidelines have far-reaching implications, which are beyond the scope of those anticipated in the offshore legislation mentioned above.