SHOCKING REVELATION: The VERY JUDGES meant to protect you from digital criminals have been CLUELESS until NOW.
A STARTLING admission has emerged from the halls of power: over 35 South African judges and magistrates have just undergone BASIC CYBER CRIME TRAINING, EXPOSING a DANGEROUS GAP in a justice system already drowning in a R2.2 BILLION cybercrime wave. This “train-the-trainer” scheme, BANKROLLED by the UK government, is a DAMNING indictment of a judiciary ILL-EQUIPPED for the 21st century.
Acting Judge President Andre Petersen CONFIRMED our worst fears, stating bluntly: “Judges are trained in the law, but most judges are NOT TECH-SAVVY.” This means for YEARS, rulings on critical cases involving digital evidence—from child exploitation to corporate espionage—may have been handed down by officials who CANNOT comprehend the evidence before them. The so-called “protectors of justice” have been navigating the digital dark web BLINDFOLDED.
While officials cheer this Commonwealth-led workshop as progress, the URGENT question remains: HOW MANY VICTIMS have been failed by this systemic ignorance? With 47% of South African organisations hit by cyber attacks, judge Nolonwabo Balele’s talk of “protecting the rights of the accused” rings hollow when the bench itself lacked the tools to identify guilt or innocence accurately. This isn’t just training; it’s a DESPERATE, last-minute attempt to plug a sinking ship as criminals operate with impunity.
This exposé reveals a chilling truth: the very foundation of law and order is being hacked in real-time, not by hooded figures in basements, but by its own technological incompetence, leaving every citizen’s security HANGING BY A THREAD.
Author: Kayitsi.com
