500:

the number of complaints about data violations in terms of the POPIA Act. However, no fines have been issued yet, according to the Information Regulator.

1.8 trillion:

estimated number of pieces of plastic in the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch‘, a floating island of debris covering an area twice the size of Texas.

R5 billion:

amount spent in 2022 by South Africans on imported solar equipment, now targeted by criminals who sell the panels as scrap or on the black market.