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South Africa

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Regulators for South Africa
Instrument	Issuer	Date on page	What it says	Source
Guide: ICT for practice and cyber law (incl. AI and hallucinations)Regulator guidancePrimary sourceProfessional guidance. Scope not stated in the stored source.	Legal Practice Council (South Africa)	per PDF path · Effective 2026-03	LPC training guide with sections on AI developments, judgments on AI and AI hallucinations.	Legal Practice Council (South Africa)

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Other instruments for South Africa
Instrument	Issuer	Date on page	What it says	Source
Mavundla v MEC: Department of Co-operative Government and Traditional Affairs [2025] ZAKZPHC 2judgmentSecondary sourceSecondary. Guides lawyers. Not a court practice note.	High Court, KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg)	per citation (2025)	Judgment addressing fictitious case citations in a leave-to-appeal application; practitioner duty not to mislead the court.	High Court, KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg)

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AI instruments for South Africa
Instrument	Issuer	Date on page	What it says	Source
Guide: ICT for practice and cyber law (incl. AI and hallucinations)Regulator guidancePrimary sourceProfessional guidance. Scope not stated in the stored source.	Legal Practice Council (South Africa)	per PDF path · Effective 2026-03	LPC training guide with sections on AI developments, judgments on AI and AI hallucinations.	Legal Practice Council (South Africa)
Mavundla v MEC: Department of Co-operative Government and Traditional Affairs [2025] ZAKZPHC 2judgmentSecondary sourceSecondary. Guides lawyers. Not a court practice note.	High Court, KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg)	per citation (2025)	Judgment addressing fictitious case citations in a leave-to-appeal application; practitioner duty not to mislead the court.	High Court, KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg)

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