A legal firm has insisted that a recent supreme court ruling applies only to Gauteng bookmakers, not national gambling laws.
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The Gauteng Gambling Board has won a case against companies offering fixed-odds bets on casino games online.
The online betting boom has sparked alarm as vulnerable South Africans gamble away their social grants.
The National Gambling Board has told parliament that the National Gambling Act is outdated in an online world.
The Companies & Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro) has taken steps to secure its database after the high-profile “hijacking” of black-owned metals firm, Kalahari Resources.
As of Wednesday, South Africans hoping to register a business will have to provide a certified copy of their identity documents to the registration office. The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro) says all transactions that take place at the office will require company directors to provide their barcoded ID books. Cipro acting CEO Lungile Dukwana says the new process is part of the organisation’s attempt to fight the fraud and corruption that has afflicted the organisation.