Articles for Joel Cedras
VAST AI investment scheme collapses, leaving victims in the dark
After promising to turn R50,000 into R350,000 in two days, the scheme has gone dark, and victims are left with nothing.
By Joel Cedras
Feature | 2 November 2026
Government’s new anti-misinformation chatbot generates misinformation
RSA Facts falsely claimed the SRD grant would increase. But it did say the ANC government is corrupt.
By Joel Cedras
News | 30 October 2026
Lesufi said 80,000 panic buttons were distributed. It was 2,000
Now, the physical panic buttons have been cancelled
By Joel Cedras
News | 27 October 2026
We found flaws in Gauteng’s panic button app. The province set the cops on us
The Gauteng Department of e-Government waited two weeks before reporting security flaws to the Information Regulator
By Joel Cedras
News | 13 October 2026
DA to report e-Panic data breach to Information Regulator
A week since we reported it, the Gauteng government has said nothing
By Joel Cedras
News | 28 September 2026
How Gauteng’s new panic app exposed your data
Reports about domestic violence and assault, including images and locations, could be accessed by a tech-savvy computer user
By Joel Cedras
News | 23 September 2026
The story of a money mule, and how she helped the R511-million Morita scam
Now she fears for her life
By Joel Cedras
Feature | 12 August 2026
How police lent credibility to the Morita pyramid scheme
And so did the Forestries department and a municipality
By Joel Cedras
News | 5 August 2026
South Africans lose hundreds of millions of rands to Morita Forestry investment scam
Social media influencers helped make the scam possible - and were rewarded handsomely
By Joel Cedras
Feature | 31 July 2026