Why high-friction compliance is failing transactional teams
Compliance is supposed to make transactions safer and more trustworthy. But in many organisations, it is creating the opposite effect. As verification requirements grow more complex, transactional processes become slower, more repetitive and more demanding for...
Trust under pressure: Why compliance needs a reset in South Africa
South Africa’s regulatory environment is widely regarded as mature and globally credible. Yet in many organisations, compliance is still experienced as a cost centre: something to “get done” rather than an important construct that strengthens the business. This...
What will be powering outperformance in 2026?
Behind every legal brief, compliance audit, fraud detection system and corporate transaction lies a universal tension: the need to act quickly, but with certainty. To innovate, while maintaining a level of control. To manage organisational risk and seize opportunity...
Where Legal AI Becomes Legal Work
LexisNexis® South Africa introduced Protégé TM Workflows in March 2026. A new generation of AI-enabled legal workflow tools designed to guide legal professionals through complex legal tasks in a structured, repeatable way. The introduction forms part of the broader...
What role will lawyers play in modern legal practice?
The legal profession has traditionally been one tightly-entwined with the skillsets and work ethic of individuals who labour as lawyers and paralegals. Legal work involves a labour-intensive mix of research, document drafting, administration, negotiation and judgment...
How the deliberate building of organisational trustworthiness can facilitate outperformance
“Lose money from the firm and I will be understanding, lose a shred of reputation for the firm and I’ll be ruthless.” - Warren Buffett For 25 years the annual Edelman Trust Barometer has been tracking the erosion of trust, around the world, in the key societal...