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How the air transport industry is preparing A forged PhD reached a listed
to move 10 billion passengers a year boardroom. The real question is how?
Aviation is preparing for passenger numbers to approach A forged qualification that made its way into the
10 billion a year by 2050, without simply doubling airports, boardroom of a JSE-listed company raises a bigger
aircraft and border infrastructure. SITA’s latest impact governance question than the dishonesty itself. The
report shows how biometrics, AI, digital twins and smarter case exposes how easily reputation can substitute for
operational systems are already being used to squeeze verification, and why credential checks and trusted
more capacity and resilience from what exists. Read more speak-up channels need to be treated as controls
rather than HR formalities. Read more

Your AI KYC tool won’t save you in an audit

AI can speed up KYC checks, but regulators are
interested in something far less glamorous: proof.
As South Africa’s compliance environment tightens, OUR PREVIOUS ISSUES,
organisations need to show what was checked, why
decisions were made and who remains accountable, ALL FREE TO READ ONLINE
rather than simply pointing to the system they bought.
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Cheap extension cords driving widespread
fire risk
Cheap extension leads may be carrying a much higher
price than consumers realise. Industry warnings point
to substandard products using aluminium rather than
copper conductors, increasing the risk of degradation,
overheating and fire while enforcement struggles to keep
pace with the growth of online retail. Read more

Responsible AI doesn’t stop at the model

Responsible AI is about more than whether the
underlying model is safe or accurate. The harder
question is what happens around it: how AI is deployed,
governed, reviewed and kept accountable once it
becomes part of real work and real decision-making.
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