About The Record
What is The Record?
A South African legal intelligence platform. Not just news — the full story of how events become investigations, how investigations produce charges, and whether anyone is ever held accountable.
Why it exists
Courts happen. Commissions report. Laws are applied. But the thread connecting an incident in 2012 to a conviction in 2024 is scattered across hundreds of articles, official gazettes, and judgment PDFs. The Record connects it all in one place.
How it works
We track news as it happens.
We map charges to the laws that apply.
We build the thread — from first report to final outcome.
The plain English promise
Every legal concept on this platform is explained at three levels: for a child, for an adult, and for a lawyer. Because accountability shouldn't require a law degree.
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A note on accuracy
We distinguish between allegations and findings. We distinguish between charged and convicted. The Constitution's presumption of innocence applies here just as it does in court.