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Effective 13 July 2026 · Last updated 13 July 2026

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SA Verified News collects the information and files you provide to assess, verify and investigate this tip. Identity and contact fields are mandatory only for confidential and on-record modes. Authorised newsroom staff and instructed infrastructure or legal providers may process the submission, including outside South Africa subject to POPIA safeguards. Unactioned tips are reviewed for deletion after 24 months; evidence supporting reporting may be kept for seven years or longer for a legal hold or public-interest archive. Exercise privacy rights through privacy@saverifiednews.co.za.

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