{
  "id": 10604447,
  "title": "Can you secretly record your boss? What South African law allows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/can-you-secretly-record-your-boss-what-south-african-law-allows",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T03:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/advice/2026-09-29-can-you-secretly-record-your-boss-what-south-african-law-allows/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From WhatsApp messages and emails to secret recordings and eyewitness testimony, South African employees may have more workplace evidence available than they realise. Here is what could help strengthen your case during a disciplinary hearing or employment dispute.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}