December 2025

By a senior private fraud investigator, Royal Investigations Fraud is one of the fastest-growing risks facing South African businesses today. From sophisticated procurement scams and payroll scheming to digital payment fraud and complex accounting manipulations, the damage is financial, operational and reputational — and the longer it goes undetected, the more costly it becomes. If […]

In South Africa, many people wonder: are private investigators legal? As a seasoned private investigator at Royal Investigations, I often encounter this question — sometimes from prospective clients who are unsure whether engaging a PI is lawful, other times from individuals worrying whether they might be infringing privacy laws themselves by conducting informal private inquiries.

The Full South African Legal Truth Explained by a Royal Investigations Expert Every week, clients approach Royal Investigations with the same question: “Can a private investigator get phone records?” Sometimes it is a worried spouse who wants to know who their partner has been calling. Sometimes it is a business owner suspicious of employee misconduct.