School Fees with James Bradnick

Urban Poetry

Every lesson in business has a price. Some people pay it in money, some in time, some in sleep. In South Africa we call that price school fees — and someone has already paid yours. Each episode, James Bradnick sits down with founders, executives and specialists who've paid expensive lessons, and gets them on record: what happened, what it actually cost, and the rule they now live by. Real stories, real numbers, no fluff. One rule on this show: we put numbers on things. New episodes monthly from Urban Poetry. Class is in session — don't pay fees someone's already paid.

Episodes

  1. Jul 13

    EP 01 · POPI × AI — The R1 Million Copy-Paste | Samantha Walker, LabourNet

    Pasting a client list into ChatGPT can trigger five POPIA violations in one prompt — and the bill runs to about R1 million. The person who sent it was making coffee. In episode one, James sits down with Samantha Walker, the admitted attorney who built LabourNet's Information Compliance department from scratch, to get South Africa's most expensive AI and data mistakes on record before you make them. On record this episode: The five things you should never tell an AI toolThe internal HR bot that leaked the company's financials to staffSix ordinary agency actions in one ordinary day — all six violations, none of them felt illegalWho pays when Meta's AI picks your audience off your signalsReal fines: R250k for simple breaches, R5 million for ignoring the RegulatorThe minimum AI policy that keeps a ten-person business out of trouble There's no SA "AI Act" coming to save you. POPIA already governs AI — and enforcement is heading for digital marketing next. Need help? Samantha and the team at LabourNet Information Compliance do this for a living. School Fees is an Urban Poetry production. Don't pay fees someone's already paid. This episode is for information, not legal advice.

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Every lesson in business has a price. Some people pay it in money, some in time, some in sleep. In South Africa we call that price school fees — and someone has already paid yours. Each episode, James Bradnick sits down with founders, executives and specialists who've paid expensive lessons, and gets them on record: what happened, what it actually cost, and the rule they now live by. Real stories, real numbers, no fluff. One rule on this show: we put numbers on things. New episodes monthly from Urban Poetry. Class is in session — don't pay fees someone's already paid.

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