Corrections Policy

1. How to request a correction

Email corrections@kopje-mag.com with:

• The URL of the article.
• The specific passage you believe is incorrect — quoted verbatim.
• What the correct information is.
• A source we can verify it against, where possible.
• Your name and a contact address (so we can confirm receipt).

We acknowledge every correction request within two business days.

2. How we handle the request

The section editor reviews the request and verifies the claim against primary sources. Three outcomes are possible:

1. Confirmed factual error.The article is updated. A correction note is added to the foot of the piece (italicised, dated, describing what was changed and why). The article's dateModified field is updated. The original wording is preserved in our internal record.
2. Clarification. Where a passage was technically accurate but capable of misleading interpretation, we add a clarifying note rather than alter the original wording.
3. No change. Where we cannot substantiate the claimed error, we explain our reasoning to the requester in writing.

3. How corrections are displayed

Corrections appear at the foot of the article in italic type, with a date, like this:

Correction · 03 May 2026 — An earlier version of this article stated the SARB raised the repo rate by 50 basis points. The MPC held rates steady. The text has been updated.

4. Significant corrections

Where a correction materially changes the substance of an article — a named source, a financial figure, a regulatory finding — we publish the correction note at the top of the article as well as at the foot, and we update the original headline only when accuracy demands it.

5. Retention of the record

We keep an internal log of every correction (date, article, change made, source). This log is not published, but is available to the Press Council of South Africa or other regulator on request.

6. Escalation

If you are not satisfied with how we handled a correction request, you may escalate to the editor-in-chief at editors@kopje-mag.com. If you remain dissatisfied, you may lodge a complaint with the Press Council of South Africa.

7. Takedown requests

We do not unpublish articles other than in exceptional circumstances (legal order, safety risk, factual content shown to be substantively false in its entirety). Where the integrity of the public record permits, we correct and update rather than remove.