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Acceptable Use Policy

Lead Sector is for credible South African business, professional, opportunity and solution information.

Last updated 15 August 2026

Prohibited content

Illegal, fraudulent, exploitative, sexually explicit, hateful, threatening, discriminatory, misleading, infringing, malicious or impersonating content is prohibited.

Jobs safety

Employers may not charge application, interview, placement, equipment or training fees or request banking PINs, passwords or suspicious deposits.

Automation and bots

Unauthorised scraping, bulk account creation, spam, vulnerability scanning, rate-limit evasion and automated submissions are prohibited. Legitimate search crawlers must comply with robots directives and reasonable request rates.

Advertising

Campaigns must use accurate claims, safe destinations, owned or licensed creative and dedicated mobile and desktop artwork.

Enforcement

Layered validation, rate limits, content fingerprints and moderation identify risk. Lead Sector may quarantine, reject or remove content and preserve audit evidence. Appeals may be submitted to support.