Terms & conditions.

1. Use of the Site

You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes.

You may not:

• Violate applicable laws or regulations
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site or its systems
• Introduce malicious code, malware or other harmful material
• Intentionally interfere with the Site's operation or security
• Scrape, crawl or collect information from the Site in an unlawful or abusive manner
• Impersonate another person or entity
• Use the Site for fraudulent, misleading or harmful purposes

2. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, original content created for BrightStack Digital and displayed on the Site—including original text, branding, graphics, layouts, interface designs, animations, code and other creative material—is owned by or used with permission by BrightStack Digital and/or Thapelo Mthize.

Original material may be protected by applicable intellectual-property law, including South Africa's Copyright Act 98 of 1978.

You may view and use the Site for normal personal or business-evaluation purposes.

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, republish or commercially exploit original BrightStack Digital content without prior permission, except where permitted by law.

Any third-party trademarks, brands, images, products or other materials displayed on the Site remain the property of their respective owners.

3. Portfolio and Concept Work

Some work displayed on the Site may be identified as:

• Concept work
• Independent redesigns
• Self-initiated projects
• Design explorations

Where work is identified in this way, it should not be interpreted as a representation that the organisation or brand shown commissioned, endorsed or paid BrightStack Digital for that work.

Such projects are presented to demonstrate design, development and creative capability.

4. Project Enquiries

Submitting a contact form, project enquiry or email does not automatically create a client agreement or require me to accept a project.

After receiving an enquiry, I may contact you to discuss your requirements, project scope, timing and other relevant details.

A project will only proceed once the applicable scope, pricing, deliverables and other terms have been agreed.

5. Services and Pricing

Information about services, pricing, timelines or deliverables displayed on the Site is provided for general guidance.

Where a price is described as:

“From”, “Starting from”, or similar wording,

that amount represents a starting point and is not necessarily the final project price.

Final pricing may depend on the requirements, complexity, functionality, integrations, timeline and overall scope of a project.

A final quotation or project scope will be agreed separately before work begins.

6. Client Agreements

These Terms govern your use of the website.

Individual projects may be subject to separate proposals, quotations, scopes of work or service agreements covering matters such as:

• Project scope
• Deliverables
• Payments
• Timelines
• Revisions
• Additional work
• Client responsibilities
• Intellectual property
• Cancellation
• Support and maintenance

Where separate project terms are agreed, those terms will apply to that particular project.

7. Site Availability

I aim to keep the Site available, accurate and functioning properly.

However, I do not guarantee that the Site will always be available, uninterrupted or completely free from errors.

The Site may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, updates, technical issues, security requirements or circumstances outside my reasonable control.

I may modify, update or remove parts of the Site where reasonably necessary.

8. Information on the Site

I aim to keep information on the Site accurate and useful.

However, content may change over time and may occasionally become outdated or contain errors.

General articles, insights and other informational content published on the Site are provided for general information and should not be treated as legal, financial, accounting or other regulated professional advice.

9. Third-Party Links and Services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites or services.

I do not control those third parties and am not responsible for their availability, content, security, terms or privacy practices.

A link to a third-party website does not necessarily mean that I endorse that website or service.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, I will not be responsible for indirect or consequential losses arising solely from:

• Temporary inability to access the Site
• Reliance on general informational content
• Third-party websites or services outside my reasonable control
• Unauthorised misuse of the Site by another person

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit any right or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Where applicable, South African consumer protections continue to apply.

11. Privacy

Personal information submitted through the Site will be handled in accordance with the BrightStack Digital Privacy Policy.

12. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa.

Any dispute relating to these Terms or use of the Site will be dealt with by a court or other body having lawful jurisdiction in South Africa, subject to any rights available under applicable law.

13. Changes to These Terms

I may update these Terms from time to time.

Any updated version will be published on the Site together with a revised Last updated date.

14. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, contact: