DEVASTATING IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE20210728103446
DEVASTATING IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
By 2050, millions of people living along coastlines, floodplains, and islands will be affected by flooding, while others will experience extreme droug...
INNOVATION BOOST FOR SA AND THE CONTINENT20210624101318
INNOVATION BOOST FOR SA AND THE CONTINENT
South is embarking on a series of initiatives and summits aimed at upscaling innovation across various sectors in the next few weeks and months, as th...
LOCAL MAY BE LEKKER FOR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS IN SA20210604164231
LOCAL MAY BE LEKKER FOR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS IN SA
For years South Africa’s e-hailing service has been dominated by two international companies – Uber and Bolt....
THE COST OF EMPLOYEES NOT BEEN TRAINED TO SPOT CYBER THREATS20210601121909
THE COST OF EMPLOYEES NOT BEEN TRAINED TO SPOT CYBER THREATS
The use of emails has dramatically increased with more people working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic.One of the knock-on effects is a spike in...
SMMEs URGED TO GO DIGITAL20210526095655
SMMEs URGED TO GO DIGITAL
The government’s much-anticipated Digital Economy Master Plan has been finalised and the state is currently engaging various stakeholders to develop...
CSIR DEVELOPING TECH TO HELP STOP CHILDREN BEING CYBERBULLIED20210505111157
CSIR DEVELOPING TECH TO HELP STOP CHILDREN BEING CYBERBULLIED
South Africa has one of the highest rates of cyberbullying of children, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is now developin...
IT’S TIME FOR DISRUPTION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES20210423093824
IT’S TIME FOR DISRUPTION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
An economic boom across the globe is expected in 2021 following the mass devastation wreaked by the Covid-19 pandemic. While South Africa’s economic...
SA ON TRACK TO REACH GBS JOB TARGETS20210413092102
SA ON TRACK TO REACH GBS JOB TARGETS
The creation of 6459 additional jobs due to the government upscaling its support for its Global Business Services (GBS) incentive in the last quarter ...
SA’S DIGITAL ECONOMY PLANS HANG IN THE BALANCE AS REGULATOR, INDUSTRY FAIL TO FIND COMMON GROUND20210331151830
SA’S DIGITAL ECONOMY PLANS HANG IN THE BALANCE AS REGULATOR, INDUSTRY FAIL TO FIND COMMON GROUND
The government’s much vaunted plan to quickly licence high demand spectrum HDS) for digital communication is hitting multiple snags, as various arms...
OPERATION VULINDLELA: GOVERNMENT’S LATEST BID TO END SA’S ECONOMIC MELTDOWN20210317132222
OPERATION VULINDLELA: GOVERNMENT’S LATEST BID TO END SA’S ECONOMIC MELTDOWN
The government’s special unit, Operation Vulindlela, which was set up to help boost the country’s economic recovery believes that if its five prio...