Vodacom opens digital mega-mall

Vodacom opens digital mega-mall

Vodacom will officially open its new flagship mall in Midrand on Friday (7 December), a R70-million development boasting 6 000 square metres of retail space – and believed to be the biggest digital goods mall in the world. The new superstore replaces and expands...
500-million at risk from massive Marriot data breach

500-million at risk from massive Marriot data breach

A massive 500-million people have been compromised in one of the world’s biggest data breaches to date. Marriott has confirmed a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database, with investigations determining that there was unauthorised...
NASA set to commercialise moon landings

NASA set to commercialise moon landings

NASA has opened bidding for delivery services to the lunar surface, with nine US companies eligible for Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts. The companies will be able to bid on delivering science and technology payloads for NASA, including payload...
Inflation runs ahead of SA salary increases

Inflation runs ahead of SA salary increases

South Africans’ salaries grew by a sluggish 3% year-on-year – more than 2 percentage points behind the annual inflation rate for October 2018 of 5,1%. This is one of the findings from CareerJunction’s 2018 Salary Review, which explores average salary...
SA shoppers go online for Black Friday, Cyber Monday

SA shoppers go online for Black Friday, Cyber Monday

South African shoppers went online on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018, spending more than they did last year. Meanwhile, in-store sales were down by as much as 10%. BankservAfrica, Africa’s largest automated payments clearing house, processed a total of 581...
InSight is catching sun’s rays on Mars

InSight is catching sun’s rays on Mars

NASA’s InSight has sent signals to Earth indicating that its solar panels are open and collecting sunlight on the Martian surface. NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter relayed the signals, which were received on Earth at yesterday evening. Solar array deployment...