Mar 6, 2014
South African businesses are not ready for the looming implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI), according to auditing firm Grant Thornton. The POPI Act, which was gazetted in December last year, and which is currently awaiting an effective...
Mar 5, 2014
Mindsets in South African companies regarding working mothers are changing quickly, with a new Regus survey indicating that 83% of South African firms believe companies that will not employ women returning from maternity leave are missing out. Far from returning with...
Mar 4, 2014
The Draft Immigration Regulations, published for comment on 17 February 2014, could impede the country’s economic growth by restricting new investment and needed foreign skills. This is the word from Leon Isaacson, MD of Global Migration SA, who says if the...
Mar 3, 2014
The value of the combined IS outsourcing, managed services and hosted services market in South Africa is expected to increase 10,9% year-on-year in 2014 to total $2,8-billion, according to the latest insights from global IT market intelligence firm International Data...
Feb 28, 2014
Millions of Internet users have been observed by the UK surveillance agency GCHQ, with assistance from the US National Security Agency (NSA), a report in the Guardian reveals. The agency has likely intercepted and stored images from Yahoo Webcam chats between 2008 and...
Feb 27, 2014
Businesses do not react to changes fast enough, and only 24% can rapidly take advantage of new opportunities or adapt to unexpected changes. This was true for three-quarters of respondents to an Economist Intelligence Unit study, sponsored by Ricoh, which shows that...
