Nov 10, 2026
For over 140 years, South African mining has been a story of extraordinary scale. The Witwatersrand Basin alone has yielded more than 1,6-billion ounces of gold, helping establish South Africa as one of the world’s great mining nations. By Saleh Al-Nemer,...
Nov 5, 2026
When a store’s point-of-sale (POS) system stalls during a holiday rush, the impact means longer lines, frustrated shoppers, and missed sales. Peak shopping periods test more than staffing and inventory, writes Miriam Kung, product marketing leader for Cisco Networking...
Oct 28, 2026
Payments are still mostly seen as a budget line item by most retailers. It’s a necessary annoyance that needs to be negotiated with a bank or provider and a set of terminals that needs to be as cost-effective as possible. But this misses an incredible opportunity...
Oct 26, 2026
A recent NielsenIQ study says that 51% of US consumers now use artificial intelligence (AI) to shop. Earlier this year, Deloitte released a study of 13 500 European consumers, which found that more than half already use AI for shopping, another 27% intend to, with...
Oct 26, 2026
Teach360, a classroom learning solutions provider that has partnered with more than 1 000 schools across South Africa, is consolidating several long-running education platforms into a connected EdTech environment for 2027. The programme will bring together systems...
Oct 23, 2026
The pattern of commercial innovation in business is familiar: adopt new technology, discover its exposures, and then look to the insurance market to respond. AI has not altered this trend, but what is different is that the insurance may already be in place, write...
