Biggest digital marketing challenges are internal

Disruptive external events presented the largest challenges for organizations in 2020, however 35% of digital marketing leaders believe their biggest challenges in 2021 will come from within their organisations, according to Gartner. Gartner surveyed 350 marketing...

Salaries on the road to recovery

A year after hard lockdown, the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) for March 2021 is close to recovery following months of ups and downs in the number of salaries paid during the pandemic-hit economy. While salaries in the formal sector have experienced a fast...
Aspiring young engineer represents SA with mine safety solution

Aspiring young engineer represents SA with mine safety solution

A Johannesburg-based young scientist whose research aims to improve mine safety in the country, is set to compete in the 2021 Virtual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the US, the largest science fair in the world. Muhammed Hassen,...

SMMEs hit hardest as liquidations soar

Despite being over the Covid-19 second wave, the South African economy continues to struggle, according to new data by Statistics South Africa . The new Statistics of Liquidations and insolvencies report, released on 26 April, shows that 216 companies liquidated in...

Security control failures are top exec concern

Cybersecurity control failures was listed as the top emerging risk in 1Q21 in a global poll of 165 senior executives across function and geography, according to Gartner’s latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report. Despite a myriad of risks resulting from the...

SA a favourite target for ransomware attacks

From 2019 to 2020, the number of Kaspersky users encountering targeted ransomware – malware used to extort money from high-profile targets, such as corporations, government agencies, and municipal organisations – increased by 767%. This increase in...