Apr 22, 2020
With a lot of false information being spread about Covid-19 and the urgent need to prevent the spread of the disease to less resourced communities, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Global Surgery division in the Faculty of Health Sciences has developed a...
Apr 22, 2020
For all the benefits provided by a connected world, people and businesses must be aware of the risks associated to living and working digitally. Web attacks, phishing, and spam remain some of the favourite tactics used by cybercriminals in the local market to...
Apr 22, 2020
Negative oil pricing has become a reality – and with it comes the lowest price (in real terms) in the history of the oil industry. The previous record-low price – East Texas crude at $0.10/bbl in 1931 ($1.70 in 2020 terms) – is now in distant second...
Apr 22, 2020
Following an initial 75% reduction in vehicle activity for the first three days of lockdown, Tracker’s anonymised vehicle tracking data aggregated from the company’s installed vehicle base and analytics from Lightstone indicates a significant uptick in...
Apr 21, 2020
Almost half of the businesses in South Africa feel they are in danger of closing their doors for good. A rapid response survey, conducted by Stats SA during the lockdown, asked businesses how the current crisis is affecting their operations in the two-week period from...
Apr 21, 2020
As revenue contracts, chief financial officers (CFOs) are making changes to their long-term investment plans. A Gartner survey of 145 CFOs and senior finance leaders on 12 April 2020 revealed that 51% of respondents were preparing for a revenue contraction of up to...
