May 7, 2020
With the Covid-19 nationwide lockdown in its sixth week, South Africans spending patterns over the past weeks mirror the changes in the 38 days ending 3 May 2020 with daily transactions peaking in March then dropping by 49% more recently. “As we see in our data,...
May 7, 2020
Cloud computing has surged in recent years, changing the way people communicate, manage data and do business. Billions of private and business users take advantage of the on-demand technology. However, with coronavirus lockdown rules in place and millions of people...
May 7, 2020
On Tuesday (5 May), SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter detailed improvements in the tax authority’s operations and its proactive response to Covid-19. However, he painted a gloomy picture of national revenues. “It’s sadly ironic that SARS has worked...
May 7, 2020
IBM, at its Think Digital conference yesterday, announced new services and solutions backed by a broad ecosystem of partners to help enterprises and telecommunications companies speed their transition to edge computing in the 5G era. This effort combines IBM’s...
May 7, 2020
Tax freedom day (TFD) in South Africa would have been yesterday, 6 May, but the Covid-19 lockdown means the picture has changed. Every year, statistician Garth Zietsman calculates TFD from the Budget, including tax revenue and GDP forecasts. This year, if it was a...
May 7, 2020
The volume of malicious and opportunistic cybercrime across all types of cybercrime has increased significantly by 33% in the period January to March 2020. The is according to a new Mimecast report, entitled 100 Days of Coronavirus, that tracks cybercrime activity...
