Apr 22, 2020
Whether trying to get a child to focus on distance learning, worrying about family members getting sick or trying to locate hard-to-find items at the grocery store, Covid-19 affects how employees focus on work. Each situation is unique, but all employees need...
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...