SA poised to embrace mobile payments

SA poised to embrace mobile payments

Kathy Gibson is at Deloitte in Woodmead – South Africa has fallen behind the curve in the payments markets. This is according to the Deloitte Regenesis of SA Payments survey, launched today in Woodmead. This is ironic, says Paula Buchel, associate director of...

Drugs and alcohol abuse costs SA businesses dearly

Drug and substance abuse is taking its toll on South African businesses and, with almost 20% of South Africans (one in five adults) abusing alcohol and prescription or recreational drugs, very few companies are exempt. Vernon Goss, director of the Riverview Manor...

Weapon detection algorithms could dramatically cut crime

South Africa is the 37th most dangerous country on earth, according to this year’s recently-released Global Peace Index (GPI). “A key factor in making South Africa more dangerous even than gang-wracked El Salvador is the easy availability of...

Can accessible investments help cash-strapped businesses?

According to the Banking Association of South Africa, SMEs account for roughly 34% of the country’s GDP with 91% of them making up formalised businesses but, often in this space, the story of “don’t sacrifice high returns for accessibility” is...

As teams move to DevOps, internal communication falls short

Despite the enterprise benefits assured by adopting a DevOps culture, the majority of IT leaders polled believe communication between IT security and software development must improve greatly to achieve success. Trend Micro and Vanson Bourne surveyed the attitudes...

Solution to E-toll impasse sought

Government stakeholders have been asked to submit proposals for overcoming the Gauteng E-toll impasse to Cabinet by the end of August. The presidency has issued a statement explaining that, while the user-pay principle remains a policy of government, the electronic...