Light at the end of the tunnel for SA economy

After years of slow growth, South Africa’s economy may be over the worst, and could start seeing improved growth by 2021/22. This is according to leading economist Mike Schüssler, who was addressing a VIP breakfast briefing in Johannesburg ahead of the Africa...
Vodacom opts for solar power

Vodacom opts for solar power

Vodacom has installed solar panels capable of generating up to 34kW of power, which will supplement the energy supply of its Randburg base station controller. The new solar panels will help generate more than 50 000kWh of energy on an annual basis to power the...

Can SA companies meet the needs of post-digital workers?

For South African companies – like their global counterparts – digital investment is a given. Products, services, and even surroundings are ever more customised and businesses cater increasingly to the specific needs of the individual. Until now,...

One-in-two hide social media activity from their bosses

With 90% of people in employment going online several times a day, it can be hard for most workers to keep their private and work-life separate during the working day (and beyond). The recently published Global Privacy Report from Kaspersky Lab reveals that 64% of...

University of Pretoria students scoop IITPSA award

A team of final year BCom Informatics students at the University of Pretoria has won a Women in IT award sponsored by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) for what it says is an outstanding final year project. The new IITPSA...

CFO’s cost management style can reap benefits

The best CFO approaches to cost management deliver up to a 7 percentage point return on invested capital premium since 2010, according to Gartner. The findings come from a new study of long-term value creation in more than 1 000 of the world’s largest companies...