Business Continuity Awareness Week focuses on resilience

This year’s Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW), which takes place between 13 and17 May will focus on Investing in Resilience, ContinuitySA has announced. The BCAW is a global event facilitated by the Business Continuity Institute to raise awareness of the...
New clues about how ancient galaxies lit up the universe

New clues about how ancient galaxies lit up the universe

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s earliest galaxies were brighter than expected. The excess light is a byproduct of the galaxies releasing incredibly high amounts of ionising radiation. The finding offers clues to the...

Google’s guide to surviving voting day

Tomorrow (8 May), South Africans will again get the chance to exercise their democratic right and vote for the country’s leadership. As long as you’re registered, you get to go to your polling station and have your say. Right? Well, as any South African will tell you,...

Cell C signs up Free State for public access WiFi

The Free State Provincial Government and Cell C have signed an agreement that will pave the way to public access WiFi for the province’s citizens. Internet access and digital literacy are widely recognised as enablers of economic participation and improved...

SA signs strategic oil deal with South Sudan

South Africa’s state-owned oil company Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) has signed an exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA) with South Sudan. The deal will see Block B2 operated by the state-owned Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF), the Ministry of Petroleum and...

Where are SA business travellers heading to?

The fastest growing international business destinations for South African travellers in 2018 were London, Lagos and Mauritius, according to data from Flight Centre Business Travel (FCBT). London saw a spectacular year-on-year growth of 47%, while Lagos and Mauritius...