UN, WEF arm for a war on e-waste

Seven UN entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system, with the aim of supporting international efforts to address...

Cyber-attacks put SMEs under fire

Small and medium-sized businesses are becoming more attractive targets for cybercriminals – both direct and also as a starting point for larger attacks across a supply chain. Unfortunately, these companies often lack the experts, systems and budgets to...

Number of insolvencies set to rise

Business insolvencies in South Africa are expected to increase by 2% in 2019, having already seen a 3% increase in 2018. This is according to a forecast by Euler Hernes, which factors in the level of GDP growth, which is expected to stay well below the desired levels...

2018 was ‘okay’ in terms of SA take-home pay

With the December 2018 BankservAfrica data for take-home pay index available now, it is a good time to review the year and give a little more perspective on the real income that South African employees get to spend. In the final month of the year, the average banked...

Multi-purpose Thingbots attack threatens stability

New research from F5 Labs has revealed that IoT devices are now cybercriminals’ top attack target, surpassing web and application services, and email servers. Gartner currently estimates that the number IoT devices will surge to 20,4 billion by 20201, which...

Against the odds, TFT LCD shipments are up

Global shipments of large thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) panels rose again in 2018 despite concerns of over-supply in the market. In particular, area shipments increased by 10.6 percent to 197.9 million square meters compared to the previous...