Calling all resellers: cast your vote now

It’s that time of the year when the Channelwise Awards recognise and salute the cream of our industry. The annual awards are based on the valued and trusted opinion of South Africa’s reseller community. “Please take the time to do the survey and vote...

Malware targets adult site users

The number of users attacked by malware out to steal premium access login data to popular adult websites more than doubled in a year, rising from around 50000 users in 2017 to 110000 users in 2018. In all, more than 850 000 attacks were detected. This growth was...

Fiscal drag dampens outlook for consumers

While a modest improvement in company tax receipts is expected in the final months of the financial year, fiscal drag across the spectrum is “markedly negative for the consumer outlook”, says Standard Bank. Fiscal drag refers to the situation where more...

AI identifies, predicts cancer symptom clusters

Cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy could soon benefit from a new AI that is able to identify and predict the development of different combinations of symptoms – helping to alleviate much of the distress caused by their occurrence and severity. In the first...

Sello Moloko appointed as Telkom chairman

Jabu Mabuza has resigned as an independent non-executive director and chairman of the Telkom board, effective 31 May 2019. Mabuza will be replaced by Sello Moloko, an independent non-executive director on the Telkom board. Moloko is the non-executive chairman of...

FNB cracks down on rogue debit order fraud

FNB has detected abnormally high volumes and disputes of suspicious debit orders with descriptors Procall and Mzansi in December 2018 and January 2019. In line with its standard practice, the bank informs customers of new debit orders loaded on their bank accounts. In...