SA crime rates climb

Victims of Crime Survey results released by Statistics South Africa today indicate that aggregate crime levels in the period 2017/18 increased as compared to 2016/17. It is estimated that over 1,5-million incidences of household crime occurred in South Africa in...

Apple buys into Dialog Semiconductor

Apple will licence Dialog Semiconductor’s power management technology and acquire some of the company’s assets along with about 300 staff members. Apple will pay $300-million now, plus an additional $300-million for product delivery over the next few...
Plastic waste brews a tidal wave of consumer activism

Plastic waste brews a tidal wave of consumer activism

The growing global plastics sustainability movement is one of the biggest potential disruptors for the plastics industry and is putting future plastics resin demand and billions of dollars of industry investments at risk. Sustainability efforts around plastics will,...

AI successful in digital commerce projects

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in digital commerce is generally considered a success, according to a survey by Gartner. About 70% of digital commerce organizations surveyed report that their AI projects are very or extremely successful. Gartner conducted a survey...

Less freedom, lower growth: the lesson from global indices

It is a common temptation, in the months before an election, for politicians to promise the moon to those voters they fear might be attracted to the similarly lofty promises of a rival party. But it would be easier to send someone to the moon than to deliver on many...

Pending budget will determine SA’s ratings

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene resigned from his position on 9 October 2018 after testifying to the Commission of Inquiry investigating widespread corruption in government. He has been replaced by Tito Mboweni, former governor of the South African Reserve Bank....