Can Africa’s power utilities stay relevant?

A new study into the future of African power utilities and the challenges they face has highlighted four possible scenarios of what the continent’s energy sector will look like by the year 2030. In the whitepaper, titled: “The Future of Energy and Power...

Electronically-signed registration a Deeds Office first

In a historic development that could spell faster and more efficient conveyancing processes, the South African Deeds Office has registered its first electronically-signed property transfer. The property of Zelda Lendon (68) was registered in the Bloemfontein Deeds...

Hospitality a prime cyber threat target

The hospitality industry offers many opportunities for hackers and other cyber criminals. Hotels are considered big targets for cyber criminals because they hold a host of personal and financial information on their guests, as well as other sensitive data, such as...

Is your database holding back modernisation?

Pre-relational database management systems (DBMSs) are aging technology, and the number of applications using these systems is declining. The market share for pre-relational DBMS products continues to decrease and Gartner predicts that, by 2020, prerelational DBMS...

Moscow, then Cape Town, top for e-government

Moscow the has been ranked as the top city as regards e-government services, followed by Cape Town and Tallinn (second, tie) and by London and Paris (fourth, tie). This is according to the United Nations (UN) E-Government survey study on e-government services across...

Connectivity makes fraud more pervasive

Fraud is one of the realities that many South Africans deal with on a daily basis. This was the theme of the recent South African Fraud Prevention Service’s (SAFPS) Fraud Summit, hosted in collaboration with the Insurance Crime Bureau. Over time, it has become...