TI leads semiconductor boom

Worldwide industrial semiconductor revenues grew by 11,8% year over year, reaching $49,1-billion in 2017, according to the latest analysis from IHS Markit. Industrial electronics equipment demand was broad-based, with continued growth in commercial and military...

Expropriation Act would affect the rule of law

The Expropriation Act authorises government expropriation of private property for market-value compensation, writes Gary Moore, lawyer and senior researcher for the Free Market Foundation. The Constitution states that compensation for expropriation must reflect...

Update: SAA’s Jarana takes up R100k wager

SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana has taken up a R100 000.00 wager by Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw. Louw threw down the gauntlet yesterday, wagering R100 000.00 that Jarana’s three-year turnaround plan for the national airline will fail. The condition...

Unlicensed software increases security threat

To reduce the risk of cyberattacks and boost their bottom line, businesses should eliminate unlicensed software in their networks and introduce software asset management,. This is according to the 2018 Global Software Survey from BSA The Software Alliance, which found...

An easy way to run environmental petitions

Today, World Environment Day (5 June), Greenpeace Africa has launched an online campaign platform for ordinary citizens to run environmental petitions. The Vuma.Earth (www.VUMA.earth) platform provides a space for Africans to start campaigns that address environmental...

SA’s smartphone sales resilient

Smartphone sales in South Africa grew by 12,4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018, reaching around 3,2-million units for the period. However, the value of the smartphone segment increased by 22,8% as sales of entry-level devices to low- and mid-income consumers...