Mar 13, 2018
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has published The National Payment System Framework and Strategy Vision 2025 which sets out the goals and strategies for the national payments industry. The intent is to build a world-class national payment system (NPS) that...
Mar 13, 2018
Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a sophisticated threat that has been used for cyber-espionage in the Middle East and Africa from at least 2012 until February 2018. The malware, which researchers have called ‘Slingshot’, attacks and infects victims...
Mar 13, 2018
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, has assured South Africans that all foodstuffs potentially contaminated with Listeria will be safely disposed of. The contaminated waste may be accepted for treatment at a licensed incineration, non-burn or...
Mar 13, 2018
Number portability continues to be one of the biggest contributors to greater competition in providing voice services and must be expanded to benefit the corporate market. That’s according to the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA),...
Mar 13, 2018
The auditor-general (AG) has given South African Airways (SAA) a qualified audit, adding that his findings “cast doubt on SAA’s ability to continue as a going concern”. The Free Market Foundation has issued the following statement: The real surprise...
Mar 13, 2018
Competition in Africa’s fibre broadband market is likely to accelerate during 2018, as major telecom players move to capture customers and entrench their position in the market. This is the word from Steve Briggs, chief commercial officer at Seacom, who adds:...
