Telkom sell-off back on the table

Reports that government could sell off its stake in Telkom to fund SAA’s debt have been slammed. Yesterday, Treasury confirmed that Finance Minister Malusi Gigabi is in discussions about whether government should sell it’s 39,75% share of Telkom, worth...

Change the business to win at digitalisation

In recent years it has become fashionable for business leaders to visit Silicon Valley, to meet and learn from the digital giants who have helped reshape entire industries — but this could be an exercise in futility. “Save your money,” says Peter...

Check .org domains to prevent deletion

ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR) is set to delete 12 613 org.za domain names on 1 September 2017 and make them available for re-registration on a first-come, first-served basis. The move by the country’s .ZA domain name administrator follows an extensive two-year...

Salary growth outstrips inflation, boosts GDP

South African salaries increased for the fifth consecutive month in July with average salaries and pensions rising – leading to the strong possibility of a consumer recovery. This is according to the latest monthly data from BankservAfrica’s Disposable...

MTN calls for business app developers

The sixth edition of the popular MTN Business App of the Year Awards has kicked off and local app developers are invited to submit their apps for consideration in the country’s premier app development competition. Nomination entries will be considered in the...

More than 5m exploit leaks in Q2

Exploit packages in-the-wild became the game changer of the cyber threat landscape in Q2 2017. In just three months, Kaspersky Lab products have blocked more than 5-million attacks that involved exploits from archives leaked on the web. The growth peaked at the end of...