Aug 16, 2017
Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86,4-billion in 2017, an increase of 7% over 2016, with spending expected to grow to $93-billion in 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Within the infrastructure protection...
Aug 16, 2017
The Direct Pay Online (DPO) Group plans to create the leading payments service provider in South Africa following its acquisition of the Virtual Card Services (VCS) Group, PayThru and PayGate. The acquisition of VCS South Africa follows the purchase VCS Namibia and...
Aug 16, 2017
Women are still largely under-represented on corporate boards, despite continued efforts to improve boardroom gender diversity. The fifth edition of Deloitte Global’s Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective publication explores the efforts of more than 60...
Aug 16, 2017
The rehabilitation prospects for South African consumers already in a default position deteriorated by 1,1% in Q2 2017 compared to Q2 2016. The Free State showed the highest decrease nationally at 16% compared to the Western Cape as the only province showing an...
Aug 16, 2017
The bird flu (HPAi H5N8) outbreak has spread to Mpumalanga and the Western Cape and led to calls for widespread vaccination. On 7 August 2017 a case of HPAI H5N8 was detected in a commercial layer farm in Mpumalanga Province in the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality....
Aug 15, 2017
As global temperatures continue to rise, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in many regions during this century. A new study with NASA participation finds that land ecosystems took progressively longer to recover from droughts in the 20th...
