Another Facebook scam rears its head

Just days have passed since ESET warned users worldwide about an active Ray-Ban scam campaign on Facebook, which tricks users into sending their payment card details to the attackers – and now it is warning about yet another malicious activity targeting the...

Gaming site taken down with DDoS attack

Game developer and publisher Blizzard Entertainment has experienced a DDoS attack that shut down all of its games and servers. In addition to that, rumor has it that one of the employees got all of his personal information spread. Ofer Gayer, senior security...

$10,6m ploughed into African financial inclusion

The MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity has awarded five companies more than $10,6-million to bolster their innovative work to alleviate poverty by increasing access to financial services for poor people in rural Africa. The five companies introduced...

Repairs to Crownwood Rd get underway

Emergency rehabilitation work at a cost of R4-million is being undertaken by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) at Crownwood road in Ormonde The collapse of a storm water culvert following flood damage in February 2016 rendered the road unsafe for use....
SA’s economy still growing

SA’s economy still growing

The South African economy may be subdued, but it is still growing. The March 2016 BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) showed a slight improvement on March 2015, but was significantly more modest than the February numbers. In February the month-on-month...

MMM appears to be going strong in SA

The local Facebook account of MMM Global is still urging existing users to stay active, and is signing up new users to the scheme. This is despite the global operation having crashed, and the local community being under investigation as a possible Ponzi scheme. MMM...