Sep 17, 2013
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) act is, now more than ever, an immovable force that South African businesses will soon be expected to comprehensively address or risk facing harsh penalties for failure to act. After several reconsiderations and...
Aug 27, 2013
Up until a couple of years ago, data compliance was the concern of only a few select industries such as financial services and healthcare. However, with an increase in the volume, and value, of data which both the public and private sectors are dealing with, there has...
Jun 13, 2013
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) is not new and has been in existence for many decades, says Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval South Africa. However, the recent recession, increasing legislation, more stringent guidelines and growing stakeholder...
Jun 11, 2013
While the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) mandates that all listed companies must adopt the practices and guidelines outlined by the King III report, non-listed companies are increasingly reaping the benefits of sustainability reporting in their annual reports by...
May 3, 2013
South African businesses are increasingly being prompted by their auditors to ensure they get their data governance act together since failure to do so, or do so successfully at this stage, derails the auditors’ ability to write them a clean bill of health, says...
Apr 8, 2013
The e-commerce environment is more competitive than ever. Mark Chirnside, CEO of payment gateway PayU looks at three top trends that companies need to be aware of. There is no disputing the fact that, with the increased adoption of mobile technology and alternative...