Key challenges for the energy sector

Energy sector leader Lethabo Manamela has identified at least three issues she believes South Africans should tackle with greater urgency. Assessing key trends and issues in 2022, Manamela, interim-CEO of the South African National Energy Development Institute...

Make your house an energy-efficient smart home

As South Africans navigate extremely hot weather conditions in the Western Cape paired with higher-than-average rainfall across the rest of the country due to the La Niña weather phenomenon, their electrical appliances are working harder to provide them with necessary...

Email’s not dead – the way you’re using it is

Email is dead. If I’d believed that phrase any of the countless times I’ve heard it since 2010, I probably wouldn’t have a job right now. By Ross Sibbald, commercial director of Striata Africa Everything from SMS to instant messaging, social media,...

At 20 years old, HDMI functionality keeps improving

This year, the humble HDMI feature celebrates 20 years in existence. According to hdmi.org, almost 10-million devices (although it must be millions more by now) containing HDMI technology are in circulation around the world. It’s latest iteration HDMI 2.1 has been...

What businesses need to know about the end of third-party cookies

In a move to charter a “course towards a more privacy-first web”, Google announced plans to phase out third-party cookies in their Chrome browser by mid-2023. By Matthew Campbell, head of SME and FTTH at Seacom This comes as part of their broader Privacy...

The biggest roadblocks to effective savings in SA

Historically, South Africans have been poor savers. However, the onset of the pandemic, coupled with a historical economic downturn has placed the importance of saving under the spotlight. And for some South Africans, this reality hit home. By Nirdev Desai, head of...