Absa PMI drops in November
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Secure USB drives come under attack
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Businesses must adapt go-to-market strategies for younger generations
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Enterprise cloud journeys now becoming multicloud
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Scientists reveal roadmap to combat future coronaviruses
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota has released the Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap (CVR) - a major global strategy to develop broadly protective vaccines against continually emerging...
New National Minimum Wage gazetted
Employers need to be aware of the new higher National Minimum Wage rates from 1 March and to take these rates into account when they engage in collective bargaining agreements, writes Dhevarsha Ramjettan, partner at Webber Wentzel. New National Minimum Wage (NMW)...
Google services targeted as phishing attacks surge
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Integrated payments threaten card dominance
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ISPA calls for better ransomware defences
There's no time like the present and with local firms increasingly in the sights of organised cybercriminals, South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) says ransomware defences must be routinely evaluated and disaster recovery procedures regularly...
Serious slump seen in NFT art sales
The "crypto winter" has definitely cooled collectors' appetite for digital artwork and the once booming NFT art market is significantly down by nearly every trackable metric, with the number of sales and sales value deep below last year's levels. According to data...
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