Absa PMI inches up as challenges linger
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) increased by 1.9 points to reach 45.7 points in June 2024, compared to 43.8 in May 2024. While there is some improvement, it was the second consecutive month that the PMI remained below the 50-point mark....
Governance key to health sector success
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has released a consensus study report titled "Achieving Good Governance and Management in the South African Health System”. Conducted by a seven-member expert panel, explores the critical governance issues impacting the...
Independent group calls for sustainability pledge
In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, the Campaign for Nature’s Global Steering Committee is urging ambitious nature protection, funding for biodiversity, and support for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Led by former US Senator Russ...
Binge drinkers upped consumption during lockdown
New research has found that heavy episodic drinkers consumed more alcohol than usual during both increased and decreased lockdown restrictions and reported drinking more alcohol because they felt stressed, felt a need to relax, and felt bored. The researchers...
Customers demand more from life insurers
The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SA-csi) for Life Insurance (2021) conducted by Consulta reveals how satisfied customers are with their life insurers over the last year. The benchmark measurement for Life Insurance (2021) provides important...
Companies will let customers go if they are not a good fit
By 2025, 75% of companies will "break up" with poor-fit customers as the cost of retaining them eclipses good-fit customer acquisition costs, according to Gartner. When "breaking up" with a poor-fit customer, organizations proactively end the relationship on their own...
Improved business confidence could be shaken by geopolitics
After remaining unchanged at 43 points in the fourth quarter of 2021, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased to 46 in the first quarter of 2022. Although this is just below the neutral-50 mark reached in the second half of last year, the latest reading...
Despite challenges, SA grows women business owners
Despite the gender gap and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, women in South Africa are making progress as entrepreneurs, indicating a strong will and determination to survive. This is according to the latest Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs Index (MIWE),...
Inappropriate remuneration is the coalface of corruption
The litany of serious governance failures laid bare in the published elements of the Zondo Report is a wake-up for South Africa, and remuneration issues are at the heart of the problem - and it's solution. This is according to Dr Mark Bussin, executive committee...
First-time consumer credit defaults improve as economy re-opens
The rate people defaulted on their loans for the first time improved in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Experian South Africa's Consumer Default Index (CDI). People defaulted on their loans at a lower rate than the fourth quarter of the previous year,...
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Bytes Managed Solutions wins NCR award
Bytes Managed Solutions secured two awards at this year’s NCR Customer and Partner Conference held in Dubai. As the sole partner of NCR solutions in Southern Africa, the company was recognised with NCR’s Service Partner of the Year and Circle of Distinction awards for...
Avaya Wireless LAN reduces downtime costs
Avaya South Africa has announced the local availability of its new Wireless LAN (WLAN) 9100 Series. This latest release forms an integral part of Avaya’s push to simplify network deployments and end the network waiting game. This is achieved through Avaya Fabric...
iWayAfrica launches in Uganda
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Intelsat celebrates 50th anniversary
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Employment Tax Incentive under threat
The 2014 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) includes a proposed change that may burden companies that are taking advantage of the youth Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) with more administration. It could harm the uptake of this excellent scheme among South African...
SMB customers can reach for the cloud
Local SMB customers looking to navigate into the cloud can now do so with ease with the launch of Microsoft’s robust cloud Platform Azure, now available to resellers from Westcon Southern Africa. The Microsoft Azure solution enables you to either assist, or deploy, on...
Remote working increases productivity
Remote working describes the arrangement by which employees work mainly from home and telecommunicate with their company, says Yossi Hasson, co-founder and CEO at SYNAQ. The practice is becoming increasingly popular with mainstream organisations as the link between...
New Simpana Solution Sets from CommVault
CommVault has announced new Simpana cloud management capabilities and Simpana Solution Sets designed to transform how companies of all sizes protect, manage and maximise the value of business information amidst a rising tide of data and compliance requirements. As...
Vivotek offers weatherproof surveillance
South Africans are no strangers to harsh weather conditions, with rough winds, hail downpours and thunderstorms that stun. With the new next-generation 1080p full HD speed dome network camera SD8364E from Vivotek, worries about the survival of your surveillance...
IoT is already here
With 2014 being dubbed as the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), there are major concerns regarding the security and privacy issues that consumers face now, and potential problems they could have in the future, says Trevor Coetzee, regional director South Africa...
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