Every second corporate device is infected with malware
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Do you know what you’re eating?
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First-time consumer credit defaults improve in Q2
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Butterfly inspires young Free State scientist
The graceful flight of a butterfly inspired a Free State learner to undertake a research project into the how of its flying. Amy Pastors watched a butterfly fly past and asked herself if the grace and beauty on display was really as simple and effortless as it looked....
Malicious code spreads through WhatsApp mod
Kaspersky has discovered a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod (unofficial modification of the app) called FMWhatsapp. The mod spreads the Triada mobile Trojan, which downloads other Trojans and can launch ads, issue subscriptions, and intercept a...
International travel largely on hold despite May uptick
The biggest crisis in the history of tourism continues into a second year. Between January and May, international tourist arrivals were 85% below 2019 levels (or a 65% drop on 2020), UNWTO data shows. Despite a small uptick in May, the emergence of Covid-19 variants...
Blue Label reports year-end earnings
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July unrest still reverberating through SA’s technical goods sector
South Africa's technical goods retail sector continues to feel the aftershocks of the looting and rioting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July. That's according to a GfK Lighthouse study of the impact of the unrest on technical goods sales in South Africa which uses...
Global PC sales still rising
After impressive sales figures in 2020 and a record-breaking first quarter of 2021, global PC shipments continued rising in the second quarter of the year. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the total number of PCs shipped in Q2 2021 hit 71,6-million...
Lunga Siyo is new Telkom Consumer CEO
Telkom has appointed Lunga Siyo as the new CEO of Telkom Consumer effective 1 October 2021. Siyo will take over from Serame Taukobong when Taukobong assumes the position of group CEO-designate. Siyo joined Telkom just over three years ago and led the introduction of...
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Getting a better deal on cloud computing
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EOH scoops top SAP awards
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Etisalat announces revenue increase
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Project Manager at Maletchaba Human Capital (Pty) Ltd – Gauteng Rivonia
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Software Engineer (Snr) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
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