Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will deliver the 2024 Budget Review to Parliament next week as the South African economy faces a gloomy economic outlook. Joon Chong, partner at Webber Wentzel, unpacks what to expect. The economy is still recovering from the...

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana is scheduled to give the Budget Vote tomorrow (21  February 2024), and there is much anticipation and speculation about what the budget will entail. One of the most pressing issues that the Southern African Institute of Government...

South African users were among those most affected by the data leak earlier this month the affected a total of 533-million users around the world. Privacy protection company Surfshark has examined 2 837 793 637 data points that were leaked online on 3 April, and its...

Businesses’ potentially most effective line of defense against cyber-attacks is their own educated and mobilised employees. However, Fujitsu cyber security experts warn that many corporate workers are unaware of their vital role in protecting their businesses against...

A new study has revealed the extent to which Covid-19 has transformed the way that FTSE 250 companies will use workspaces in the future. Research from commercial office space operator IWG shows that three times the number of FTSE 250 companies are looking to use a...

European spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to be $2-billion in 2021, with a robust increase over 2020, when the market experienced slower growth due to the pause in investments brought about by Covid-19. According to a new update to the International Data...

The IcedID banking trojan has entered Check Point Research’s Global Threat Index for the first time, taking second place, while the established Dridex trojan was the most prevalent malware during March, up from seventh in February. First seen in 2017, IcedID has been...

Early 2021, Kaspersky’s researchers, upon further analysis into the already reported CVE-2021-1732 exploit used by the Bitter APT group, have managed to discover another zero-day exploit. They are currently unable to link this exploit to any known threat actor. A...

Microsoft has agreed to buy Nuance Communications for $56.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19,7-billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt. Nuance is a cloud and AI software player in the healthcare and enterprise AI space. Mark Benjamin will remain...

EOH has reported continued financial improvements for the six months ended 31 January 2021. The revenue of R4 376-million saw a decline, mainly attributable to disposals and legacy contracts. But gross profit margin increased to 27,6% from 24,2% in the prior period....