A "seismic shift" in the education system is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality in South Africa. This is according to says Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (OMT) chief executive Tracey Webster, who says: "South Africa is well aware of the issues that...

A worrying immaturity of ERM processes and a lack of understanding by executives and boards of the strategic value of an effective risk oversight process is emerging. At the same time, a new report shows a significant increase in the level and complexity of risks...

The worldwide market for smart home devices is expected to grow 4,1% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling more than 854-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Worldwide shipments are forecast to be more than...

Kathy Gibson is at VMworld 2020 – Remote working, coupled with a move to process automation, is driving rapid developments around edge computing. Meanwhile, next-generation applications will leverage a raft of new technologies including AI, machine learning and 5G...

VMware and Nvidia has announced a broad partnership to deliver both an end-to-end enterprise platform for AI and a new architecture for data centre, cloud and edge that uses NVidia DPUs (data processing units) to support existing and next-generation applications....

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – Cloud and cloud-native architectures have lowered the barrier to entry for new applications. In fact, as many as 75% of new applications will be custom-built, says Ajay Patel, senior vice-president and GM: modern applications...

The gradual re-opening of the South African economy and its changes to the job market, as well as the movements in the UIF TERS funds, are leading to the slow return of take-home pay numbers. "Over the past months - from hard lockdown to the gradual relaxation of...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on September 29 that employment in South Africa declined by 2,2-million during the lockdown-hit second quarter of 2020. Lullu Krugel, chief economist at PwC Africa Strategy&, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy&...

Applications are open for the next AlphaCode Incubate programme which aims to identify, partner and grow innovative financial services entrepreneurs. Successful applicants will receive funding, guidance from performance coaches and a panel of advisory experts, access...

The main reason that hackers initiate attacks is to be challenged. This is one of the findings in survey data acquired by Finbold.com, which indicates that about 68% of hackers initiate attacks in order to be challenged. The survey featured over 3 150 respondents from...