A new study published in Preventive Medicine journal found that four years of consistently inadequate sleep in corporate executives was associated with adverse cardiometabolic health. Led by Paula Pienaar, a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Vrije...

Seventy-one percent of sustainable procurement leaders consider addressing modern slavery risk a key priority, but just half report making effective progress on the issue, according to new research from Gartner. Chief procurement officers (CPOs) cannot rely on...

In 2017, the ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR) in collaboration with the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), launched Domain Name Security (DNSSEC) to provide members within the domain name value chain with an assurance that a .ZA domain name address could be trusted. In...

As from Monday, 14 September 2020 social grant applicants will be able to apply for certain social grants online. The pilot project will at this stage cover the Child Support, Older Persons, and Foster Child grants. Applications can be lodged on...

Even as Covid-19 halted the longest economic expansion on record and plunged the world into deep recession, South African investors expect to make an average annual total return of 12,67% - almost 2% higher than the global average predicted returns of 10,9%. This was...

Google has announced plans to help businesses, job seekers, educational institutions and vulnerable populations as they grapple with the "new normal" and begin to rebuild and recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis locally and across the continent. The tech...

In the current uncertain environment, security and risk leaders must focus on balancing risk, trust and opportunity to help maintain the ability of their organisations to function as a trusted participant in the digital economy, according to Gartner. "Through the...

Parents have always managed to set geographical boundaries - where their children could go and where they could not - back in time. Nowadays there is another opportunity to monitor the child's whereabouts - to track the location of them using special software. Yet,...

TikTok's US operations are likely to be run by Oracle, which is said to have edged Microsoft out of negotiations. The deal, which hasn't been confirmed yet, is believed to be a corporate restructuring arrangement with a stake in the new US business and not an outright...

In its latest forecast release, Canalys projects global 5G smartphone shipments will reach nearly 280-million units in 2020, with 62% of these in Greater China, followed by North America and EMEA. Overall smartphone volumes are projected to decline 10,7% in 2020...