The call for global climate action today is urgent, and companies recognize the need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions - not just for the planet, but for the benefit of their own business. While accurately and comprehensively measuring emissions is crucial for...

Lack of access to the labour market is taking a toll on young South Africans' mental health, new research by the University of Cape Town's Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health reveals. Titled "Understanding the complex relationship between multidimensional...

According to recent statistics, South Africa produces 10-million tonnes of food waste every year and our country reportedly has the largest proportion of food wastage in Africa. That is food that is produced but never consumed and ends up in landfills, including...

Gartner has highlighted the top strategic technology trends that organisations need to explore in 2019. Gartner defines a strategic technology trend as one with substantial disruptive potential that is beginning to break out of an emerging state into broader impact...

Although the spotlight tends to fall on cyber-crime as the major cause of data breaches, old-fashioned paper and ink can still do the trick too. The personal details of about 1 000 clients have become part of the public domain after Discovery Life included them in...

Much has changed since the first products were sold online in the 1990s. Early instances of e-commerce focused on the transaction, with little emphasis on improving fulfilment, customer service or loyalty. Retailers began to hone their commerce operations in response...

Oracle and The World Bee Project have announced a world-first approach to understanding the declines of honey bee populations and helping protect them. The new programme uses cloud technology to better understand honey bees, the world's most important single species...

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a wave of cyber-espionage targeted attacks aimed at Central Asian diplomatic organisations. The Trojan, called "Octopus", disguised as a version of a popular and legitimate online messenger, was attracting users amid the news...

Rolls-Royce builds shipping systems that are sophisticated and intelligent - and eventually it will add fully autonomous to that portfolio - as it makes commercial shipping safer and more efficient. It is doing so using artificial intelligence (AI) powered by Intel...

Attorneys from the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) will today (16 October) tell Parliament that an Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) that provides for expensive new coal-fired power, at a time when South Africa needs to be urgently transitioning...