Business leaders from industries affected by the recent violence have, in a virtual meeting convened by President Cyril Ramaphosa, reaffirmed their commitment to work with government in rebuilding South Africa's economy. The meeting followings last week's civil...

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...

While qualification fraud has remained consistently high in South Africa – at 16% for two consecutive years – there are circumstances where candidates are not the ones to blame, but have been scammed into thinking that their qualifications are legitimate.

President Jacob Zuma’s remarks during last week’s State of the Nation address on the country’s nuclear future might seem contradictory, but this is not the case, says Dr Anthonie Cilliers of North West University’s School of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering.

Tarsus SecureData has signed up the southern African value-added distribution for Vectra Networks, which specialises in identifying and predicting security threats on the corporate network through packet inspection based on big data analytics. Tarsus SecureData will...

South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has announced the launch of KNF Ventures, a SARS-approved section 12J venture capital company (VCC) dedicated to investing in innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. “By leveraging knowledge, networks and...

As the tax year comes to a close, the 2016/2017 budget becomes sharply into focus for all SMEs. Effective budget planning and execution provides a much needed framework which allows for more informed decisions and, as a result, improved growth. “It is hard to put a...

French fintech company Tagattitude has won a Kalahari Award for its digital banking platform, TagPay, at the sixth Remittance and Mobile Money Expo held in Lagos, Nigeria. The award recognizes TagPay as the best technology enabler platform. With Near Sound Data...

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), 117,3-million smartphones were shipped to China in the fourth quarter of 2015. This is an 8% year-over-year (YoY) growth versus the same period last year, partly driven by China’s annual singles day online shopping...

Gartner has positioned South African Striata as a niche player in its 2015 Magic Quadrant for Customer Communications Management (CCM) Software. The report presents an evaluation of qualifying industry players based on their ability to execute and completeness of...