Last week, the Institute of Race Relations launched a campaign to #SaveTheEconomy. Through its Racism Is NOT The Problem initiative, the IRR sent letters to politicians and the CEOs of banks to obtain their backing in reviving the economy. The organisation has issued...

If the President decides to declare a state of emergency as a result of the recent extensive looting and unrest, it will be different from those declared during apartheid, writes Webber Michael Evans. South Africa has not had a state of emergency since the apartheid...

Vox Telecom has concluded a deal that makes it the majority stakeholder in enterprise level cloud tech company, Everlytic. "The addition of Everlytic completes our portfolio of products and solutions that allow customers to communicate via any delivery channel -...

After a successful launch year, the Aspiring Innovators Programme will once again take place at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Africa 2016.  It will highlight interesting African startup technology companies who have something unique to offer enterprise organisations....

Prof Sebastiaan Hendricus (Basie) von Solms is the longest serving University of Johannesburg (UJ) employee - with four and a half decades (45 years) of IT innovation. Prof von Solms will be awarded a certificate of long service, together with other UJ employees with...

Smartphones have once again moved into the top selling positions, according to fourth quarter statistics on the best-selling products from Orange's online store in South Africa. "The holiday period between November and January traditionally results in a significant...

In a session on gender parity at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016, government and business leaders agreed that to make meaningful progress in narrowing the gender gap requires abandoning set expectations for the roles of men and women, recognizing the...

Talk of market disruption is generally characterised in terms of David toppling Goliath: agility and flight of foot trump sheer heft.  While the analogy has some appeal it misses the point that these "disruptors" are probably winning because they are closer to what...

The increase in interest rates will put more strain on the profit margins of small businesses that are already struggling due to factors such as the drought, rising inflation and the depreciation of the rand. This is according to Sanjeev Orie, CEO of Business...

Telkom could potentially connect 1,25-million homes to its fibre network, passing this number with fibre to the curb (FTTC). Meanwhile 56 000 homes have been connected with fibre to the home (FTTH). During the quarter ended 31 December 2015, the company grew its LTE...