The insurance industry should aim to provide enhanced advice and assistance to a greater proportion of the country's population. This is among the finding of a PwC report on the future of advice and engagement in the South African insurance industry. Riaan Singh,...

The pressure on non-governmental organistions (NGOs) since the first lockdown over a year ago has not subsided, and the news of another hard lockdown could cripple the sector entirely. This is highlighted in a survey by Tshikululu Social Investments in 2020, which...

Four contestants have been disqualified in the race to set a new record, certified by Guinness World Records, for the longest time spent watching movies. Buhlebethu Hlatswayo became the fourth contestant to drop out after falling asleep at 2:50am on Thursday morning...

Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities. Developers across Africa are...

During 2015, demand for new malicious programmes reached saturation point, as the number of new malware files detected every day by Kaspersky Lab products fell by 15 000 - from 325 000 in 2014 to 310 000. Kaspersky Lab's experts believe this is mainly due to the fact...

Long queues, parking shortages and screaming children - festive season shopping is enough to drive anyone ... well, online. According to research group We Are Social, almost a quarter of South Africans made online purchases over December 2014. There's just one problem...

OpenWeb has introduced a new range of products for the heavier Internet user. Home Uncapped PLUS was designed for users who enjoy downloading, gaming and streaming. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright says Home Uncapped PLUS fills the gap between the cheap uncapped accounts and...

Telkom continued to stabilise net revenue and achieved growth of 1,2% year-on-year for the six months ended 30 September 2015. Continuing growth in the mobile business resulted in a service and subscription revenue increase of 40,5% year-on-year. This included growth...

Consumers believe artificial intelligence (AI) will soon enable interaction with objects without the need for a smartphone screen. In fact, according to an Ericsson ConsumerLab study of the 10 hottest consumer trends for 2016 and beyond, half of all smartphone users...

Collapsed buildings, damaged factories or destroyed shipping containers: whenever natural catastrophes or man-made disasters strike the physical damage is often devastating for companies. However, the less obvious economic impact from business interruption (BI) is...