Cyber insurance was created for a world where most incidents looked familiar. It used to be all about ransomware, data breaches, business email compromises, or even outages. By Yaron Assabi, founder of eInsurer And, while many security incidents will continue to start...

As South Africa’s short-term insurance landscape continued to evolve in 2025, PSG Insure observed several persistent and emerging risks affecting local businesses. This is the word from Ryno de Kock, head of distribution at PSG Insure. By reviewing some of these...

Online shopping, social media, and mobile apps are all part of everyday life for most South Africans. From ordering groceries and booking rides to sharing photos and downloading new apps, digital activity isn’t optional anymore. Yet many people don’t realise that what...

South Africa is entering an ambitious new phase of infrastructure investment, with the government having committed R1-trillion to development over the next three years and President Cyril Ramaphosa calling on the private sector to quadruple that figure to R4-trillion....

Claims are surfacing that independent laboratory testing has uncovered non-compliance with South Africa's compulsory SANS 1507 standards in several locally-manufactured and imported electrical cables. This is according to results from the South Ocean Electric Wire...

When it comes to protecting critical assets in demanding environments, traditional sprinklers and gaseous systems are not always the best fit. Water mist fire suppression has emerged as a highly effective alternative that minimises water damage, supports life safety...

According to research house, McKinsey, while 64% of workforce report using generative AI (GenAI) tools, it is not yet impacting the value at an enterprise level. While a large majority are in experimental stage, often piloting use, this has not translated into value...

In the past decade, our financial systems have become more digitally interconnected than ever before. By Japhet Gana: group head, transaction risk and financial crimes at Yellow Card Convenience and speed now come with a price: financial crime. From sophisticated...

South African businesses are facing growing risk of cyber-insurance claim rejections due to misrepresented security controls, poor governance practices and outdated approaches to cybersecurity assurance. This mirrors a disturbing global trend. The Cyber Insurance and...

Cybercrime has undergone a structural shift. What was once a fragmented underground economy built around specialised skills has evolved into a scalable, on-demand commercial ecosystem. By Johannes Briel, senior cyber security specialist at Galix Today,...

Since 2021, supply chain and distribution failures, ranked seventh in Aon’s Global Risk Management Survey, have emerged as a defining challenge for business leaders. Russell Davis, from Aon South Africa’s property and motor broking centre, offers his insights. A...

South Africa’s grey listing has exposed not just gaps in technical compliance, but a deeper challenge that sits at the heart of business practice: the need to build organisations that are not merely compliant, but consciously ethical.  Servaas du Plessis.  CEO of...