Intelligent workers to spike in five years

The number of intelligent workers is set to increase sharply over the next five years, according to Coleman-Parkes research commissioned bu Ricoh. Only 4% of business leaders surveyed describe their employees as intelligent workers who are defined as reliable and...

Due diligence, research key for importing

East Asia has surpassed Europe as South Africa’s major trading partner in volume, yet both destinations still hold important trade ties with the country. With cultural, political, economic and regulatory differences between the two regions, it has become increasingly...

Kaspersky uncovers new threats

Kaspersky Lab’s security research team has published a new research paper on the discovery of “Icefog”, a small yet energetic APT group that focuses on targets in South Korea and Japan, hitting the supply chain for western companies. The operation started in 2011 and...

Students to showcase research at Spier

Students will get the chance to showcase their research at this year’s South African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC), to be held at the Spier WineEstate in the Western Cape from 1 to 4 September. SATNAC is recognised for the platform...

Academic freedom in spotlight at UCT lecture

The need to seek scientific research funding from corporations could subordinate academic freedom to commercial confidentiality, and is one of the issues that will come under the spotlight at UCT’s upcoming annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture, titled “Universities, the...