SA users feel vulnerable online

A survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that 64% of Internet users in South Africa felt vulnerable while shopping online or making online transactions, and 63% of users would utilise online payment systems more often if they felt they were protected from...

SA firms complacent about attacks

Mobile security breaches have affected 58% of South African organisations in the last 12 months. Despite this, they are still not taking sufficient security measures to protect themselves against mobile threats, such as lost or stolen devices and malware infections....

CT boosts SA consumer confidence

South African consumer confidence has improved for the second half of 2014 – largely due to Cape Town’s positive outlook.  This is according to the latest MasterCard Index of Consumer Confidence released today. With a score of 58.7, a slight improvement of 2.4 points...
Employment, growth key for SA

Employment, growth key for SA

While the South African economy has come a long way since the recession in 2008, it is still growing at meagre rates. The Department of Labour’s Annual Labour Market Bulletin (ALMB) 2013-2014 Report says the economic growth remains one of the critical channels to...

What SA needs to do to fix manufacturing

For South Africa to become a top-class manufacturing nation, South Africa needs to fix some fundamental problems while nurturing skills and driving demand. Coenraad Bezuidenhout, executive director of the Manufacturing Circle, told delegates to the Siemens Future of...