SA bucks global tablet trends
While global tablet sales are cooling off from huge highs over the past few years – and are set to lodge an increase of only around 8% in 2015 globally – tablet sales in South Africa have increased by as much as 46% since the beginning of 2013. Asgar...The legalities of electronic signatures
The world is moving toward greater levels of digitisation, and organisations are increasingly implementing electronic and automated solutions in an effort to reduce paper-based processes. The signatory process is one of the last barriers toward the implementation of...
Huawei launches P8 in SA
Huawei has launched its new flagship P8 smartphone into the East and southern African markets. The product will be available from the end of July, from all the operators. The device will retail in South Africa for R7 999.00, or $680.00 in other African markets. South...SA consumers live it up with debt
The latest information on consumers’ credit behaviour, released by credit bureau Compuscan, reveals that many a South African consumer is struggling to keep up financially with the lifestyle that they are buying into. In many cases, there has been a quarter-on-quarter increase in the number of accounts with adverse enforcement status codes (which indicate that accounts have been handed over, assets have been repossessed, accounts have been written off or facilities/ credit cards have been revoked as a result of non-payment).