Vodacom Business on disaster recovery through cloud computing
During the last year alone, we have seen several organisations become the latest victims of targeted cyber-attacks and large-scale data breaches, ultimately bringing business to...
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Tax-free savings accounts vs retirement annuities: What to consider for your long-term savings?
Tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) were introduced by National Treasury to create a savings culture in South Africa. This account allows people to save without having...
Markets: Going from Orange to Green?
27 January 2021 – 2020 will be remembered as the year where the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world taking the lives of many. This human tragedy...
December Consumer Price Index
Consumer price inflation surprised marginally; we were expecting a 3% y/y print, while inflation rose 3.1% in December from 3.2% in November. Food and non-alcoholic...
Post-Covid-19 business success is not about navigating the new normal, it’s about defining it. And data insights are key.
Apart from the obvious impact of months of lockdown on business turnover and profitability, one of the biggest challenges that faced organisations during the first...
PHASED END OF LOCKDOWN – WILL OUR STAFF BE SAFE?
“As we collectively held our breath awaiting President Ramaphosa’s mammoth decision as to whether to release South Africa from its extended lockdown on April 30th,...
Moody’s hasty actions is sometimes egocentic and arrogant
Andile Zingitwa Informed by an unprecedented economic downgrade of South Africa to junk status by Moodys a fortnight ago, one finds it somewhat inconsiderate by...
A lesson for some backbiters- “Criticism without a solution is merely an inflation of the critic’s ego.”
The political indictment persuaded by some members of the tripartite alliance against treasury by inhibiting its quest to go the route of the International Monetary...
Mzansi people can KO COVID-19 Pandemic if they practise the do’s and the dont’s
Andile Zingitwa It is encouraging to see that fellow South Africans are teaming up in the quest to arrest this worldwide outbreak of Corona virus.Given...
Healthcare disparities and a way forward for the region’s healthcare systems
Since their independence, the governments of many countries in the Southern African region were able increase access to health services, but the quality of healthcare...