153 PEXELS/ IMPULSIVE BUYING Most people have bought something they never planned to purchase — whether it was a late-night online order, a snack grabbed at the checkout counter, or clothing bought…
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How social entrepreneur Retang Phaahla left her quantity surveyor job to start tea business
148Retang Phaahla said they were looking for natural resources that could uplift the community and create jobs. A concoction of richness is brewing below the soil of a Limpopo district that has…
Could working longer hours mean you are productive?Â
112 Many people assume that the more hours you spend working, the more productive you will be. Also see: How Gen-Z young working adults are rewriting health and happiness However, this is a common…
Troubling questions over South African internet infrastructure attacks
141 The sheer scale of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on South African internet infrastructure in recent days does not make sense considering the relatively small amounts the attackers are trying to…
Golden Arrow Holds Off on Fare Hikes as Diesel Surges
127 Golden Arrow Bus Services says it is still holding the line on fare increases, even as soaring diesel prices pile pressure onto one of Cape Town’s biggest public transport operators. The…
Setback for Vodacom in Kenya
150 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub A planned sale by the Kenyan government of a 15% stake in Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom Group remains on hold after the high court in…
Pick n Pay sells down R4.7bn in Boxer to shore up turnaround
144 Pick n Pay announced it would sell down a further 11.5% of its subsidiary Boxer valued at up to R4.7 billion to shore up its balance sheet and to ensure that…
DDoS extortionists ‘carpet bomb’ South African internet hosts
194 Network Platforms chief technical officer Warwick Ward-Cox A wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks hitting South African web hosts is a deliberate extortion campaign run by a criminal group. That is…
Digital Parks Africa expands global network reach with Cogent
117 Global tier-1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at Digital Parks Africa’s Samrand data centre, giving customers direct access to one of the world’s largest IP backbone networks from within the…
Mantashe ordered to transfer mining right to Afrimat
121 A nine-month administrative delay could have serious commercial and employment consequences for the company, high court finds. Afrimat has obtained a high court order forcing the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum…