147 Six South African cities rank among the worst in the world for perceived crime. The problem is not that security companies fail to respond but rather how long it takes them…
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Phasing out prime rate doesn’t mean lower loan repayments, but more transparency, says Sarb
138 The prime lending rate has been set 350 basis points above the repo rate since 2001. The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has tabled its proposal to remove the prime lending…
iOCO goes desert storming with Saudi Arabia cloud expansion
124 Richard Vester Johannesburg-listed technology services group iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice in the region through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The expansion is…
Blu Label lands electricity trading licence from Nersa
127 Blu Label co-CEO Mark Levy BluEnergy Trading, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited Group, has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by energy regulator Nersa, allowing it to buy…
How the JSE All Share changed over three decades
184 Gold and platinum shares account for more than 25% of the JSE’s benchmark index, which adds a ‘significant amount of risk’ to the bourse. No index globally is static. Indices change…
Scaling modern, data-driven farming across Africa
166 Chris Duvenage, business unit manager digital at NEC XON AgriLogiq and NEC XON have announced a strategic partnership that brings together advanced agricultural technology expertise and enterprise-grade digital infrastructure to deliver…
Why getting your small business online costs less than you think
132 Does the idea of a website still feel like an unnecessary expense? Maybe you already trade from a physical store, sell at markets or use social media to reach customers, and…
Oni-Tel set to reinvigorate dark fibre in South Africa
160 Global fibre infrastructure providers are moving towards modernising networks to keep up with the bandwidth demands of artificial intelligence, increased use of edge computing and growth in 5G, according to Mordor…
Andrew Baker is new CIO of Capitec
154 Andrew Baker Andrew Baker has been appointed as chief information officer of Capitec. Baker, who was previously the company’s chief technology officer, takes the CIO reins from Wim de Bruyn, who…
Cape Gate says Competition Commission raid based on ‘unlawful’ warrant
131 Company says it has done nothing wrong and will approach the high court to have the warrant set aside Scrap steel producer Cape Gate says the Competition Commission (CompCom) carried out…