How can brands stop product fraudsters

They are sophisticated syndicates, insidious as they are dangerous – both to local economies and importantly, to customers. For years, the counterfeit goods industry has illegally benefitted from legitimate businesses by making illegal copies of their products,...

Rather be lucky than good?

In motorsport, while talent is extremely important, luck seems to play a significant role. Max Verstappen says: “You just need the luck – that you’re in the right team, at the right place and are dominant for a long time. It doesn’t always happen.” By Graham Duxbury...

How to grow a family business in SA

Family businesses make up a significant portion of SMEs in South Africa. While statistical data on the contribution of family businesses to GDP is not widely available, their centrality to economic growth is illustrated by the fact that approximately 60% of companies...

Channel is key in delivering cloud services

By Gerhard Fourie – Cloud has undoubtedly become the delivery method of choice for businesses, particularly those in the SMME space, to access enterprise-class technology cost effectively. Without the ‘as a Service’ model, many of these solutions would simply...