by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of fiscal relief for certain taxpayers, in light of other measures imposed to combat the Covid-19 crisis, National Treasury published explanatory notes on 29 March 2020, which outline exactly how the tax system will...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
All South African business leaders have a responsibility to stand together to keep business moving, protect employment and the economy ticking over. According to Frank Mullen, CEO of telecoms and ICT provider Zinia: “How decision-makers adapt to the Covid-19 national...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The economic and human impact of the lock down in South Africa will be felt for years to come. By Tarryn Swemmer, group HR executive at Decision Inc. Of course, the immediate priority is heeding the brave leadership of our President to ‘flatten the curve’ and minimise...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
With Covid-19 declared a global pandemic, the potential impact on a party’s ability to perform in terms of a contract is far-reaching. By Michael Straeuli, Damian Wright and Dominic Harris, dispute resolution specialists at Webber Wentzel Uncontrollable...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Five years ago more than 40 babies born in Jamaican hospitals became infected with lethal bacteria – half of them died. By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General The bacteria Klebsiella, like the coronavirus, is spread from person-to-person or via...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Following the directive by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 March 2020, South Africa entered a 21-day national lockdown at midnight on 26 March 2020. But have our citizens heeded the call to stay at home? One way to verify whether South Africans are indeed confining...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 3, 2020 | news
Xerox has withdrawn from its hostile takeover bid of HP Inc as the Covid-19 pandemic takes hold around the world. According to a statement from the company: “The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by Covid-19 have...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 3, 2020 | news
Intel has broken beyond the 5 GHz barrier for laptops with the launch of the 10th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors. Headlined by the 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10980HK processor, the company says the H-series delivers desktop-calibre performance that gamers and...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 3, 2020 | news
Bitdefender’s country partner in South Africa, Cyber Security South Africa, has appointed three experienced ICT companies as its distributors in South Africa. According to Simon Campbell-Young, Partner at CS Africa Group Holdings, the decision to afford distribution...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 3, 2020 | news
First Technology Digital has been successful in its attainment of Gold-level status for the Microsoft DevOps competency. The latest achievement sees the company adding to its existing Gold Cloud Platform expertise, which currently includes Application Development,...
