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Xerox has withdrawn from its hostile takeover bid of HP Inc as the Covid-19 pandemic takes hold around the world.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,...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 3, 2020 | news
As the Covid-19 pandemic tightens its grip on South Africa and a 21-day national lockdown is implemented, companies, employers and employees across the country are hastily navigating a minefield of unfamiliar working conditions and stringent new Regulations that cut...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 30, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Company-wide cybersecurity can only be achieved through a combination of technology tools and security-conscious user behaviour. There are hundreds of tools available on the market that address the technology aspect of security, but way fewer that attempt to manage...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 30, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Keeping their staff members safe from potential infection has to be the top priority for companies as we go into our first full week of Covid-19 lockdown. But a secondary, and no less important, consideration is keeping the economy afloat for the duration. Millions of...
