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What determines a hosting provider’s capability?

Apr 19, 2020

The surge of remote workers and the increase in the public’s demand for online entertainment placed immense pressure on the entire network infrastructure. In turn, this calls the capability of hosting providers to offer quality service into question into question, as...

Life after lockdown: survival of the fattest

Apr 19, 2020

The coronavirus will lead to business failures, market consolidation and entrench incumbents with strong balance sheets. Should policymakers react? During South Africa’s state of national disaster, have curtailed the free market and blurred the lines between business,...

Prepare to weather a deep recession

Apr 19, 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has warned that the country should prepare for a deep recession – but offered hope of a return to economic growth in 2021. According to Ettiene Retief, Ccairman of the national tax and SARS committee at the South African Institute...

Covid-19 drives innovation and entrepreneurship

Apr 17, 2020

Things will never be the same again. The way we used to live, work and interact with one another pre-Covid-19 is over – but there are exciting times ahead, as the new way of doing things is pushing us to be innovative and will act as a catalyst for new technologies....

Blockchain, bitcoin show promise, but more skills needed

Apr 17, 2020

South African financial organisations are exploring the potential use cases for blockchain in their operations, but are exercising caution in its adoption. This is the word from John Singh, a senior systems analyst and head of the Institute of Information Technology...

Pinnacle enables hybrid cloud with HPE-Nutanix

Apr 14, 2020

Digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) mean different things to different organisations. Some may look to implement smart factories; others could aim to quickly analyse multiple data streams; for some a new and better way of serving...

Unpacking the new regulations for the ICT industry

Apr 14, 2020

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) released the ICT Covid-19 National Disaster Regulations on 6 April. By Peter Grealy, Nozipho Mngomezulu and Cindy Leibowitz from Webber Wentzel Given that each day of non-compliance with certain of the...

Corporate taxation in a time of lockdown

Apr 14, 2020

Jared Waters, a principal at Bravura Structured Solutions, highlights the potential complexities that could arise for corporate South Africa amidst the country’s Covid-19 lockdown, and the myriad knock-on effects it will have on business. Amongst these is the critical...

Relief options for businesses

Apr 14, 2020

South African companies – especially small and medium businesses – are facing tough times as the second week of the national lockdown takes effect and as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause turmoil in economies across the world. By Yolandi Esterhuizen, registered...

Covid-19 ripples into the container industry

Apr 14, 2020

While South Africa is well into its 35-day lockdown, most of the world has been shaken to its core. A large percentage of the global population is in some form of a lockdown and those who are not in government-mandated lockdowns are mostly taking extreme measures to...

VAT system now part of developing Covid-19 tax relief

Apr 14, 2020

Following announcement of the actions taken by government to combat the Covid-19 crisis, many South Africans may be aware of the proposed tax measures that are effective from 1 April 2020. By Jean du Toit, tax attorney at Tax Consulting SA There is, however, an...

Remote working and the cybersecurity threat

Apr 6, 2020

The era of the millennial workforce and the rise in technology and connectivity has required a dynamic shift toward flexible and/or remote working arrangements in South African corporate spaces. By Fatima Ameer-Mia, director at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s...

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