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I am not proud of this, but given the choice between Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa, I would likely not choose Ramaphosa. Which is not the same as choosing Zuma. But no less worrying. In this vein, I asked my […]

Procurement is on the rise and there is growing demand for a new breed of procurement professionals, according to Debbie Tagg, chief operating officer of Smart Procurement. “Gone are the back-office penny pinchers of old. Procurement professionals today are strategy

MICHELIN Connected Fleet has once again demonstrated its support towards strengthening South Africa’s transport and logistics sector by sponsoring the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTA) Safety and Security summit. The theme of the summit was Navigating Safety and

At the end of March, a critical security breach was discovered within the upstream source code of XZ Utils, a collection of open-source tools and libraries for the XZ compression format. The breach affected versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 and spanned

Civil unrest, riots and crime are persistent threats businesses across South Africa pay extra attention to in the run-up to and after the national elections. These risks hold significant implications for transport operators, notably those in cargo/freight transport and logistics

It has become a strategic imperative for a company to safeguard its cloud environment. However, doing so effectively requires a multi-layered strategy designed to ensure data, applications, and infrastructure are comprehensively protected against current and emerging threats. A best practice

One promising solution to South Africa’s high youth unemployment rate lies in Absorption, a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) strategy that drives long-term employment and addresses the urgent need for job creation. Rajan Naidoo, Managing Director of EduPower Skills Academy,

One significant challenge facing African manufacturers is inadequate reporting and analysis capabilities. This often results in inefficient decision-making processes due to siloed data, limiting the ability to respond to changing conditions quickly. In a recent Manufacturing CFO survey, respondents from

AS SOUTH Africa struggles to bring down the unemployment rate, young people are faced with a twin challenge: They need to learn an employable skill and they need to know how, or where, to find sustainable employment.  With technology evolving

I heard a story about a man who bought himself a very expensive thoroughbred horse. In the version that I was told, the owner wanted to use it for breeding purposes. The motivation aside, it was clear that the cost