Why cybersecurity is now a national security issue for South Africa

Why cybersecurity is now a national security issue for South Africa

The author, department of communications & digital technologies director-general Nonkqubela Thathakahle Jordan-Dyani What happens when the digital systems we rely on every day stop working? A hospital cannot reach patient records. A municipality cannot deliver essential services. A business cannot process payments. Citizens are locked out of services they depend on. The consequences are felt…

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Telkom wins AGM vote despite share issue dissent

Telkom wins AGM vote despite share issue dissent

At Telkom’s AGM, shareholders representing about 84.4% of the company’s ordinary shares voted on most resolutions. Telkom shareholders have backed the re-election of the telecommunications group’s directors and the appointment of its board committee members. However, they showed resistance to proposals that would give the board broad powers to issue shares. At Telkom’s annual general…

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Why identity has become a board-level growth issue

Why identity has become a board-level growth issue

We rarely think of identity as infrastructure. It sits in the compliance budget, gets reviewed at audit time and seldom makes the growth agenda. But identity underpins every digital interaction, customer relationship and product decision. In most enterprises, that foundation was never designed. “Most boards look at identity spend and see a compliance line item….

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Africa: The 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union At a Glance Water Security Is a Strategic, Development, Peace, and Climate Issue

Africa: The 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union At a Glance Water Security Is a Strategic, Development, Peace, and Climate Issue

The 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a Glance Water security is a strategic, development, peace, and climate issue Against the backdrop of statistics that show that 400 million people on the African continent lack water for their daily livelihood, and that over 800 million lack basic hygiene services, African…

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