A solar farm at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, south-west of Johannesburg. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters South Africa’s mining firms are accelerating investment in renewable energy as they seek to diversify power sources, cut costs and meet decarbonisation targets, marking a shift after decades of reliance on state utility Eskom. Anglo American and Sibanye Stillwater are among…
Africa needs to change the way it views sports by moving beyond seeing it as recreation and recognising it as a major economic sector capable of driving growth, according to NBA Africa Chief Executive Officer Clare Akamanzi. Akamanzi made the remarks at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum, held at Kigali Convention Centre on Wednesday, August…
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Abraham van der Merwe and Shane Chorley Frogfoot Networks, internet service provider Vox and prepaid fibre brand Hypa have raised new equity and are expanding their debt facilities in a transaction that values the businesses at R14.4-billion and is meant to more than quadruple the rate at which Frogfoot connects South African homes. The target…
Bottomline IT is a Sage Accounting Firm. South African SMEs operate in an increasingly competitive environment where financial visibility, compliance and operational efficiency are critical to long-term success. Yet many businesses continue to rely on disconnected systems, manual processes and time-consuming administrative tasks that can slow growth and increase compliance risks. In response to these…
A 37-year-old Spokane, Washington, resident with a previous manslaughter conviction was arrested Monday in connection with the largest of the region’s three wildfires, which have displaced thousands of people and destroyed hundreds of structures, authorities said. Aaron Farinacci, 37, was taken into custody without incident with the help of a SWAT team after a judge…
Zelensky said on Saturday morning that the targets hit in St Petersburg and the surrounding region were about 850km (528 miles) from Ukraine’s border. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but a video posted by the Ukrainian president showed a drone flying towards a target and a huge column of black smoke…
An absent congressman returns, Wimbledon welcomes back a great, and Trump’s crypto earnings are revealed.
6/30: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans; Democratic Socialists of America to be tested in Colorado primary.
Karin Hone, CISO at Barloworld; Celia Mantshiyane, CISO at RMB; Justin Williams, head of group information security at MTN Group; and Pepkor’s Duncan Rae. (Photograph by Strike a Pose) South Africa-based chief information security officers (CISOs) have laid out their top cyber security concerns, with third-party risk (60%) front and centre. This is one of…
