by Dianne Bayley | Apr 26, 2021 | Innovation
Artificial intelligence (AI) has accelerated significantly in recent years, writes Robin Fisher, Senior Area Vice President of Salesforce Emerging Markets. Intended to make our daily activities more convenient and straightforward, the technology has gradually been...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 2, 2021 | Security and Legal
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa is viewed with more than a little scepticism in many quarters. Potentially corrupt Covid-19 spending has already cost the country billions of rand according to law enforcement agencies. The erosion of trust has meant...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2020 | Security and Legal
As we in South Africa are only too aware, the cost of fraud can be overwhelming. Zaakir Mohamed, a director and head of corporate investigations and forensics at commercial law firm CMS RM Partners, points out that, “Companies lose not only an estimated 5% of their...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Sustainability
An update on 28 October 2020 before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), the Auditor-General of South Africa and the Special Investigating Unit found that over 6 000 government officials had claimed more than R41 million in UIF TERS covid-19...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 11, 2020 | Security and Legal
The furore around the awarding of a contract to a politically connected individual’s company shows that government has not yet accepted its role as custodian of good governance for South Africa Inc–and the extent of public disenchantment with perceived corruption....
