by Dianne Bayley | Oct 11, 2022 | Featured Articles
Associate in Employment Law at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Tshepiso Rasetlola weighs in on this new phenomenon and the risks to poses to companies.Quiet quitting is a new term that refers to an employee doing the bare minimum when it comes to their work responsibilities,...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 11, 2022 | Workplace 2020
South Africa’s unemployment statistics are heartbreaking: 33.9% of our workforce is without employment, with 47% of the country’s women of working age remaining economically inactive, compared to 35.6% of men facing the same fate, writes Shivani Ramsaroop, HR Manager...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 10, 2022 | Security and Legal
A massive 72% of state and local government organisations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted – 7% more than the cross-sector average.In fact, according to Sophos’s “The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022” report, only 20% of state and...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 10, 2022 | Innovation
Drug stock-outs and shortage of medical equipment in health facilities in Rwanda are becoming a thing of the past, thanks to an innovation that is addressing procurement constraints. Viebeg Technologies, a venture capital-backed Health Tech company, is helping to...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 9, 2022 | Workplace 2020
As offices around the world continue to open for business, many companies are expecting their employees to return full time. However, new research suggests this isn’t likely to happen, the majority enjoy the flexibility they’ve been given to work from anywhere and are...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 9, 2022 | Workplace 2020
The number of South African employers reporting they are recruiting ICT skills overseas has increased dramatically in the past year – up from 38% to over 50%.This is a key finding in the 2022 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey – the 12th to carried out by Wits University’s...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 9, 2022 | Workplace 2020
Employee training and skills development initiatives are not just business imperatives, they’re leadership ones. They are the foundations on which organisations build the leaders and managers of tomorrow through intelligent programmes and approaches that recognise...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 5, 2022 | Innovation
As self-driving industrial vehicles mature and the Internet of Things (IoT) as well as wireless connectivity become more widespread, the mining industry in South Africa has shown a growing interest in automating haul trucks and other mobile equipment, writes Nishal...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s no surprise that bad actors love to find easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities, and weak passwords are at the top of that list. According to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, stolen credentials led to nearly 50% of cyber attacks last year, notes Jonas...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 4, 2022 | Featured Articles
Developments during the past two years have reshaped our expectations of normality forever, as we adapted to new patterns and ways of living and working. One such change that is irrefutable is our reliance on digital connectivity and infrastructure for all aspects of...
