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The BEE Chamber offers advice regarding key considerations when employing Young People March 2023, it was announced that the Unemployment rate fell to 32.7% in the last quarter of 2022 from 32.9% in the July-September 2022 period. “Youth unemployment is one of the largest challenges faced globally and is particularly high in South Africa as many young job seekers are excluded from the social networks as a result of being in a non-working household, spatially isolated, or racial and gender issues,” says Yuneal Padayachy, Member Support Executive at the BEE Chamber. The big question is: Why employ young people in…
Gartner estimates that by 2025, 30% of companies will have adopted a broad-spectrum data security platform. Given the financial and reputational repercussions of data breaches, it is perhaps surprising that this number is not higher. Regardless, privacy and protection will be an essential part of boardroom discussions in South Africa and abroad in the coming months. This is according to Redstor, a born-in-the cloud software vendor and provider of the smarter cloud backup platform of choice for managed service providers (MSPs). To this end, there are several trends to keep in mind when it comes to data protection and privacy.…
Obsidian Systems, a supplier of open source software solutions and an Atlassian Platinum Partner, has announced that it will be sponsoring the upcoming DevConf community-driven software developer conference to take place in Cape Town on 23 May and Pretoria on 25 May. The annual event provides professional software developers with access to the tools, practices, and principles applicable to tackling current and future challenges in the local software development environment. It is an event designed to provide delegates with opportunities to learn, network, and be inspired regardless of their specific technology stack and programming language of choice. “The core principle…
Along with focusing on reducing the local ICT gender skills gap, industry and government must focus on creating a holistic approach to skills development that include the soft skills required for the modern work environment, says Linda Misauer, VP of Software Security and Chair of the Women’s Impact Network at Redstor, a born-in-the cloud software vendor and provider of the smarter cloud backup platform of choice for managed service providers (MSPs). “Significant progress has been made to get women into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) from a young age. Now, the focus must be on providing all genders with…
The days of driving home drunk without fear of repercussions have gone. It’s not safe, it’s not cool, and it could cost you your career IF you’ve ever wondered if you can actually get fired for driving drunk, you can stop wondering. The answer is yes, especially if driving is part and parcel of your daily working life. Delivery drivers, chauffeurs and employees simply driving to get to work – they can all lose their jobs if they’re caught driving drunk. As Nicol Myburgh, Head: CRS Technologies HCM Business Unit, warns, if you lose your licence due to drunk driving…
Talent acquisition is a pressure cooker. And the pressure is rising. There is a scarcity of skills and cultural fit. This is compounded by high staff turnovers, exhausted teams and urgent deadlines. Often, it’s the job of a tiny talent team to alleviate this pressure and fill the mounting gaps. On average, South African talent acquisitions teams are flooded with 1 400 CVs per advertised vacancy. This number escalates to 20 000 CVs for high volume roles like internships. Finding the right match takes time but with time comes the potential of losing talent. The top 10% of candidates are snapped up…
By Luke Machowski, Head of Regulatory Products at Synthesis RegTech South Africa is an emerging and dynamic industry with new regulations being consistently added and the need for compliance being more important than ever. With the recent Greylist announcement of South Africa, by FATF, compliance with international standards and regulations cannot be ignored. Understanding the automation of regulations through personalised payment systems is the best way to alleviate the compliance anxiety of businesses within the financial sector. During the FinTech Summit 2022, a panel discussion was held to discuss South Africa’s current RegTech trends, challenges, opportunities, and what we can…
By Howard Feldman If Russia was my friend, I would stage an intervention. I would invite them for coffee, sit them down and ease into it slowly. We would probably chat about loadshedding, where I am on my solar journey, and we would shake our heads at the madness of it all. We would laugh about a shared incident from the past and we would chat about work. At some point I would notice that my first cup of coffee (a cortado), was finished and I would get up to order another. Russia would probably not want another more caffeine…
By Drikus Van der Walt – Pre-Sales and Engineering Lead at Halo Dot When I started writing this article, I was looking for the best definition of “Digital Transformation”. Intuitively the phrase makes sense by itself: Transformation, or some change that is technologically driven. I felt, however, a more robust and complete definition was needed before we can start to discuss the impact Digital Transformation has on a company’s bottom line. Then I found it from one of the pioneers of everything Digital. From the Titans of Technology… IBM: Digital transformation takes a customer-driven, digital-first approach to all aspects of…
Today marks the launch of NewsGPT, the world’s first news channel to be generated entirely by artificial intelligence. With no reporters and no bias, NewsGPT aims to provide unbiased and fact-based news to readers around the world. Powered by state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and natural language processing technology, NewsGPT is able to scan relevant news sources from around the world in real-time. It then uses this data to create news stories and reports that are accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased. “NewsGPT is a game-changer in the world of news,” said the Alan Levy CEO of NewsGPT. “For too long, news channels…