by Dianne Bayley | Aug 22, 2021 | Security and Legal
As South Africa recently celebrated Women’s Month and the significant contribution women make in every sector of society, the fight for equal rights, economic empowerment, and freedom from violence rightfully remain in the spotlight-and not just in August. According...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 18, 2021 | Security and Legal
The recent gazetting of amendments to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) of 2006, which will increase the licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1 MW to 100 MW, is not only good news for South Africa’s biggest energy users. It will...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 11, 2021 | Security and Legal
Dell Technologies has blacklisted all the Dell products stolen during the recent unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, and warned users to be wary of buying through unlicenced channels. The company has issued a statement regarding the loss of Dell products...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 11, 2021 | Security and Legal
A new study has found that tech-savvy teens and young adults are falling for online scams at a higher rate than seniors. Victims 20 and younger grew by 156% from 2017 to 2020 compared to 112% for seniors. The 9 053 young victims in 2017 jumped to 23 186 last year....
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 11, 2021 | Security and Legal
SARS is tightening tax collection on cryptocurrency transactions, which makes it important to distinguish between events that will trigger income tax rates or CGT rates. Joon Chong and Lumen Moolman of Webber Wentzel have some important points to make… Have you...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 5, 2021 | Security and Legal
If you follow the news, you’ll have noticed that there has been a significant uptick in the number of cybersecurity-related articles and stories lately, writes Herman Kannenberg, Head of Legal Affairs and Cyber Security, Huawei South Africa. This is because...