The Consumer Goods Council South Africa and Technews Publishing have announced they will jointly host a Retail Security conference early in 2008. The conference, titled Retail Risk 2008, will be held in Cape Town on 26th February, in Durban on 28th February and in Johannesburg on 4th March. 24 Jan 2008
Business Unity South Africa held a meeting with the CEO of Eskom, Jacob Maroga at the BUSA Offices in Sandton today. 23 Jan 2008
With all the interest rate hikes, Gateway Theatre of Shopping has decided to cut prices in half. 23 Jan 2008
Skhumbuzo Nkosi, CEO, Primedia Outdoor, has announced that Frikkie Cornelius has been promoted to General Manager, Africa Division to drive the outdoor operation in the African environment. 23 Jan 2008
Preserv8TM, an e-mail archive retention and messaging platform developed and introduced by Integr8 IS, has officially met with the full legal requirements that are relevant to electronic communication management in South Africa. 23 Jan 2008
IoD awards bursary fund to UCT Graduate School of Business to develop young emerging leaders. 23 Jan 2008
Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of passengers when travelling through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Kenya Airways has issued and assurance that at no time has there been a threat to its operations; the airline and other foreign carries such as BA and Virgin continue to operate normally. 23 Jan 2008
Allesverloren Estate – the oldest wine farm in the Swartland and famous for its acclaimed Shiraz – took top honours in Sweden with its 2006 vintage clinching the title of Red Wine of the Year for 2007. 23 Jan 2008
Open source software is becoming more prominent within education as more institutions turn towards it as a means in which to ease their pain points. 23 Jan 2008
Retail Risk 2008, a retail security conference jointly hosted by The Consumer Goods Council (CGC) South Africa and Technews Publishing, takes place in Cape Town on 26 February, in Durban on 28 February and in Johannesburg on 4 March. This article is published with permission of Hi-Tech Security Solutions. 23 Jan 2008
The furniture retailer disappears from the JSE after 37 years. 23 Jan 2008
Organic foods are so successful that production cannot keep up with demand. However, there is another snag as well... 23 Jan 2008
Government has raised concerns over the recent increase in the price of bread, and has called for a meeting with industry stakeholders to discuss ways of easing the impact of the increase. 22 Jan 2008
A new study from The Nielsen Company finds that 49% of US consumers are reducing their spending to compensate for rising fuel prices, up four points from June 2007. The study found that 70% of consumers are combining shopping trips and errands, and 41% are eating out less, and 39% staying home more often. The study has relevance here, as the SA fuel price rises. 22 Jan 2008
Cape Town restaurants and hotels face stiff competition amongst themselves as they vie for attention from the scores of visitors flocking to the city. But in an industry where word of mouth is vitally important to success, a lack of repeat clients due to lagging customer service is a sure sign that a restaurant isn't living up to its potential. 22 Jan 2008
In a nutshell, the year 2038 problem, as it is also known, is that most Unix-like operating systems represent time as the number of seconds since January 1, 1970. 22 Jan 2008
While highly innovative in many dimensions, the mobile phone business in the US in at least one respect represents a curious throwback to a previous era. In 1968, the FCC issued a landmark decision, deciding that any communication device could be connected to the wire-line phone network as long as it did not damage the network. However, no such ruling applies to US wireless networks. 22 Jan 2008
Hundred of millions of people use Web mail, which is why in many ways e-mail is more important to keep secure than your bank account. Many people have important online accounts tied to a single Web mail address. If anyone gained access to your e-mail account, all accounts associated with it could be compromised as well. 22 Jan 2008
Fashion retailer reports higher sales in the six months to December but National Credit Act and higher interest rates take their toll. 22 Jan 2008
According to a survey of US journalists by Brodeur, a unit of Omnicom Group, blogs are not only having an impact on the speed and availability of news but also influencing the tone and editorial direction of reporting. 22 Jan 2008
