AI | Deepfakes | Finance | fraud | TransUnion
The new crime tactic taking South Africa by storm
Senior Director of Fraud Product Management at TransUnion Africa has sounded the alarm over this dangerous new crime tactic.
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Collins Letsoalo | Government | Motoring | RedM Professional Services | Road Accident Fund (RAF) | Songezo Zibi
Agency that makes R2.18 from every litre of petrol secretly used hack to push through dodgy contract
The Road Accident Fund allegedly used the fallout from a 2021 ransomware attack to irregularly appoint an IT contractor to the tune of R14.6 million.
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Threats to people who use WhatsApp in South Africa
Cybersecurity expert Lucas Molefe has warned that cybercriminals were increasingly using WhatsApp to impersonate people.
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The South African businessman from Soweto who built a billion-rand empire with just R2,000
Zibusiso Mkhwanazi is the founder of Avatar Advertising Agency and chairman of M&N Brands, South Africa’s biggest network of advertising and brand agencies.
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San people still ‘invisible, voiceless in their homeland’
More than five decades after Botswana gained independence, the country’s San, who are the first inhabitants of the region, continue to experience some of the worst forms of discrimination and marginalisation, said the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people. Albert Barume raised these concerns during a press briefing in Gaborone last week…
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Buc on track — Ouaddou survives Pirates roller coaster on road from ‘plumber’ to champion
In just a few weeks, Pirates’ new coach has endured the wrath of fans, survived a life-threatening crash and celebrated an MTN8 triumph. The post Buc on track — Ouaddou survives Pirates roller coaster on road from ‘plumber’ to champion appeared first on Daily Maverick.
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From SNL to SEC: Dogecoin gets ETF as meme trades go mainstream
The era didn’t end. It’s been normalised, and now Dogecoin is about to go full Wall Street.
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Camden Power Station | Energy | Eskom | Gaming | Prince Tshabalala | South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
Soldiers deployed to Eskom power station beat man to death over stolen Xbox
Four soldiers deployed to the Camden Power Station in Mpumalanga are under investigation after a local man was beaten to death over an allegedly stolen Xbox.
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Companies are rushing to hire South Africans with this skill
According to the latest Pnet Job Market Trends Report, demand for professionals with this skill has surged by 352% since 2019.
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AfDB | African Development Bank | DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa | GIRLS | Thought Leader
Lesotho Highlands Water Project must work with women, not against them
South Africa, Lesotho and the project financiers must avoid repeating the mistakes of Phase I of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II (LHWP II), the scheme that will transfer water from Lesotho’s highlands to South Africa’s economic hub, Gauteng, while generating hydroelectric power for Lesotho. Development projects funded by public banks must work…