The Road Freight SME Summit recently hosted an enlightening masterclass webinar featuring two industry stalwarts: Oliver Naidoo, Managing Director of JC Auditors, and Phuti Semenya, CA(SA), founder of Maysene Logistics. The event, expertly facilitated by Florence Musundwa, founder of the Road Freight SME Summit, provided attendees with invaluable insights into the critical role of systematic […]
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South Africa faces a critical challenge in integrating adults who have not completed high school into the workforce. The 2022 Census indicates that 50% of the adult population in South Africa has not completed Grade 12, a staggering statistic that highlights the urgency of finding viable pathways to employment for these individuals. Rajan Naidoo, the […]
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I am not proud of this, but given the choice between Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa, I would likely not choose Ramaphosa. Which is not the same as choosing Zuma. But no less worrying. In this vein, I asked my listeners two questions: Are you going to vote in the coming elections and if so, […]
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Procurement is on the rise and there is growing demand for a new breed of procurement professionals, according to Debbie Tagg, chief operating officer of Smart Procurement. “Gone are the back-office penny pinchers of old. Procurement professionals today are strategy shapers, value-generators, innovators and relationship builders involved in all aspects of the business, and who […]
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MICHELIN Connected Fleet has once again demonstrated its support towards strengthening South Africa’s transport and logistics sector by sponsoring the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTA) Safety and Security summit. The theme of the summit was Navigating Safety and Security Risks in Logistics, Transport and Supply Chain. The event brought together leading local and […]
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At the end of March, a critical security breach was discovered within the upstream source code of XZ Utils, a collection of open-source tools and libraries for the XZ compression format. The breach affected versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 and spanned nearly three years. The potential disastrous implications of this breach, and any other, underscore the […]
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Civil unrest, riots and crime are persistent threats businesses across South Africa pay extra attention to in the run-up to and after the national elections. These risks hold significant implications for transport operators, notably those in cargo/freight transport and logistics by road, with hard lessons learnt from the riots of July 2021 that saw over […]
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It has become a strategic imperative for a company to safeguard its cloud environment. However, doing so effectively requires a multi-layered strategy designed to ensure data, applications, and infrastructure are comprehensively protected against current and emerging threats. A best practice approach is vital in this regard. It all begins with a thorough risk assessment to […]
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One promising solution to South Africa’s high youth unemployment rate lies in Absorption, a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) strategy that drives long-term employment and addresses the urgent need for job creation. Rajan Naidoo, Managing Director of EduPower Skills Academy, highlights that this initiative extends beyond job creation with the 2019 amendment to the Absorption […]
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One significant challenge facing African manufacturers is inadequate reporting and analysis capabilities. This often results in inefficient decision-making processes due to siloed data, limiting the ability to respond to changing conditions quickly. In a recent Manufacturing CFO survey, respondents from Africa revealed that their top priority, as well as their most significant risk, was visibility […]
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