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GetSet-4IR aims to scale access to digital skills training and sustainable jobs for unemployed youth in South Africa

June 12, 2020 • News, Online • Media • Comments Off on GetSet-4IR aims to scale access to digital skills training and sustainable jobs for unemployed youth in South Africa

Cape Town – 11 June 2020 – Impact Amplifier, a social innovation accelerator and advisory firm, recently launched GetSet-4IR, an initiative supported by Google.org. Through a series of ecosystem interventions, GetSet-4IR aims to address the shortage of digital skills in South Africa and bring youth from disadvantaged backgrounds into the...

Transport Deputy Minister to asses Mpumalanga’s public transport compliance to Covid-19 regulations

June 8, 2020 • News, Road • Media • Comments Off on Transport Deputy Minister to asses Mpumalanga’s public transport compliance to Covid-19 regulations

The Deputy Minister of Transport Ms Dikeledi Magadzi will monitor compliance to COVID-19 transport regulations by public transport operators in Orgies, Mpumalanga on Tuesday, 09 June 2020. Ms Magadzi will be joined by the MEC for Public Works, Roads and...

Coming out of lockdown, what does your brand equity look like?

June 4, 2020 • News, Online • Media • Comments Off on Coming out of lockdown, what does your brand equity look like?

For many companies, the COVID-19 crisis has escalated into a fight for survival. Those who make it through will emerge into a new world completely changed by the crisis. It is time to rethink strategy and operations. In terms of brand and reputation, it may...

Fraudsters arrested for defrauding KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport

May 29, 2020 • News, Transport • Media • Comments Off on Fraudsters arrested for defrauding KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport

KWAZULU-NATAL – Kerissa Pillay (31) and her accomplice Mervin Dennis (52) briefly appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Thursday facing charges of fraud and corruption. Pillay and Dennis allegedly submitted fraudulent claims to the...

Citrix expands remote PC access offerings

May 26, 2020 • News • Media • Comments Off on Citrix expands remote PC access offerings

Providing employees with access to their desktops from remote locations used to be a nice thing to do. Today, it’s a requirement to keep employees productive and businesses operating during the COVID-19 crisis. Faced with shelter in place and work from home...

Opinion: Flattening the psychological curve – the Aviation Dilemma by Matita Tshabalala

May 21, 2020 • News, Traffic • Media • Comments Off on Opinion: Flattening the psychological curve – the Aviation Dilemma by Matita Tshabalala

South Africa is due to enter Covid-19 Alert Level 3. In the face of pressing, unpredictable and severe global problems and challenges, survival require that we move to a new type of thinking and that of doing things. And doing much differently. The...

A resilient, cloud-based digital future

May 18, 2020 • News • Media • Comments Off on A resilient, cloud-based digital future

Digital transformation defines resilience, cost-savings, and sustainability in a world of uncertainty and instability Digital transformation should come with one, well highlighted, disclaimer: one size does not fit all. The technology chosen for digital...

Handover of Water Tanks to Zululand District Municipality

May 15, 2020 • News • Media • Comments Off on Handover of Water Tanks to Zululand District Municipality

Today, His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini together with KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety, and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli handed over 50 static water tanks today, to support ongoing interventions by the provincial government aimed at bringing...

What the Novel Coronavirus means for the Gig Economy

May 12, 2020 • News • Media • Comments Off on What the Novel Coronavirus means for the Gig Economy

OVERVIEW As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread around the world, the economic impact is being felt alongside the human impact. Businesses are being forced to either halt or severely curtail their operations, which is having a...

SURVEY: The effect of COVID-19 on your family, organisation and country

April 21, 2020 • News • Jonckie • Comments Off on SURVEY: The effect of COVID-19 on your family, organisation and country

How have you been impacted by the COVID-19 lockdown? Do you feel that you, your company and country were sufficiently prepared? Reputation specialists, Reputation Matters, are running a short online survey to get insights into these questions to help people...