As citizens slowly return to the workplace, there is a renewed focus on issues such as discrimination and harassment in the workplace. This poses the question – what liability does an employer have if one of its employees is found guilty of sexually harassing a fellow employee? Source: BusinessTech
Trend Micro’s biannual cybersecurity report finds that South Africa is a playground for cybersecurity criminals, ranking in the top 30 most targeted countries for malware attacks and top 20 for Covid-19-related email threats. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa’s ruling party faces an uphill battle to regain control of key towns in Monday’s municipal elections, with outrage widespread over poor services and crumbling infrastructure. Source: BusinessTech
The UK’s decision to ease travel restrictions around South Africa earlier in October has led to an influx of bookings from South African travellers keen to travel back to the UK to visit friends and family. Source: BusinessTech
“These include crafts, restoring furniture, teaching languages and much more. If someone has the time and ability to do something like this – without harming their current employment, it is a good idea. Source: BusinessTech
Crypto assets continue to be a concern for government and regulators around the world as their novelty, diversity and accessibility opened them up to scrutiny from fiscal authorities, while their volatility opened investors up to susceptibility. Source: BusinessTech
Load shedding has made another unwelcome visit to South Africa. For drivers this means more time spent in traffic, more frustration and the potential to be affected by another driver’s ill-thought-out actions. One place in particular where this occurs is at traffic lights. Source: BusinessTech
BusinessTech has an excellent internship opportunity for aspiring journalists who want to work at South Africa’s biggest business news website. Source: BusinessTech
South African private-sector workers are set to receive an average pay rise of 5.5% in 2022, which is a cautious improvement over the 4.7% average increase paid this year, according to salary research from global advisory Willis Towers Watson. Source: BusinessTech
Rather than subsiding to pre-Covid levels of activity the property market continued to exceed expectations in the third quarter of this year, Remax’s latest housing market report shows. Source: BusinessTech
