Africa’s middle class booms

Africa has experienced substantial growth in its middle class over the past 14 years, according to a study by Standard Bank.  The report, entitled Understanding Africa’s Middle Class, found there are 15-million middle-class households in 11 of sub-Saharan Africa’s top...

Smartphone top of the list when travelling

Forget the sun cream, magazines and guide books: new research released today by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) reveals that more than 10 000 travellers across 13 countries worldwide identified the must-have item for a summer holiday as a smartphone. According to...

The cost of vandalism in Jo’burg

Vandalism and theft of Johannesburg’s road infrastructure have cost R57,46-million in the last year. The Johannesburg Roads Agency is responsible for about 10 500km of tarred roads, 1 250km of gravel roads, 880 bridge structures and 2 178 signalised traffic...

Windows XP still popular with users

More than 16% of all PC users who agreed to provide data to the distributed global Kaspersky Security Network were still working on computers running Windows XP in June 2014. This fact carries potential implications for information security. This number was part of...

Sandton’s growth trajectory continues

Sandton is booming. This is according to the Sandton Tourism Association (STA), which was formed in 2000 to promote Sandton as both a business and leisure tourism destination. Sandton has become the most significant business and financial district in South Africa and...

Ram unblocks IT bottleneck with Tintri

South African courier service Ram is using Tintri storage in its virtualised environment to unblock its IT performance bottleneck. With a workforce of over 2 600 employees at 41 hubs, Ram has a name for being an efficient and dependable service, using sophisticated...