Retail sales disappoint in Q1
Trading conditions continued to deteriorate and the growth in retail sales volumes slowed further during the first quarter of 2013, according to results from the latest Ernst & Young/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Retail survey. Derek Engelbrecht, retail and...Accenture invests in cloud platform
Accenture has launched the Accenture Cloud Platform, providing services and solutions designed to help organisations integrate and manage the hybrid cloud environments that span across multiple vendor platforms and are critical to providing ultimate flexibility and...Absa launches banking app
Absa Bank has launched its banking app as the next leg of its strategic digital journey. The app builds on a strong foundation of infrastructure developments while leveraging shared global resources. The technological capability built up over the last two years lays...20% rate cuts on Switch VoIP
VoIP operator Switch Telecom has announced another in a series of double digit rates reductions – this time a cut of 20%. “Switch Telecom was launched with a commitment to real annual rates reductions that were more often than not significant, double digit...Petrol price could rise on poor FDI
The price of fuel and diesel in South Africa has risen in the past three months, even though the international traded price of crude oil has dropped. Although the weakening rand is usually blamed for this, answers are being sought for why the rand continues to...