Consumers don’t access credit reports

One of the most disappointing events that anyone may experience is being declined for credit at a time when credit is most needed. This is why regular and easy access to consumer credit information is so important for everyone.  According to the 2012 Third Quarter...

Service sucks, say customers

Customers experience continued frustrations with companies’ customer service, so much so that more than four in 10 (46%) say they do not experience issue resolution when contacting customer care. This is one of the findings of a new survey by Aspect Software,...

Post Office gets to grips with backlog

The South African Post Office has reduced the mail backlog − which has resulted in a revenue loss of R97-million and R6-million in overtime − and anticipates clearing the remainder of the backlog within a few working days. “The organisation has been working tirelessly...

Spammers back to work in February

After a lull of several months, spammers stepped up their activity in February. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the proportion of spam in e-mail traffic grew by nearly 13 percentage points and averaged 71% for the month, higher than the average for January and the...

Zen, Xpanse partner on SA job creation

Zen Technologies and Xpanse Investments have committed to explore a joint venture to establish production and R&D facilities in South Africa. Zen Technologies is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and is a pioneer in the design, development and manufacture...

Vodacom debuts 2c voice rate

Vodacom prepaid customers are set to pay a flat call rate of 2c per second on the new Anytime Per Second price plan, available from 26 March 2013.  Vodacom’s latest offer is a simple flat rate plan offering anytime calling to any network across South Africa. By...