Beware of the following scam - a well spoken person calls your admin department and says he/she is calling from one of your clients, and that their server is down so they have not been able to pay you. Please will you fax through the latest invoice. They may also provide an e-mail account. They are nowhere near your client, but have accessed your clients database of creditors in some way. What they then do is to submit the invoice on your behalf - with new banking details. If the client … [Read more...] about Scammers back on the phone
Ed Richardson
A Linguistic Conundrum
See if you can figure out what these words have in common. Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Assess Answers in the comments section below please - the first correct answer wins the title of BRAIN OF THE MINUTE along with all the accolades and glory that goes with that. … [Read more...] about A Linguistic Conundrum
Basics Need to be in Place
There will be no meaningful economic growth in the Nelson Mandela Metro until we address four basic needs - power, water, education, and leadership. Without power, industry cannot function, and investors will not come. And, we must accept that Eskom will not be able to provide the power we need. FNB chief economist Cees Bruggemans warns that "electricity supply is not soon expected to regain a safe 15% operational buffer, not during this decade while Eskom is engaging with catching up … [Read more...] about Basics Need to be in Place


