This is what happened to South Africa’s army and defence industry

2017-07-09 BusinessTech Newsletter Aria Technologies Africa is inviting Reseller and Service Provider Partners to join them in the journey to "Connect Sub Sahara Africa”. [Click here]( to find out how you can become a valued partner. BusinessTech Top Articles [(click here for all news)]( [This is what happened to South Africa's army and defence industry]( The Defence Industry Strategy document, currently available for public comment, paints a grim picture for the country's defence industry, detailing the mass erosion of the sector, including a R12 billion drop in turnover from 1990 and a drop from 130,000 employees to just 15,000 in the same time period. [South African credit card details are being sold on the dark web: analyst]( The dark web, currently hosting tens of thousands of listings for a variety of illicit goods and services', has finally come to the attention of the South African market according to Simeon Tassev, Managing Director at Galix Networking. [Government's data collection may seem shady – but it's also becoming the new normal]( Home Affairs, the NHI, SARS and other government departments have all pushed for increased ways to begin collecting your information - but it's likely for our own good according to Viral Chawda Managing Director of Data & Analytics at KPMG USA. [The Guptas tried to hijack a company doing big business with government: report]( Directors of advisory firm, Regiments, have described how the Gupta brothers tried to hijack their company for their contracts with state-owned companies - and got them shut out of government contracts when they refused. Win a Star Wars BB-8 app controlled Sphero and Mystery gadget by simply clicking on the banners at the top of [this forum]( then post something from the company website which you find of value. [Click here]( to read more. Other news you may have missed [Dangerous SA criminals on parole get 'de-tagged' after contract gets scrapped: report]( The electronic tagging of "almost 600 dangerous parolees” has been scrapped, according to a report by the Sunday Times. [Vodacom offers editor R26,000 in compensation after SIM-swap fraud]( Vodacom has offered an editor R26,000 in compensation after criminals processed a SIM swap for attempted fraud. [Scrapping maths as a compulsory subject is bad news for South Africa – Expert]( The Department of Education recently announced its proposal to remove mathematics as a compulsory subject in certain grades. [Amazon still looking at opening South African data centre]( Amazon is still investigating the South African market with a view to open a local data centre, according to Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. Partner Content [Vox lights up fibre in Richard's Bay]( Vox has finalised and lit up the first three precincts in Richards Bay, the first non-metropolitan town in its National Long Distance Fibre Project which was launched in October 2016. BitCo Communigate, Complete Control of your Business Communication. Fully integrated, customisable, [IP PBX solutions from BitCo]( [Twitter]( | [Facebook]( | [Newsletter]( | [RSS]( You received this message because you are subscribed to the BusinessTech newsletter. If you wish to no longer receive these messages, simply [click here to unsubscribe](.