Author: John Mungabe
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South Africa must prepare now for a more dangerous era of wildfire risk
South Africa should take heed after watching the destructive fires sweeping through France, Spain and other parts of southern Europe, with risk manage [...]

New framework hopes to end risk of phone crime in South Africa
Every day, a stolen identity and a fraudulently registered SIM card somewhere in South Africa can become the opening move in a bank account takeover, [...]

Increasingly complex interconnected risk environment threatens African firms
Companies in South Africa are facing an increasingly complex risk environment as cyber threats, fraud, governance failures, business interruption and [...]

Finsbury Re wins A rating from ICRA
Finsbury Reinsurance has been assigned an 'A' rating on the National Scale and a 'B' rating on the International Scale by International Credit Rating [...]

TikTok launches distribution of insurance for ecommerce businesses
TikTok has officially transitioned to powerful distribution channel for commercial insurance for ecommerce businesses through digital insurtech compan [...]

Joburg power threat turns municipal collapse into immediate business risk, warns Riskonet
Johannesburg businesses can no longer treat municipal dysfunction as a service delivery problem outside their control, with Eskom’s threat to interrup [...]

IMF downgrade sharpens South Africa’s exposure to fuel, inflation and financing risk
South African organisations are facing a more dangerous operating environment after the International Monetary Fund cut its 2026 global growth forecas [...]

South Africa’s 2026 risk landscape shaped by cyber threats and AI disruption
South Africa enters 2026 navigating a risk environment shaped by global volatility, rapid technological change and persistent domestic structural pres [...]

Sasria relaunches cover for riots and terrorism for South African businesses
South Africa’s only special risk insurer, Sasria SOC, has relaunched its wrap cover, restoring a critical layer of insurance capacity for large corpor [...]

South African businesses urged to prepare now for Gulf conflict supply shocks
South African businesses should urgently stress test their supply chains and logistics dependencies as the escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf thr [...]
