Can you insure against a systemic internet collapse?

By Tim Chadwick | 19th January 2026 | Comments Off on Can you insure against a systemic internet collapse?

This article was written by Tim Chadwick and an abridged version was published by News24 on 17 January 2026.   The Day The World Went Quiet #cyberinsurance #riskmanagement   The Blinking Lights Pieter van der Merwe, the IT guy at YeboYes, watched the router light blink. Off. On. Off again. It had been doing this for eleven…

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Four landmines kill a R250 million business: A Chadwicks case study

By Tim Chadwick | 14th January 2026 | Comments Off on Four landmines kill a R250 million business: A Chadwicks case study

The YeboYes Group manufacturing facility burnt to the ground on a Tuesday afternoon, which was inconvenient for several reasons, the least of which was that Simon Smit, the CEO, had been halfway through a particularly aggressive curry at the time and was now standing in the charred ruins of his factory. His indigestion suggested Delhi belly was imminent.

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