Aug 11, 2026
South Africa saw an increase of 345 000 in the number of unemployed persons to 8,5-million according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2: 2026 released today. During the period, there was a decrease of 16 000 in the number of employed persons to...
Aug 11, 2026
More than half (55%) of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are unclear on the return on investment (ROI) of their AI investments – even as 67% of supply chain digital investments are now allocated to AI, according to a survey by Gartner. To achieve clear and...
Aug 11, 2026
The growing appeal of Cape Town for digital nomads and remote professionals has seen the city ranked among the world’s 50 best cities for remote work. The Mother City has secured 42nd place in the International Workplace Group (IWG) 2026 Work From Anywhere Index. The...
Aug 11, 2026
Global technology sovereignty – a country’s ability to develop, operate, and secure critical technologies independently of foreign governments’ influence – will evolve slowly over the next five years, according to Forrester’s Global Sovereignty Forecast,...
Aug 11, 2026
The global job market experienced a decline in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, with job postings down by 2,3% QoQ, according to GlobalData, suggesting that employers adopted a more cautious hiring approach amid economic uncertainty and rapid AI adoption. GlobalData’s...
Aug 11, 2026
Meta Superintelligence Labs has launched its latest agentic model – Muse Glimmer – and is open sourcing the model weights under a permissive Apache 2.0 licence. Muse Glimmer is a 30-billion-parameter model optimised for always-on local agent workflows. It’s small...
