Geopolitics creates inflationary pressures for SA

As the Middle East moves towards a fragile lull in hostilities, the economic shock caused by the conflict – supply chains perturbation, inflation etc - is already spreading to the global economy with oil-importing economies such as South Africa particularly exposed to...

Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

The human impact of AI forces a redesign in how we work

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work, writes Aparna Nair, chief talent, leadership and culture officer at IBM. AI is reshaping roles, rewiring workflows, and redefining the nature of performance itself. Yet, a new...

Uranus is warmer than we thought

For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus was universally accepted as a planet. To this day, the ringed, blue world subverts scientists’ expectations, but new NASA research helps puzzle...

SA companies go all-in on AI adoption

Kathy Gibson reports – South African corporates are fully embracing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), which is well on its way to being used as a mature and useful tool. This is the headline finding from the South African GenAI Roadmap 2025 presented today...

Cloud adoption drive AI data management growth

The global artificial intelligence (AI) data management market size is expected to reach $104,32-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 22,7% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The increasing adoption of cloud computing services is a...

Mistral AI, Nvidia debut new enterprise AI model

Mistral AI and Nvidia have released a new language model, Mistral NeMo 12B, that developers can easily customise and deploy for enterprise applications supporting chatbots, multilingual tasks, coding and summarisation. By combining Mistral AI's expertise in training...

IBM makes Mistral Large model available on watsonx

IBM has announced the availability of Mistral Large on watsonx.ai, as part of our commitment to make high quality, performant foundation models widely accessible to enterprises - and deployable on their own terms. By Armand Ruiz, vice-president: watsonx.ai &...

Half of all satellites belong to Musk’s Starlink

Elon Musk's Starlink is operating total of 6 111 active satellites, accounting for about 50% of all global satellites in space. According to Stocklytics.com, these Starlink satellites primarily consist of LEO satellites, operating at exceptionally low altitudes...

Samsung interns graduate from Tshimologong

Samsung has graduated of the 4th cohort from its Advance Industry Experience programme, in partnership with Tshimologong Digital Precinct. In response to the challenges faced by information and communication technology (ICT) graduates in securing jobs within the...

Printer market close to 5% growth

The global printers market size is anticipated to reach $71,04-billion by 2030. It is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 4,7% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Technological innovations in the printer market, such as wireless...

GenAI adoption skews IT spending forecast

Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5,26-trillion in 2024, an increase of 7,5% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is a decrease from the previous quarter’s forecast of 8% growth, but an increase of the overall spend forecast of...

Engie breaks ground on Grootspruit PV power plant

Independent power producer Engie has broken ground on the construction of the Grootspruit solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in the Free State. The plant, to operate at a 75MW contracted capacity, will be built and operated by Engie in partnership with Pele Green...

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Indwe launches car and home insurance advice app

Indwe Risk Services today has launched BluPixl, an all-in-one car and home insurance app that lets consumers choose and manage insurance cover according to their needs. The app is powered by Indwe, an independent insurance brokers, and integrates insurance expertise...

Schneider Electric partners with Fortinet

Schneider Electric and Fortinet have joined in a strategic partnership to provide cybersecurity solutions that address the unique needs of operational technology (OT) networks. Under the terms of the agreement, Schneider Electric will integrate Fortinet's firewalls,...

Remain vigilant on SaaS workloads

While virtually all companies globally use backups to protect their databases, only 16% have put measures in place to safeguard their software-as-a-service (SaaS) data. This is surprising given how the cloud has become a critical part of business success, especially...

Construction industry must gear up for POPI

The commencement of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act will impact a vast number of businesses, regardless of their nature or size. And, as one of the major contributors and employment providers to the South African economy, the construction industry is...

New Island Technologies offers ITSM from AWS

BMC has announced the local availability of the BMC Helix Platform in South Africa, according to its distributor New Island Technologies. The announcement of the in-country roll-out of BMC Helix, provides partners and customers access to the first cloud-native,...

Think twice before accepting SARS’ auto-assessment

SARS’ announcement that it has started auto-assessing certain taxpayers may lead some people to believe they no longer need to worry about their tax submissions. This is not the case, according to Thamsanqa Msiza, head of individual tax returns at Tax Consulting South...

New ISP aims to offer personalised service

SimpliConnect, a new Internet service provider (ISP), offers a full suite of business and consumer connectivity solutions, with an emphasis on convenience, efficiency and simplicity. "Even though having internet access has become a basic necessity, people are...

People the most important aspect of digital transformation

Many companies mistakenly believe that deploying cloud-enabled solutions or digitalising documents and feeding them into revamped workflows ticks the digital transformation box. They couldn’t be more wrong. By Gerrit Olivier, founder and CEO of About IT Digital...

Protecting your technology investment

Technology has the ability to improve efficiency and differentiate businesses, providing an important competitive edge. By Sumit Kumar Sharma, enterprise architect at In2IT Technologies However, like a new coat of paint, if the surface is not well prepared, the paint...

The road forward for gaming

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in a national address on Saturday evening on 15 August 2020 that a number of South Africa’s lockdown regulations will be relaxed as the country moves to a level 2 lockdown from midnight on Monday (17 August 2020). Mind Sports South...

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Building scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications with clean PHP code.We are seeking a skilled PHP Developer to join a dynamic team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust web applications. The Ideal skill set will include PHP,...

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