Does SA have what it takes to stay off the FATF greylist?

On 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force removed South Africa from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, 32 months after being placed there in February 2023. The reforms that got it off the list were real: new legislation, better beneficial...

OpenAI agent goes rogue and raids digital library

A rogue OpenAI agent is responsible for a completely autonomous attack on Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The AI models responsible were being tested at the time, and managed to hack into the popular digital library, compromising some internal datasets and...

Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...

Voyager 1 on track to reach one light-day from Earth

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African airlines see growth in cargo demand

Africa accounted for 2% of total global air cargo market in June 2025. During the month of June 2025, African airlines saw demand (measured by cargo tonne kilometres rise by 3,9% year-on-year, according to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)....

Xerox re-enters cut-sheet inkjet market with Kyocera

Following hot on the heels of its acquisition of Lexmark, Xerox has agreed to source Kyocera’s high-speed cut-sheet inkjet production presses, marking the company’s re-entry into the fast-growing cut-sheet inkjet (CSIJ) market and significantly broadening its...

Crypto exchange revenues set to plummet

The 2024 crypto hype, driven by increased regulatory clarity, technological advancements, and broader market adoption, has been quite strong, helping global crypto exchange revenues to almost double compared to last year. In 2024, crypto exchanges are expected to...

European tech leadership needs more innovation financing

Scale-up companies have expanded in Europe with the help of public organisations such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, but these businesses face persistent financing barriers that the EU can do more to tackle, according to a new EIB report. The study - The...

Business leaders to sweat for a good cause in CEO Cycle Challenge

The South African Hall of Fame, an organisation which celebrates great achievements by extraordinary South Africans to empower the youth, has announced its role in The CEO Cycle Challenge 2024. Presented in collaboration with Nashua, the challenge aims to raise funds...

Nominations open for top African ICT professionals

Africa's brightest minds will be rewarded at the second annual Technology Information Confederation Africa (TICON Africa) Conference 2024, to be held in Mombasa between 25 and 27 September. Dr Jannie Zaaiman, secretary-general of TICON Africa, explains that rewards...

African executives rank innovation as a top priority

More African companies are prioritising innovation more than ever before--and have experienced an increased innovation readiness, unlike global counterparts--although not without challenges. A new report released from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) finds that 65% of...

Skills shortage hampers Africa’s fight against cybercrime

Kathy Gibson reports - As cyber attacks become more frequent, and more crippling, a massive shortage of cybersecurity skills is hampering Africa's ability to meet the onslaught. This is one of the troubling findings from "Elevating Africa's Cyber Resilience", a new...

Zuckerberg advocates for open source AI

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling for an open source model for artificial intelligence (AI). In an open letter, he points to how Linux became the industry standard for much of today's computing, as a result of being open source. AI could develop in the same way. "In...

High interest rates and cost-of-living crises still burden salaries

The average nominal take-home pay slipped in June, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks about 4-million salary earners in South Africa. "At R15 492, the average nominal take-home pay for June was down from May, but still 6% up on...

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JSE lists first China-focused ETF

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has listed its first China-focused Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the Satrix MSCI China ETF. This ETF will track the MSCI China Index which will provide investors access to the broader Chinese equity market. The Satrix MSCI China ETF...

Over R400m in eBucks spent during lockdown

At the beginning of this year, nobody could have predicted just how economically challenging the year 2020 was going to be. While many people are still coming to terms with the financial difficulties caused by Covid-19 and the national lockdown, FNB customers have...

Commvault accelerates Kubernetes application development

Commvault has announced new enhancements in the Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform for Kubernetes running in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Kubernetes has fast become the standard container infrastructure platform for application modernisation. Businesses need...

Datacentrix bolsters security portfolio with Tenable

Datacentrix has joined the Tenable Assure Partner Program, adding cyber exposure solutions from Tenable to its security portfolio. "Datacentrix is pleased to announce that it has reached Gold status level with Tenable," says Wayne Olsen, security business unit manager...

Comstor adds Secure SD-WAN Plus from Cisco Meraki

Comstor Southern Africa has announced the local availability of Secure SD-WAN Plus from Cisco Meraki. The solution enables customers to more successfully add multifunctional security features, quality of service, and multi-cloud protection to their SD-WAN deployments....

Home workers, SMMEs, healthcare most at risk of increased cyber crime

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has created new vulnerabilities that fraudsters and cyber criminals have been quick to exploit, IITPSA experts have warned. Speaking at an IITPSA Western Cape chapter webinar on how to become cyber resilient and more aware during...

Capitec CEO is USB’s Alumnus of the Year award

Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie has been named Alumnus of the Year 2019 by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). The award is the highest honour given to alumni of USB on behalf of the Alumni Association and formally recognises alumni who have excelled as...

RAF pay-outs now possible within hours

South Africans expecting a Road Accident Fund (RAF) payout after receiving an approved court order, can wait up to one year before seeing any money - another excruciating delay after having typically waited between two to five years for the case to come to trial....

Elastic pricing for storage capacity when you need it

In recent years, storage pricing models have undergone a significant shift. By Eran Brown, chief technology officer: EMEA at Infinidat To give customers more choice, vendors have introduced cloud-like, pay-as-you-go models as alternatives to their tried-and-true,...

Microsoft partners to equip SA with digital skills

Microsoft South Africa is announcing details of the local programme aligned to the recently launched Global Skills Initiative, aimed at bringing more digital skills to 25-million people worldwide by the end of the year. The initiative is a response to the economic...

Full Stack Developer at Sabenza IT – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Full Stack Developer - Shift Your Career into High Gear!Location: Gauteng (Hybrid Model)Industry: Automotive Are you a code-slinging, problem-solving Full Stack Developer looking to accelerate your career? Our client - a cutting-edge force in the automotive sector -...

Information Security Manager

We require a dynamic Information Security Manager with strong leadership abilities and technical and financial acumen. The individual will be responsible for developing, overseeing, manage, lead and enhance cyber security strategy.Information Security ManagerMinimum...

Solutions Architect (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client, headquartered in the USA, offers a great work opportunity. Embrace work-from-home flexibility and long-term prospects, including overseas opportunities. Benefit from learning from the best in the field at a company with amazing perks and...

Scrum Master at Parvana Recruitment

About our client: Our client, established in the 90's and headquartered in Cape Town, has a global presence with 500+ employees. They are a diverse team of engineers, developers and specialists in finance, HR, digital infrastructure and marketing who love utilising...

Implementation Specialist at Parvana Recruitment

About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...

Developer – PYTHON (MASTER) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Role: Our client develops exciting software using modern tools, techniques and methodologies. Responsibilities: Product design, programming, bug verification, and testing of computer programs for software products and/or customer applications. Researching...

Business Analyst (Payments) at Parvana Recruitment

Description:The Business Analyst will be responsible for bridging the gap between business needs and technology solutions. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, analyse processes, and develop solutions that meet business...

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Our client based in Pinetown, New Germany is seeking a CNC Programmer/Setter/Operator, with experience to join their team. The ideal candidate must have knowledge of 1CNC software.The CNC programmer would have to program job from sample or drawing, then set up the...

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