With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Sustainable energy presents significant opportunities in SA

The majority of South African electricity is generated through fossil fuels, particularly coal,  contributing to the rapid warming of the planet, extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels, and unprecedented harm to the natural world. “While this creates challenges,...

Deployment ‘gold rush’ ignites CNAPP market

The Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) market is on track to surge from $2,8-billion in 2024 to $7,7-billion in 2029 - expanding at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22% and growing nearly twice as fast as overall public-cloud...

Strong ethical culture not enough to stop non-compliance

Most compliance leaders tend to focus on building an ethical culture in their organisations to improve employee behaviour, but it has a limited impact on addressing uncertainty about how to be compliant, according to a new survey by Gartner. There are three primary...

The importance of ethical practice in IT

Amid an increased focus on the importance of ethical practice in IT among members of the professional ICT community, the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has released a short video to illustrate just how important ethics in ICT...

Intel Gaudi, Xeon and AI PC accelerate Meta Llama 3 GenAI workloads

Meta has launched Meta Llama 3, its next-generation large language model (LLM). Effective on launch day, Intel has validated its AI product portfolio for the first Llama 3 8B and 70B models across Intel Gaudi accelerators, Intel Xeon processors, Intel Core Ultra...

Top government technology trends for 2024

Gartner has identified the top five government technology trends for 2024 that can guide public sector leaders to deliver better, faster, and increasengly more cost-effective citizen services. "Escalating global turmoil, continual cyberthreats and the adoption of AI...

SA young scientists showcase pioneering research

Research projects by South African young scientists that aim to address the country's energy crisis, and determine the extent to which artificial intelligence (AI) can be ethically monitored, amongst others, will be showcased at this year's International Science...

New DuneQuixote cyberespionage targets government entities

Kaspersky researchers have discovered an ongoing malicious campaign initially targeting a governmental entity in the Middle East. Further investigation uncovered more than 30 malware dropper samples actively employed in this campaign, allegedly expanding the...

Formal approval could see crypto soar in SA

Cryptocurrencies currently form a small portion of total investment capital in South Africa managed by fund managers, wealth managers, and financial advisors. However, the recent approval by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of several financial service...

AI sets next wave of insurance disruption in motion

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been instrumental in shaping the insurance industry for the past few years and insurance providers have integrated AI models with established methodologies from the actuarial sciences to enhance risk analysis and streamline claim...

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Series-A funding for SA data startup

Omnisient, a Cape Town-based privacy-by-design startup that specialises in secure data sharing for businesses, has landed pre-Series A funding from Nedbank CIB, Investec and Compass Venture Capital. With the vision of democratising data, Omnisient's intersect.ai...

Endeavor entrepreneurs have an economic impact

During his 2020 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni stated that entrepreneurs will ignite the economy and drive job creation. Proving his words are the 26 entrepreneurs being supported by Endeavor South Africa who, over the past three years, have delivered...

Logicalis gets Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider status

Logicalis Group has achieved Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP) status, one of only 65 firms globally to achieve such accreditation out of more than 60 000 cloud partners. The Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) program is a global...

The impact of Covid-19 on markets

The spread of coronavirus, Covid-19, beyond China has created fresh uncertainty for the global growth outlook and sparked volatility in financial markets. Outbreaks in South Korea, Iran and Italy have raised concerns that the spread outside of China may be...

Enabling the smart factory

Smart manufacturing practices making use of connected technology hold the power to improve efficiency and optimise factory operations. However, with the increased use of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) comes the threat of a cyber breach. To ensure that its...

Western Digital powers mobile applications for 5G

With its new Western Digital iNAND MC EU521, an embedded Universal Flash Storage (UFS) device, Western Digital equips mobile developers to enhance the 5G smartphone user experience. An early supporter of JEDEC's implementation of Write Booster under the UFS 3.1...

Insight Partners completes Veeam acquisition

Insight Partners has completed its acquisition of Veeam, at a valuation of approximately $5-billion. "Insight has been a trusted partner since 2013 when they made their first minority-stake investment in Veeam," says Bill Largent, CEO of Veeam. "They are known for...

Altron Nexus confirms new MD

Altron has announced the confirmation of Mark Harris to the permanent role of MD of Altron Nexus. Andrew Holden, group chief operations officer, says Harris will report directly to him. Holden comments: "Mark has been acting as Altron Nexus MD for almost six months,...

Altron Karabina expands Jet Reports partner agreement

Microsoft technology partner Altron Karabina has expanded its existing partner agreement with Jet Reports by becoming the main African distributor for all Jet products. This follows the acquisition in 2019 of Jet's parent company, Jet Global Data Technologies, by...

VMware simplifies partner engagement

VMware has launched VMware Partner Connect, the new, simplified and flexible program designed to enable partners to do business with VMware in a way that aligns to their business models. VMware Partner Connect empowers partners with flexibility to meet customers'...

Senior Project Manager (DR & Cyber) – 2025_11

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Developer

REQUIREMENTS: Relevant Degree or Diploma with 2+ or 3+ years of relevant work experienceExperience in C#, .NET Core, WCF and WebAPI requiredExperience in Angular 8 and Above would be advantageousExperience with MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) Experience in SQL Server...

Senior Project Manager (DR & Cyber) – 2025_11 – Remote Remote

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER-DISASTER RECOVERY & CYBER SECURITY - 9 monthsAre you a seasoned project manager with expertise in disaster recovery and cybersecurity? Join our clients team in the mining sector as a Senior Project Manager and lead critical, high-impact...

Developer – Gauteng Centurion

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Software Engineer/Developer

Software Engineer/DeveloperBachelor's Degree in Computer Science (BSc) or Engineering (BSc Eng. / BEng). Required Skills and Experience:Proficiency with one or more general-purpose programming languages: Python, C++, Java, etc.Advantagous Skills and...

Solution Architect

At iOCO, we're more than just a company; we're a dynamic team committed to pioneering solutions that matter, driving business agility, and ensuring digital resilience for our clients.We're looking for a Solution Architect for a short term engagement (Immediate - 30...

Data Scientist

Join an organisation that is committed to helping communities live longer, healthier lives with quality, affordable healthcare. As a trusted local leader, they provide world-class, integrated healthcare systems that benefit both their teams and the broader community....

Software Engineer/Developer – Western Cape Strand

Software Engineer/DeveloperBachelor's Degree in Computer Science (BSc) or Engineering (BSc Eng. / BEng). Required Skills and Experience:Proficiency with one or more general-purpose programming languages: Python, C++, Java, etc.Advantagous Skills and...

Solution Architect – Gauteng Sandton

At iOCO, we're more than just a company; we're a dynamic team committed to pioneering solutions that matter, driving business agility, and ensuring digital resilience for our clients.We're looking for a Solution Architect for a short term engagement (Immediate - 30...

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