How to deliver growth as executive confidence dips

Executive leaders are tempered in their optimism about economic growth and their own organisation’s top-line growth, with the Gartner Executive Confidence Barometer totaling just49.8 out of 100 in the second quarter of 2025. Chief financial officers (CFOs) have a...

When does using GenAI become unethical?

Generative AI (GenAI) is proving increasingly indispensable for certain aspects of daily work, raising questions about the ethics of passing its output off as one’s own work - and the fairness of pitting AI-generated content against human-generated content. This is...

AI drives major infrastructure shift for SA enterprises

As AI assistants, agents, and data-driven workloads reshape how work gets done, they’re creating faster, more dynamic, more latency-sensitive and more complex network traffic in South Africa. This is the headline finding from a Cisco study into the architectural...

Hybrid working boosts productivity

Businesses that empower employees to use local workspaces and offices as part of their hybrid working approach could boost productivity by 11% over the next five years. This is according to new global research from International Workplace Group (IWG) and Arup. This...

Meat prices push grocery bills up

Meat was the biggest driver of food inflation after surging to a 25-month high of 6,6% year-on-year and 2,2% month-on-month in June 2025. This is according to Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Commercial. The foot and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreak...

New backdoor targets MS Exchange servers

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered a new backdoor based on open-source tools, dubbed GhostContainer. The previously unknown highly customised malware was discovered during an incident response (IR) case, targeting Exchange...

SA is under cyberattack, with a leak every minute

South Africa is coming under increasingly heavy attack, with 369 600 accounts leaked so far this year. The second quarter of the year hit a high of one user account leaked every minute. The latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark ranks South Africa as the 27th...

AI key to renewed ocean cleanup efforts

The Ocean Cleanup will collaborate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage AWS’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and cloud computing capabilities to enable and accelerate The Ocean Cleanup’s goal to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch...

MTN invests R300m in Gauteng infrastructure

MTN South Africa has announced a R300-million investment to upgrade its network infrastructure in Gauteng. This forms part of the company’s broader R4,5-billion national investment plan for 2025. Primary investment includes the acquisition and construction of several...

Smart retail set to hit $450,69bn by 2033

The global smart retail market size is estimated to reach $450,69-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 30,3% from 2025 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The growth is attributed to the increasing adoption of the latest technologies, such...

Ecentric, MoneyBadger expand Bitcoin retail payments

Payments service provider Ecentric, has announced a partnership with MoneyBadger, combining Ecentric’s payment infrastructure with MoneyBadger’s ability to bring Bitcoin payments into mainstream retail. Ecentric manages the card payments of two-thirds of South...

ASSAf updates code of best practice

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has published the Revised Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing, Editing, and Peer Review, a key milestone in advancing ethical, professional and trustworthy standards in scholarly publishing in South...

How to manage a growing robotic workforce

Eighty percent of humans will engage with smart robots on a daily basis, and one in 20 supply chain managers will manage robots, rather than humans, by 2030, according to Gartner. Organisations are placing greater emphasis on enhancing the capabilities of their...

Poor platform security leaves printers vulnerable

Many IT teams are overlooking platform security, leaving concerning security gaps. This is among the findings from an HP Wolf Security report, ‘Securing the Print Estate: A Proactive Lifecycle Approach to Cyber Resilience”, that highlights the challenges of securing...

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What’s the role of payroll and HR platform in hybrid working?

Remote work (often abbreviated as WFH for work from home) is becoming culturally ingrained, even though there is pushback through return to office (RTO) mandates. A recent poll from the Global Payroll Association (GPA) reveals that three-quarters of people would turn...

How AI is cultivating the future of farming

AI in agriculture is rapidly shifting from being a distant concept to a practical, transformative tool. But amid all the hype, the real story that has emerged doesn’t focus on the technology itself but on the people using it, writes Arno Hanekom, digital strategist at...

Protecting our youth in a technological age

Given the speed at which the digital economy, technological and AI landscape is developing, young people need to be educated on how to mitigate the associated risks with a combination of cyber insurance and risk management practices. This is an important part of...

Vertiv opens new Academy centre in Frankfurt 

Vertiv has opened its new Vertiv Academy training centre in Frankfurt, Germany. The new facility will enhance technical training, service innovation, and customer engagement across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (the DACH region), developing the next generation of...

How to navigate the new era of executive remuneration

The world of executive remuneration is a battlefield, and the stakes have never been higher, writes Dr Chris Blair, group director of 21st Century. With global trade tensions, geopolitical conflicts, and societal demands for fairness, boards are under pressure to...

Speed tests and the missing Mbps: why can’t you hit the 1Gpbs mark?

Long-time internet users might remember the good old days of dial up internet connections, and the excitement of looking forward to a noticeable difference in experience every time the line speeds were upgraded. By Theo van Zyl, head of wireless at Vox, and Andre...

Wise Move in strategic integration with Gumtree

Local logistics-tech platform Wise Move has partnered with Gumtree to provide seamless, on-platform access to professional moving services for buyers and sellers on one of the country’s most-used classifieds platforms. The integration allows Gumtree users to access...

Proximity is power: local channel presence matters more than ever

When it comes to digital infrastructure, technology may be global but trust is local. Across Africa, where diverse regulatory environments, languages, and business customs shape the operating landscape, one truth holds firm: proximity matters. By Gerhard Fourie,...

Bold leadership needed to close Africa’s AI gap

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries and societies around the world. In Africa, it holds immense potential to tackle deep-rooted challenges in healthcare, education, financial inclusion, and unemployment. By Dumisani Moyo, marketing director at SAP...

Troye debuts Arctic Wolf’s Aurora Endpoint platform

Troye has launched the Aurora Endpoint suite, a robust platform providing protection, detection, and response capabilities across every stage of an organisation’s cybersecurity maturity. Helen Kruger, MD of Troye, says with the new Aurora Endpoint platform, clients...

C#/.Net Developer

Our client is seeking a C#/.NET Developer for a hybrid role based in Johannesburg. Key Requirements 5+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]C#.NETAzure DevOpsKubernetesCI/CDShould you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to...

C#/.Net Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client is seeking a C#/.NET Developer for a hybrid role based in Johannesburg. Key Requirements 5+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]C#.NETAzure DevOpsKubernetesCI/CDShould you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to...

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Hot off the press !I have a phenomenal client who I have known for years who is super smart and a talented leader ! We are looking for highly gifted students who just finished university. Preferably, studied applied Maths and IT.You are born with a keyboard in your...

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Basic IT and Certification knowledge required. A+ advantageousITC CLEARMUST HAVE ROADWORTHY VEHICLECRIM CLEARDRIVERS LICENCEBase Salary - R12kFuel - R5k per monthVehicle Maintenance - R6K per quarter (Agency to manage this payment and supply proof of vehicle service...

Senior Software Developer – (Onsite – Cape Town)

ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a well-established shared services company located in Cape Town CBD, providing expert support across multiple business units in areas such as Accounting, IT/Development, Customer Service, Sales, and Back-Office Operations. They are seeking an...

Software Developer – Gauteng Bryanston

Hot off the press !I have a phenomenal client who I have known for years who is super smart and a talented leader ! We are looking for highly gifted students who just finished university. Preferably, studied applied Maths and IT.You are born with a keyboard in your...

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