How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Social engineering with deepfakes on the rise

A significant 41% of chief information security officers (CISOs) reported at least one social engineering incident involving a deepfake during an employee audio call in the previous 12 months, and 36% reported one during a video call, according to a survey by Gartner....

More rogue AI attacks reported

Hardly a week goes by without a new report of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent going rogue and hacking external systems. It has come to light that OpenAI agents have infiltrated US government web sites, specifically the Education Department, the Commerce...

SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads

South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...

Cyber resilience now a critical priority for manufacturing

As 60% of manufacturers race toward full digitalisation, cyber risk is increasingly manifesting as a business risk, according to a new global report by Kaspersky and VDC Strategy. This means cybersecurity is not merely a compliance function, it is a cornerstone of...

Top 20 African Business Heroes advance to semi-finals

The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, has announced the 20 entrepreneurs who will advance to its 2026 semi-finals in Nairobi later this week. The top 20 were selected from an expanded top 100 cohort...

Anthropic to add watermarking to Claude content

Future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark. This feature complies with the EU AI Act, and will help to determine the likelihood that Claude was involved in writing the text. All artificial intelligence (AI) vendors will have to provide a similar...

Massive growth ahead for humanoid robot market

The global humanoid robot market size is expected to reach $40,5-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 38,2% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The global market for humanoid robots is poised for substantial growth due to rapid...

As debt soars, know what your total exposure it

South Africa is seeing a marked rise in civil debt litigation, with new case data pointing to sharply higher volumes of default judgments, consent orders and summonses for consumer debt. According to Hammond Pole Attorneys, the trend reflects mounting financial...

Cell C restructuring hits Blu Label earnings

Blu Label has issued a trading statement for the year ended 31 May 2026, warning shareholders that earnings will decrease by more than 20% compared to the previous year. The group reports that it would have reports revenue of R9,4-billion, gross income of...

Connected healthcare needs a digital backbone

By Henry Adams, Country Manager at InterSystems South Africa - South African healthcare is being pushed to do more with the systems, people, and budgets already under strain. Public and private organisations may face different pressures, but both are working to...

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Vertiv brings converged physical infrastructure to Nvidia AI factories

Vertiv announced its role in advancing converged physical infrastructure designs for the Nvidia Vera Rubin DSX AI factory reference design and the Nvidia Omniverse DSX Blueprint. As AI factories scale in density, complexity, and power demand, operators are under...

Ask your telecoms provider these 10 things before you sign up

The criteria for choosing a communication partner have shifted. While the pressure of loadshedding has eased, businesses are now navigating a new set of infrastructure challenges - from water scarcity and freight bottlenecks to a surge in sophisticated, AI-driven...

iTOO partners with Munich Re on AI performance insurance

iTOO Special Risks, in partnership with global reinsurer Munich Re, has announced the launch of aiSure, a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) performance insurance solution in the South African market. The product, developed by Munich Re, is the first of its kind...

Skynamo acquired by Klipboard

Skynamo has joined Klipboard, a global provider of vertically-focused business management software. The move strengthens Skynamo’s ability to support complex sales and operational environments for nearly 1 000 businesses every day across sub-Saharan Africa, the UK and...

How the risk landscape is evolving

When a single port disruption can delay food deliveries across provinces, or a cyber incident can ripple from head office systems to independent retailers overnight, governance stops being a boardroom discussion and becomes an operational reality. By Phumlani Dyini,...

Microsoft 365 security is a ticking time bomb

Across boardrooms and IT departments, a dangerous assumption continues to grow that because data resides in Microsoft 365 and Azure it is automatically secure, writes John Mc Loughlin CEO of J2 This belief is fundamentally flawed and creates a false sense of...

Nutanix Agentic AI unlocks enterprise AI factory potential

Nutanix has announced the Nutanix Agentic AI solution, a full software stack purpose-built to help customers accelerate adoption of Agentic AI for business transformation. With the shift to Agentic AI, enterprise adoption has hit a tipping point where the barrier to...

Automation Tester – Gauteng Sandton

Qualifications 5–8 years of experience in automation testing, with additional manual testing exposure. Proven experience testing within banking, financial services, insurance or large enterprise environments preferred. Relevant testing certifications (e.g., ISTQB)...

Senior Test Analyst – Oracle Fusion Stack

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience. Proven experience testing Oracle Fusion applications (ERP, EPM, HCM) in implementation, upgrade, or support projects;...

Project Manager (Data Migration) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and coordinate the successful delivery of a Data Migration Project. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, managing, monitoring, and delivering project activities while ensuring adherence to...

Senior Test Analyst – Oracle Fusion Stack – Gauteng Sandton

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience. Proven experience testing Oracle Fusion applications (ERP, EPM, HCM) in implementation, upgrade, or support projects;...

Kafka Developer

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience. Proven production experience with Java and Spring Boot. Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams or ksqlDB, and Schema Registry. Experience securing...

Business Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Business Analyst – Drive Change. Unlock Value. Shape the Future.Are you the kind of analyst who doesn't just document requirements—you turn them into solutions that actually move the needle?We're looking for a sharp, commercially minded Business Analyst who thrives at...

Kafka Developer – Remote Remote

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience. Proven production experience with Java and Spring Boot. Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams or ksqlDB, and Schema Registry. Experience securing...

Business Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Sandton

Business Analyst – Drive Change. Unlock Value. Shape the Future.Are you the kind of analyst who doesn't just document requirements—you turn them into solutions that actually move the needle?We're looking for a sharp, commercially minded Business Analyst who thrives at...

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