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...

Budget scales up private sector-driven infrastructure funding

In his 2025 Budget Speech, South Africa’s Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, identified infrastructure as a key pillar for the country’s growth strategy. He announced that over R1-trillion will be allocated to infrastructure spending over the next three years,...

Google, YouTube account for 25% of the world’s web traffic

Last year, internet users worldwide spent an average of six hours and 38 minutes per day browsing the web, nearly a third of their waking hours. Smartphones accounted for a massive 95% of total web traffic, while just two websites, YouTube and Google, claimed...

Digital skills thought to be key to better pay

According to a recent Kaspersky survey, over half of employees surveyed in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region feel the lack of digital skills when working on computers and other digital equipment. If they had better digital skills, employees think they...

Large language model market heading for $35bn

The global large language model market size is anticipated to reach $35,43-billion by 2030 and it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35,9% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The increasing demand for Natural Language Processing (NLP)...

X shares the most data with third parties

In a revealing study of 100 popular apps, new research from Surfshark highlights that X (Twitter) shares data with third parties the most, while Facebook and Instagram collect significant amounts of user data. Out of the 10 social media and messaging apps analysed,...

Cisco, OECD launch digital wellbeing research initiative

Cisco has signed a research collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that aims to help promote a responsible use of technology as well as fairness, inclusion and equitable access in a global digital economy. Cisco and the...

What 2024 has in store for crypto

Bitcoin saw in 2024 on a high note, touching a 21-month peak and the approval of spot exchange traded funds (ETFs) for Bitcoin. "Bitcoin ETFs are significant as they open the way for greater institutional investment and adoption. The first licences for crypto asset...

Africa under the spotlight in Vodafone, Microsoft partnership

Vodafone and Microsoft have announced a new 10-year strategic partnership that leverages their respective strengths in offering scaled digital platforms to more than 300-million businesses, public sector organisations, and consumers across Europe and Africa. The...

Critical infrastructure blackouts top SA business risk for 2024

Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The closely interlinked peril of Business interruption ranks second. Natural catastrophes (up...

Shared cloud infrastructure spend drives overall growth

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...

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Next-generation AI can aid SA manufacturers’ competitiveness

South Africa's manufacturing sector is under enormous pressure, contracting by 8.8% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2019, according to Stats SA. By Mohamed Cassoojee, MD of IFS South Africa This poor performance from the manufacturing sector was one of the...

Trend Micro launches new channel programme

Trend Micro has unveiled its new channel partner programme for the sub-Saharan Africa region. With the new programme, reseller partners in the region will be able to access a host of benefits that will fast track channel enablement and provide the basis for improved...

The ABC of DevOps

Simon McCullough, major channel account manager at F5 Networks, simplifies one of the industry's most intriguing and influential IT trends. What do you think about when you hear the term "DevOps"? Abstruse, impenetrable concept or conduit to a brave new world?...

MultiChoice starts restructure consultation

MultiChoice South Africa confirms that it is has commenced with the consultation process announced last week as part of the Video Entertainment company's realignment of its customer care (call centre) and walk-in centres. MultiChoice announced that the two sections of...

EOH joins AWS Well-Architected Partner Programme

EOH has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Partner Programme to gain the expertise needed to help AWS customers build solutions, implement best practices, audit workloads, and make improvements to their cloud environments at scale. The company is...

Help is a tap away for Uber riders

Using Uber safely starts with riders checking their ride details. But what happens when an accident or an incident happens on a trip? With safety being a number one priority for Uber, they have provided features to keep you safe from before your trip starts to after...

Acronis appoints new master distributor for emerging markets

Acronis has appointed Acronis Emerging Markets (AEM) as a new master distributor to increase its focus on, and accelerate growth in, the Latin American and African markets. As part of the agreement, AEM will market and distribute the full range of Acronis cyber...

Bravado unveils its first Fortnite team

They have been blazing trails in Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and FIFA. Now South Africa's top esports group, sponsored by Dell, Alienware and Intel, has expanded into one of the biggest competitive games on the planet. Bravado Fortnite will...

JIT is key to optimising the FMCG supply chain

The ability to manufacture 'just enough' stock to cover orders and deliver 'just enough' product to every retailer is the optimal supply chain scenario in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. By Andrew Dawson, commercial director at MACMobile This is known...

Veritas abstracts complexity with Enterprise Data Services Platform

Veritas Technologies, the market share leader in enterprise data protection, has announced the Enterprise Data Services Platform, a unified set of technologies designed to abstract the complexity of enterprise IT. The platform, which is powered by Veritas NetBackup...

Project Manager at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town

Project Manager, L&D Governance Strategy Cape Town- Onsite We are seeking a proactive and results-driven Project Manager to join our Learning & Development (L&D) team.The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in the development and execution of...

Software Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region

My client based in Plattekloof (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join them on a permanent basis. IT / Finance Responsibilities Collaborate with the product team to collect requirements and verify design feasibilityTransform...

Applications Engineer – Gauteng Braamfontein

An engineering manufacturer seeks the specialized expertise of an experienced Application Engineer. This is an outstanding company to work for.Description:A technical professional who bridges the gap between sales and engineering by deeply understanding customer...

Functional Tester

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Data Engineer BI Developer

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimize custom reports and dashboards that transform raw data into meaningful insights. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SQL, DAX, and data visualization, with experience in data...

Functional Tester – Remote Remote

Functional Tester - Hybrid. - Contract4+ years of experience in Functional Testing role primarily responsible for checking new software products, clearing them for defects or issues.Run various scenario's tests to ensure it meets standards and guidelines before it can...

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