Township and rural entrepreneurs called to submit their big ideas
Across South Africa’s townships and rural communities, entrepreneurs are solving real-life problems every day. Sometimes an idea starts with frustration: a service that does not exist, a process that takes too long or a community need that continues to go unmet. At...
Homeowners urged to register rooftop solar
Grid-connected rooftop solar owners have until 30 September 2026 to register installations up to 50kW with Eskom or the applicable municipality, to avoid registration fees. As the local solar industry matures, with installations now having broken the 8.3 GW mark, the...
Drought could impact three-quarters of the world by 2050
The poorest and the most vulnerable are generally those that suffer the most from water scarcity. This is the word from University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Djiby Thiam, director of the Water and Production Economics Research Unit at the Faculty of Commerce,...
Warning: the AI trade is fracturing fast
AI investors should follow three priorities for the rest of 2026, as sharp swings are exposing which parts of the AI trade are built on real demand and which are not. Nigel Green, MD of deVere Group points out that this year’s AI rally is splintering sharply, with...
Cost of fake engagement on social media isn’t the issue
Have you ever been drawn to an advertised product when reviews and comments were all positive, with a good user experience, and a large number of views? You have most likely been tricked into content that has been boosted with fake engagement. Surfshark has revealed...
R150m SME Youth Jobs Fund set to create employment
In response to South Africa's deepening youth unemployment crisis and the financial constraints that often prevent small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from expanding their workforce, Business Partners Limited has established a R150-million SME Youth Jobs Fund. The...
Huawei SA opens applications for the 2026 Women in Tech Digital Skills Training Programme
As South African small businesses accelerate AI adoption faster than many developed economies, Huawei South Africa has opened applications for the 2026 Women in Tech Digital Skills Training Programme. The programme will take place from 26 to 28 August in Johannesburg....
Another day, another rogue AI attack. This time from Meta
Meta has confirmed that its Muse Spark 1.1 AI model breached an external company's internal systems during cybersecurity testing. According to the company, independent testing company Irregular caused a misconfiguration that gave one of its AI models Internet access...
AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race
AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...
Vast majority of SA children are functionally illiterate
Nearly a million (914 000) South African Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning in any of the country's 11 official languages. With 81% of the cohort functionally illiterate, the country places last among the 57 countries and regions assessed in the most recent...
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Obsidian Systems partners with BlueFlag Security
South African organisations are building more software than ever before. What many of them are not doing is securing the identities and pipelines that build it. Obsidian Systems has announced a strategic reseller and implementation partnership with BlueFlag Security,...
Solid8 Technologies announces Ping distributorship
South African cyber security specialist Solid8 Technologies has partnered with identity software provider Ping Identity. Simone Santana, MD of Solid8 Technologies, says identity is at the core of every great digital experience and the key to digital transformation....
Building Africa’s talent pipeline for the next fintech wave
Africa’s financial technology (fintech) story has, to date, been largely defined by access. By Pivendren Naik, tech lead at Sanlam Fintech Over the past decade, the continent has made extraordinary progress in getting people connected, banked and transacting...
Cybersecurity awareness is a behavioural discipline, not an IT project
An employee receives an email from a Gmail address asking for payslips. It feels routine, and without hesitation, the attachment is sent. Or the employee can pause, verify the sender, and confirm the request. This is just one of many similar moments that determine...
Unilever and Google Cloud partner on consumer goods
Unilever and Google Cloud today announced a five-year partnership to accelerate Unilever's business transformation through its use of Google Cloud’s advanced AI, data, platform and next-generation marketing capabilities. The partnership will help drive growth and...
Winning companies are investing in people alongside AI
If 2025 was the year we woke up to the sheer speed of technological change, 2026 is the year we stopped staring at the waves and started learning to swim. By Rowen Pillai, co-founder and CEO of LeanTechnovations In my work across sectors, from finance to industrial...
Why telcos must become techcos
For years, we’ve been talking about the transformation happening across the telecoms space. As part of this evolution, the industry’s big players are moving beyond being providers of voice and data services to become full-fledged technology companies, writes Damian...
How an MBA can accelerate your tech career
The technology sector rightly places a high value on technical expertise. But, as professionals look to progress into more senior roles, deeper influence depends less on what you can build, and more on how well you can lead, communicate, and make strategic decisions....
Last week’s AI has its own identity. Who manages it?
Somewhere in your organisation right now, someone is signing up for an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, writes Reghardt Van Der Rijst, practice lead: identity at Altron Security. Maybe it's a marketing manager experimenting with content generation. Perhaps it's a...
The AI-SOC paradox: High hopes confront implementation hurdles
Almost all companies planning to establish a Security Operations Centre (SOC) regard artificial intelligence (AI) as a must-have component. However, despite high expectations, organisations face significant challenges in deploying and operationalising AI effectively....
Solution Architect
Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree preferred. Minimum of 8 years of experience in solution architecture with a proven track record delivering complex technology solutions. Strong...
Solution Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg
Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master's degree preferred. Minimum of 8 years of experience in solution architecture with a proven track record delivering complex technology solutions. Strong...
Data Engineer (Cloud)
Role Purpose We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and optimise scalable data platforms and pipelines that support analytics, reporting, AI, and business intelligence. You will transform complex, high-volume data into trusted, analytics-ready datasets while...
Data Engineer (Cloud) – Gauteng Johannesburg
Role Purpose We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and optimise scalable data platforms and pipelines that support analytics, reporting, AI, and business intelligence. You will transform complex, high-volume data into trusted, analytics-ready datasets while...
Data Engineer
Job Description Architects, engineers, and drives optimisation across enterprise-state of the art petabyte scale data pipelines and infrastructure foundational to the banks data driven strategy. This role is crucial in translating high volume, heterogeneous raw data...
Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Job Description Architects, engineers, and drives optimisation across enterprise-state of the art petabyte scale data pipelines and infrastructure foundational to the banks data driven strategy. This role is crucial in translating high volume, heterogeneous raw data...
Senior Java Developer
Are you a Senior Java Developer who thrives on building scalable, high-performance enterprise applications?An established organisation within the financial services sector is looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer to join its technology team on a 12-month...
Scrum Master at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead Unleash high-performing teams. Crush impediments. Deliver transformation that matters.Role SummaryWe're looking for a dynamic Scrum Master / Project Manager who doesn't just facilitate Agile — they ignite it. You'll be the energetic...
Senior Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg North
Are you a Senior Java Developer who thrives on building scalable, high-performance enterprise applications?An established organisation within the financial services sector is looking for an experienced Senior Java Developer to join its technology team on a 12-month...
Scrum Master at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead Unleash high-performing teams. Crush impediments. Deliver transformation that matters.Role SummaryWe're looking for a dynamic Scrum Master / Project Manager who doesn't just facilitate Agile — they ignite it. You'll be the energetic...
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