Airline passenger demand increases
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2025 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 10% compared to January 2024. Total capacity, measured in...
SA’s working class is still growing
South Africa’s working class – households earning between R8 000 and R22 000 per month – has expanded significantly despite the country’s ongoing economic struggles. This is according to The Majority Report 2025, published by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT)...
Syntech reclaims Customer Care crown
Syntech Distribution has reclaimed the Customer Care Distributor of the Year Award at the 2023 Channelwise Awards. The awards, voted for by reseller partners, goes to the distributor that offers resellers the best value-added services. Resellers pick their favourite...
The votes are in … these are SA’s top IT vendors
South African IT resellers have cast their votes and selected their favourite vendors in the 2023 Channelwise Awards. Resellers cast their votes online in the Channelwise Awards survey, with about 2 200 taking the opportunity to make their voices heard. The results...
5G the fastest-growing subscription type in sub-Saharan Africa
The November 2023 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report projects that total mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa will grow at 3 percent annually from 940-million in 2023 to 1,1-billion in 2029. 5G will be the fastest-growing subscription type between 2023 and...
Proxy macOS Trojan uncovered
Kaspersky has identified a sophisticated proxy Trojan designed to compromise the macOS operating system. This latest threat is propagated through the distribution of cracked (pirated) versions of legitimate software, posing a serious risk to users who seek alternative...
The biggest cybersecurity concerns for 2024
Hacking courses, leaked nudes, and AI usage in scams are the most discussed topics on the dark web forums. This is according to NordVPN, which looked into the biggest dark web forum as the basis of its predictions for the year ahead. "Every year we try to predict...
Climate change among top SA worries
Epson's latest Climate Barometer survey - the third edition since the survey began in 2021 - has revealed new insights around South Africans' attitudes and behaviours towards climate change, an imminent climate crisis, and taking action to make a difference for the...
Africa could lose $25bn a year under EU carbon tax
African Development Bank group president Dr Akinwumi Adesina warns that a new EU carbon border tax could significantly constrain Africa's trade and industrialisation progress by penalising value-added exports including steel, cement, iron, aluminium and fertilizers....
SA passes ‘hate speech’ bill
Despite international warnings, the South African parliament has passed new legislation broadly criminalising “hate speech”. The law states that any person who communicates with the intention to “be harmful or to incite harm” and to “promote or propagate hatred” is...
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African Development Bank initiative for women entrepreneurs gets $61,8m
The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has approved a funding allocation of $61,8-million for the African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program. We-Fi is a partnership among 14 donor...
VMware unveils carbon avoidance meter
VMware has announced the Carbon Avoidance Meter (CAM), to provide data centre operators with near-real time "carbon scores" - determined from the level of one's carbon footprint and energy usage - and recommendations for reducing this footprint. The CAM bases carbon...
Huawei partners with local app developers
Huawei's mobile Huawei app store, the Huawei AppGallery, will soon feature a multitude of apps and designs by local developers, as the company continues its drive to promote South African digital talent and include more useful apps for Huawei smartphone users. Huawei...
More than 750 000 join DesignSpark
RS Components has announced that its DesignSpark online engineering community has grown to more than 750 000 members. DesignSpark was launched in 2010 to provide design engineers and students around the globe with free tools, resources and content to help them to...
Philip Myburgh heads Standard Bank’s Beijing retail banking
Standard Bank has announced the appointment of Philip Myburgh as the executive head of personal and business banking (PBB) for its Africa China business unit. Myburgh will be based in Beijing effective 01 June. The introduction of a dedicated PBB Head in Beijing...
Huge Group buys into Pansmart
Huge Group has concluded an agreement to acquire an interest in Pansmart by way of a subscription of shares. The acquisition will give the company control over an authorised distributor of Panasonic's voice, video and CCTV products. Pansmart is a challenger in the...
Putting faith in background checks
Extensive reputational damage can be severe for any business. However, it is often forgotten that it is not only industry that can suffer from a hit to its public standing, but community and faith-based organisations as well. When it comes to the pre-screening...
Infinidat unveils new storage vision
Infinidat has announced their vision for the future of enterprise-class storage with a focus on empowering customers' data-driven competitive advantage at multi-petabyte scale. The vision is supported by key new product enhancements and programme releases. Components...
uKheshe Life card launched
uKheshe, which claims to be South Africa's cheapest and most convenient QR cash card, has announced the launch of uKheshe Life, a hospital, disability and life benefits card. The new card offers all of the features that the normal uKheshe QR card does, but also...
Easier cloud with PrimeFlex for Microsoft Azure Stack
Fujitsu customers are now able to unlock the agility, cost control and fast-paced innovation of cloud computing, even for on-premises workloads, with PrimeFlex for Microsoft Azure Stack. Available to order now, this latest addition to Fujitsu's PrimeFlex Integrated...
Senior Software Engineer
Our client prides themselves on delivering a world-class payments service with a seamless and secure checkout, enterprise-grade security and personalised multi-channel support to every business they partner with... About the role.. We integrate easily with leading...
Solutions Architect – Gauteng Sandown
Tertiary level qualification (BSc Computer Science/BCom informatics) or 3 years Diploma/Degree in Information Technology.TOGAF and cloud (AWS or Azure) certification5+ years' experience in IT Delivery, including a minimum of 2+ years' experience in architecture4+...
Linux / C Developer – Western Cape Bellville
ENVIRONMENT:A leading Automotive Tech company seeks the technical expertise of a Linux / C Developer to take the lead on projects while creatively solving design problems. This person will be working and interfacing with a wide range of people within the organization...
BI Analyst Developer at Ntice Search – KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga
Our Client, We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to lead our Data Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of our SQL Reporting Services and Power BI solutions. This role...
Data Engineer
We are looking for an experienced professional to join our team as a Data Engineer at a consultant or manager level. Our Data Engineer role offers the chance to collaborate with clients and design secure, scalable, and budget-friendly solutions leveraging the power of...
Senior Specialist Business Analyst (12 Months)
Non negotiables are:Candidates must have built an online platform (Customer interface applications)Integrating systems with the aim of solutions for customersCandidates with experience in long term insuranceFinancial Background/ Telco systems/Banking...
Data Engineer – Gauteng Sandton
We are looking for an experienced professional to join our team as a Data Engineer at a consultant or manager level. Our Data Engineer role offers the chance to collaborate with clients and design secure, scalable, and budget-friendly solutions leveraging the power of...
Senior Specialist Business Analyst (12 Months) – Gauteng Braamfontein
Non negotiables are:Candidates must have built an online platform (Customer interface applications)Integrating systems with the aim of solutions for customersCandidates with experience in long term insuranceFinancial Background/ Telco systems/Banking...
Cobol Developer at Standard Bank
Position Type: Permanent, Hybrid - once a week at the officeBusiness Segment: Personal & Private Banking Job Description To deliver specialist technical expertise, leadership across the full solution lifecycle to direct the scope, design, quality and refactoring...
Java Developer
Join Our Innovators: Lead the Charge in Full Stack Java Developer (LifeRay)! If you've got passion, we've got the platform! Do you live and breathe code? Are you ready to work with cutting-edge technologies and make an impact in a forward-thinking company? We're...
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