New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

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Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

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Blue Label mulls separate listing for Cell C

Blue Label is exploring a potential restructure of the group which may facilitate separation and potential future listing of Cell C on the Prime Segment of the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The proposed restructure, which Blue Label outlined in...

Cash will go on organic growth and acquisitions in 2025

Eighty-seven percent of CFOs are likely, or very likely, to spend on organic growth in 2025, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey involving 110 CFOs, conducted in November 2024, across various industries and regions also revealed that 61% indicated that...

Intel launches standalone FPGA company

Intel has announced the official launch of Altera, its new standalone FPGA company. CEO Sandra Rivera and chief operating officer Shannon Poulin have unveiled their strategy to secure leadership across a $55-billion-plus market opportunity; to expand the company's...

IT professional services market to hit $1,59trn by 2030

The global IT professional services market size is expected to reach $1,59-trillion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 9,5% from 2024 to 2030, according to a recent report by Grand View Research. The market growth can be attributed to the technology shift by small and...

What policymakers can do about deepfakes

Deepfakes - realistic AI-generated audio, video, or images that can recreate a person's likeness - are one of the most pressing challenges posed by generative AI, given the potential for bad actors to use it to undermine democracy, exploit artists and performers, and...

Digital Skills Forum aims to close skills gap

As societies around the world become increasingly interconnected and dependent on digital technologies, there is a growing need for better levels of digital literacy. This is the word from Mondli Gungubele, minister of communications and digital technologies, speaking...

AI, gaming users under fire from infostealers

Staggering amounts of stolen login credentials were discovered by Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence experts as they conducted an analysis alongisde Mobile World Congress 2024. Investigating the dark web market for credential theft from popular artificial...

MTN joins forces with Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board

MTN South Africa and the Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board are collaborating to address the escalating issue of network infrastructure theft and vandalism with the goal of safeguarding tower infrastructures and reduce network downtime. In the initial stage of...

Clinical trial aims to reduce HIV deaths in Africa

A new trial will test a low-cost antibiotic in reducing deaths among 8 000 patients with advanced HIV who are starting or restarting anti-retroviral therapy (ART), a combination of drugs to treat HIV. The study, called REVIVE, is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates...

SA sees significant drop in insolvencies, but challenges remain

After two gradual rebounds in 2022 (+1%) and 2023 (+7%), global insolvencies are set to accelerate again in 2024 (+9%) before stabilising in 2025 (0%) at high levels. This is according to Allianz Trade's latest Global Insolvency Report, which also reveals updated...

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Don’t be distracted from your pursuit of executive success

A growing mismatch is becoming apparent between the behaviour of international corporate achievers and their South African counterparts. By Auguste Coetzer, director of Signium Africa Offshore, upwardly mobile executives increasingly embrace 'Deep Work' and reduce...

Liquid Telecom connects South Sudan

Liquid Telecom will implement and operate South Sudan's first fibre broadband network, connecting the country to its "One Africa" broadband network, which is approaching 70 000km across 13 African countries and to the rest of the world. This foreign direct investment...

eBucks members can book domestic, international flights

FNB has announced that, from 1 July 2019, eBucks Rewards members will be able to book domestic and international flights directly from the FNB app. Customers can now pay for all their travel needs via this seamless and secure payment system on the FNB app; so they...

Ruckus Networks debuts WiFi 6 in Africa

Ruckus Networks recently completed its first WiFi 6 use case in Africa at The Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) held in Nairobi Kenya. WiFi 6, also known as 802.11ax and the latest generation of WiFi, bridges the performance gap to deliver at ten...

Connectivity key to leveraging digital technologies in education

Having adequate levels of education and digitals skills capacity and capability is pivotal in ensuring that South Africa maximizes the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). By Vino Govender, executive: strategy, mergers & acquisition and innovation...

Kaspersky helps eliminate smart home controller vulnerabilities

Kaspersky researchers investigating the control device for an active smart home ecosystem have identified several critical vulnerabilities. These include bugs in the cloud infrastructure and potential remote code execution that would allow a third party to get 'super...

Digital nomads are coming to SA

Have multiple mobile devices, will travel -- and earn a living. Being a digital nomad is fast becoming a way of life and work for many people, allowing them to travel in their own back yards and the world at leisure. By Andrew Robinson, co-founder and executive chair...

Stop navel-gazing at encryption

We are so enthralled by our own brilliance in cryptography that we forget that most data at rest - tucked away inside databases - is unencrypted. By Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist at F5 Networks Case in point, a Skyhigh analysis of encryption controls...

Building the security baseline

At any given moment, a cybercrime victim is losing around R3.5 million a day, according to Action Fraud in the UK. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019 found that 60% of medium firms and 61% of large firms deny that they have been attacked and yet 25% of those that...

Mid to Senior Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client is on the lookout for a talented Mid to Senior PHP Developer for a dynamic hybrid role based in Johannesburg! If you have a passion for crafting high-performance web applications, this is your chance to shine. Experience in the mobile solutions space will...

Senior Test Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are seeking a Senior Test Analyst to join our dynamic team and play a key role in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of our applications. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Test Analyst to work with cutting-edge test tools and automation...

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We are seeking a proactive and customer-focused Service Desk Agent I, providing first-level technical support and troubleshooting to ensure seamless IT operations. Skilled in resolving issues efficiently, assisting users with software and hardware concerns, and...

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Information Systems Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town Region

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The Junior Verification System Engineer will be responsible for carrying out integration and test, for developing and/or coordinating the development of scripts and procedures, and for supporting the overall verification of the Telescope System Requirements.The Junior...

Data Engineer – Gauteng Midrand

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