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...
AI crosses from assistant to operator in cyberattacks
There has been a decisive shift in cyberattacks over the past 12 months: artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from assisting attackers to operating attacks, according to Check Point’s Annual AI Security Report 2026. Where AI once helped criminals prepare, it now...
SA maintains top outsourcing rank
South Africa’s outsourcing industry ranks number five in the world, according to Ataraxis’s 2026 Global Outsourcing Talent Index. The data-backed audit of all 193 UN-recognised countries scored across five variables: labour cost, English proficiency, talent...
Safe Online looks to AI for child protection
Continually looking to protect children in today’s digital environment, Safe Online has selected 30 grantees for its next funding round of $8,1-million to develop AI-driven solutions to address the growing and increasingly complex threats now being faced in...
Chief economists’ network aims to strengthen Africa’s policy leadership
African policymakers, development institutions and leading economists has launched the African Chief Economists Network (ACE-Network), a continent-wide platform designed to strengthen evidence-based policymaking and provide coordinated African solutions to...
As AI expands, finance leaders demand transparency
A big majority - 71% - of finance leaders would reject an AI tool that was 99% accurate if it could not explain its answers. The findings from Sage’s new white paper, “The Emerging Economics of AI in Finance”, suggest that explainability is becoming a critical...
Landmark report aims to strengthen submarine cable resilience
The International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience today approved its final report, including explanations of recommendations to strengthen the resilience of submarine telecommunication cables — the critical infrastructure that carries more than 99% of data...
New ITU initiative to build trust in AI behaviour and identity
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced a new initiative to develop frameworks for trusted digital identity and to ensure that the behaviour of AI agents remains trustworthy and accountable throughout their lifecycle. The new ITU Focus Group on...
Africa’s AI should be on Africa’s terms
Huawei's seventh annual ICT Editors Xchange in Johannesburg convened under the theme “Africa's Intelligence, Africa's Terms” to explore how the continent is building AI for its own realities. The event brought together speakers from Huawei, academia and business to...
Building the trust infrastructure for AI-era open source
Developed in collaboration with leading financial institutions, IBM and Red Hat have launched Lightwell which will deliver automated vulnerability remediation at scale through two offerings: Lightwell Network and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier. Available now,...
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There are risks in connecting private power to the grid
The national electricity grid has reached a level of physical stability worthy of praise. As it increasingly decentralises, its digital footprint is growing too. The task now is to keep it equally stable amidst mounting cyber threats to its physical infrastructure. By...
Check Point embeds OpenAI frontier cyber capabilities
Check Point Software Technologies has announced the use of OpenAI's frontier cyber capabilities into its customer-facing defenses. Through the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, open to only a select group of security vendors, Check Point can embed OpenAI models...
MetroFibre reaffirms Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business certification
MetroFibre has reaffirmed that it holds Mplify Carrier Ethernet for Business certification across its six certified Carrier Ethernet services: E-Line, Access E-Line (A EPL), Access E-Line (A EVPL), Transit E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree. The Mplify Carrier Ethernet for...
Datacentrix launches enterprise CPaaS platform
Datacentrix has launched its Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) offering, designed to help organisations to streamline and enhance business messaging across multiple channels. "Companies today rely on communication at every layer of their operations,"...
Media Alert: Official Logitech Market Communication
To ensure customers and channel partners have the best experience with its products, Logitech today issued a guide for purchasing genuine, locally-supported products in South Africa. The advisory is a response to growing market confusion caused by parallel imports....
How businesses modernise their IT for an AI-powered future
Modernisation is a discussion that every business’s IT team has at some point. Ten to fifteen years ago, those discussions centred on cloud computing and how hyperscale cloud environments and tools could usher in a new era of agility, security and scalability. By...
It may be easier to talk to AI about overdue credit accounts
A phone call regarding an overdue account is generally one of the most dreaded conversations a consumer can have. Even when a missed payment is merely an oversight, the interaction feels deeply personal and embarrassing. Yet, as South Africa grapples with an...
Your business doesn’t need more data. It needs a strategy for information advantage
Businesses are surrounded by data. Every sale, invoice, customer query, late payment, abandoned cart, product return and service complaint leaves a trail. By Professor Yudhvir Seetharam, chief analytics officer at FNB South Africa Together, these signals should help a...
Risks posed by agentic AI must be confronted before benefits can be realised
Agentic AI adoption is moving faster than many organisations are prepared for, and while the technology promises major productivity gains, the risks need to be carefully weighed. Cliff de Wit, chief innovation officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG), says businesses...
Your workforce may be biologically unsuited to AI oversight
It’s becoming a mistake to believe that a "human-in-the-loop" (HITL) strategy for managing the risks of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) within organisations is viable. As agentic AI expands, integrates and improves, relying on HITL oversight to avoid disastrous...
IBP Functional Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is seeking an experienced IBP Functional Analyst to support and enhance SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) solutions. The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of IBP functionality, implementation, configuration, and support, with the ability...
Senior C# Developer: PDD – Remote Remote
What will you do?Our client is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior C# Developer to join the companies WebApps Team. The developer will be responsible for analysis, design, development, and maintenance of various in-house Web Applications. The successful...
Senior IT Business Analyst (CPT)
ENVIRONMENT:YOUR strong analytical ability & affinity for problem solving is sought to fill the role of a Senior IT Business Analyst wanted by a dynamic Financial Services provider. The role includes system configuration, designing and specifying solutions,...
IT Systems Administrator (Syspro)
You Must Have Syspro ExperienceKey objectives:The key objective of the IT Systems Administrator is to ensure effective administration, maintenance, support, and continuous improvement of the company's IT infrastructure, business systems, and network environment. The...
Senior IT Business Analyst (CPT) – Western Cape De Waterkant
ENVIRONMENT:YOUR strong analytical ability & affinity for problem solving is sought to fill the role of a Senior IT Business Analyst wanted by a dynamic Financial Services provider. The role includes system configuration, designing and specifying solutions,...
IT Systems Administrator (Syspro) – Gauteng Johannesburg
You Must Have Syspro ExperienceKey objectives:The key objective of the IT Systems Administrator is to ensure effective administration, maintenance, support, and continuous improvement of the company's IT infrastructure, business systems, and network environment. The...
Senior SQL Developer – Financial Services (CPT)
ENVIRONMENT:WRITE complex SQL reports, setup correspondence templates while analysing & solving business and system problems as the next Senior SQL Developer wanted by a dynamic Financial Services provider. You will also manage the day-to-day Operations on Owls...
Senior SQL Developer – Financial Services (CPT) – Western Cape De Waterkant
ENVIRONMENT:WRITE complex SQL reports, setup correspondence templates while analysing & solving business and system problems as the next Senior SQL Developer wanted by a dynamic Financial Services provider. You will also manage the day-to-day Operations on Owls...
Senior Database Administrator at Adapt IT
Introduction The purpose of the Senior DBA is to lead the administration, security, and optimisation of the Oracle database and application server estate that underpins Adapt IT Education's software delivery and on-premises hosted platforms. This includes taking...
Senior Database Administrator at Adapt IT – Gauteng Midrand
Introduction The purpose of the Senior DBA is to lead the administration, security, and optimisation of the Oracle database and application server estate that underpins Adapt IT Education's software delivery and on-premises hosted platforms. This includes taking...
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