Today is Tax Freedom Day
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has announced 16 May 2025 as this year’s Tax Freedom Day: the day that hardworking South Africans finally stop toiling to pay their taxes, and start earning for themselves. The FMF has marked this day since 1997 to shine a light on the...
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...
New Intel processors bring the AI experience closer
Kathy Gibson reports – End users and partners need to prepare for what’s coming in the technology world – and artificial intelligence (AI) is going to being driving a lot of the changes. Intel South Africa’s Kobus de Beer, speaking at a Pinnacle SME Windows 11 event,...
AI helps users claw back time and energy
Kathy Gibson reports – So often we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in general terms, as an abstract concept that is somehow peripheral to our lives. But the reality is that it could have a profound effect on the way we live and work, says Michelle Olivier,...
AI and the move to real copilots
Kathy Gibson reports - Technology innovations are constant, and have brought us a long way in what is, in reality, just a few years. Trainer Warren Shaw speaks at a Pinnacle event for SME partners about complementary opposites: these are not simply two separate forces...
Windows 11 is key for broad GenAI adoption
Kathy Gibson reports - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is arguably going to have a more profound impact on the IT and business world than any innovation since the Internet. But, while users across the globe are itching to benefit from GenAI value, a lot of...
Enterprises battle to recover as identities come under attack
There's an emerging global identity crisis as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to compromise enterprises worldwide. According to the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index from IBM X-Force, in 2023 cybercriminals saw more opportunities to "log...
AI sets top supply chain organisations apart
Top performing supply chain organisations are investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to optimize their processes at more than twice the rate of low performing peers, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey also revealed that the best...
GenAI will drive consolidated customer-facing roles
By 2027, 30% of the Fortune 500 will consolidate postpurchase tasks such as expansion, service, success and renewal into a unified customer-facing employee role, according to Gartner. Generative AI (GenAI) promises to automate greater portions of customer service...
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre accelerates quantum computing exploration
Australia's Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NvidiaCUDA Quantum platform accelerated by Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub. Researchers at the Perth-based center will leverage CUDA...
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Content, applications power mobile market
As South Africa continues to suffer the fallout from unreliable electricity, aggressive politicking and ratings downgrades; the country's mobile sector continues to deliver a much-needed monetary injection for Africa's most advanced economy. South Africa's impressive...
Liberty launches digital ecosystem
Liberty clients are now able to engage with the group's latest short-term insurance offering on their own terms, thanks to a newly developed digital ecosystem which keeps them connected 24 hours a day, seven days a week. "Our clients are becoming more tech-savvy,...
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...
Intermediate Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
We're looking for a passionate Software Engineer to design, develop and install software solutions. Ideally, the candidate should be able to build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with coding standards and technical design. Software...
Junior Software Developer (C#.Net) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of an ambitious Junior Software Developer with strong C#.Net skills is sought by dynamic provider of world-class Outsourced and Incident Management Services based in Tokai. You will help design, develop and maintain various business...
Automation Tester (Senior/ Lead) – Western Cape Cape Town
We are looking for Test Automation Engineers to join our team at both Senior and Lead levels.This will be an initial contract position.The ideal person will be based in Cape Town (the position is hybrid), but we're also considering people from elsewhere in South...
Project Manager at Financial Intelligence Centre
JOB PURPOSE: To manage the organisational projects using the appropriate Project Management methodologies.KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES• Structure the business case for the project concepts identified and conduct general cost/benefit analysis, if...
Junior Software Developer
Junior Software Developer - Use your brilliant talents to work in a one of a kind insurance tech company! HYBRID WORKING opportunity where coding meets excellence This is not a remote working position and standard working hours from the office in Bryanston,...
Project Manager at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria
JOB PURPOSE: To manage the organisational projects using the appropriate Project Management methodologies.KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES• Structure the business case for the project concepts identified and conduct general cost/benefit analysis, if...
Junior Software Developer – Gauteng Bryanston
Junior Software Developer - Use your brilliant talents to work in a one of a kind insurance tech company! HYBRID WORKING opportunity where coding meets excellence This is not a remote working position and standard working hours from the office in Bryanston,...
Senior SQL Database Administrator
Capacity Management: Monitor and manage system resources, including: Storage optimisation and planning Memory allocation and efficiency CPU performance and load balancing Log Shipping Configuration & Implementation: Configure and implement Log Shipping Utilize...
IT Support Specialist (CH1095)
Our client, leading payment aggregator and provider of secure payment solutions, is looking for an IT Support Specialist to join their growing team. The ideal candidate is a dynamic and proactive individual who takes initiative and takes an analytical approach with...
Senior SQL Database Administrator – Gauteng Johannesburg
Capacity Management: Monitor and manage system resources, including: Storage optimisation and planning Memory allocation and efficiency CPU performance and load balancing Log Shipping Configuration & Implementation: Configure and implement Log Shipping Utilize...
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