With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

How to make practical and useful AI

Kathy Gibson reports from the Microsoft AI Tour – Artificial intelligence (AI) is not some magic wand that will take over the world of work – and it’s certainly not smarter than people. That is word from Scott Hanselmann, vice-president: developer community at...

AI is reshaping global labour markets – and many could fall behind

The most resilient labour markets combine traditional labour policies with strategic investments in AI and personalised, data-driven strategies. While a number of countries are thriving, some in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of being left behind. This is the headline...

Broadband Commission urges collaboration to accelerate SDGs

The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development called for a joint global effort to achieve universal and meaningful connectivity by 2030. According to the commission, the collaborative effort must ensure that people around the world are not only connected, but...

Pig butchering scammers use fake cryptocurrency trading pools

Sophos has released findings on a major shā zhū pán (pig butchering) operation using fake trading pools of cryptocurrency - also known as liquidity pools - to steal more than $1-million. The report, "Latest Evolution of 'Pig Butchering' Scam Lures Victim in Fake...

Mustek reports R10,13bn revenues

Mustek has announced a 13,7% increase in revenue for the year ended 30 June 2023, taking it to R10,13-billion. The gross profit percentage decreade to 13,9% from last year's 14,3%. Headline earnings per share were 375,18 cents, up 5%; and basic earnings per share were...

Young scientists compete for top honours

This year's Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) is set to be a global showcase of talent, featuring participants from 35 regions across South Africa, alongside international learners from 10 countries. From 3 October to 6 October 2023, a...

Maths competition winners announced

ASSAf (Academy of Science of South Africa), representing the DSI (Department of Science and Innovation) and NRF (National Research Foundation), have announced the winners of the SA IYBSSD School Competition, which was launched on 14 March 2022, on the UNESCO...

Tourism on path to pandemic recovery

International tourism has continued to recover from the worst crisis in its history as arrival numbers reached 84% of pre-pandemic levels between January and July 2023, according to the latest data from UNWTO. The Middle East, Europe and Africa lead the global...

GenAI to enhance creativity, automate routine tasks

How will large language models (LLMs), deep-learning algorithms that can recognise, summarise, translate, predict and generate content using very large datasets, affect current and future jobs? That is the focus of the new World Economic Forum white paper Jobs of...

One-third of companies already use AI security tools

Thirty-four percent of organizations are either already using or implementing artificial intelligence (AI) application security tools to mitigate the accompanying risks of generative AI (GenAI), according to a new survey from Gartner. Over half (56%) of respondents...

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Time to spring clean your business’ IT network

With the carefree promise of spring, many of us are turning our attention towards cleaning out those overfull wardrobes and cluttered rooms. By Colin Thornton, MD of Turrito Networks and Dial a Nerd While this is all well and good, the place that probably requires our...

Prepare for cloud evolution: get yourself AWS certified

It's reasonably safe to say that cloud technology is creeping into almost every aspect of our personal and professional lives.  From virtual IT to network storage and wearable devices that track your every heartbeat, the cloud is hovering closer over us all. It's a...

Red Hat debuts infrastructure migration

Red Hat is introducing an offering to help provide an open pathway to digital transformation. Designed to help enterprises cut costs and speed innovation through cloud-native and container-based technologies, Red Hat infrastructure migration solution enables...

MTN partners on new payment service

MTN Uganda, in partnership with Mastercard and United Bank for Africa (UBA), has announced a new service that will enable quicker, safer and more convenient online payments globally. Through this partnership, MTN MoMo customers will use a virtual card to shop or make...

VMware, Microsoft in Azure collaboration

VMware NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud will be integrated with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN, enabling customers across all industries that have business resources in Azure to gain simple, automated and high-performance connectivity to the branch. The new solution will extend...

Comstor programme for NetApp channel enablement

Comstor Southern Africa has launched its Comstor Imagine programme, a focussed partner programme for NetApp solutions to help drive channel enablement throughout the southern Africa region. The goal of the programme is to provide channel enablement, sales support,...

MTN Business partners with Digital Twin Mine Management

South African miners operate some of the world's deepest and most dangerous mines. According to the Department of Minerals Resources, 22 miners died while on duty this year, while 2017 recorded the highest rate of fatalities in a decade, with 88 people killed....

Innovation, automation critical for digitisation

Maintaining relevance and driving conversations with customers remains critical to the challenges of business in an increasingly digitised world. To achieve this and ensure longevity, Cassie Lessing, MD of Strato IT Group, says that while innovation remains...

Are private company directors subject to PAYE?

Where fixed monthly payments made up less than 75% of private company director remuneration, paragraph 11C of the Fourth Schedule to the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 used to apply to require payment of employees' tax for such directors on a monthly basis in respect of...

Digital health to improve disease outcomes

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases and diabetes, account for more than 70% of deaths globally each year. By Jennifer Esposito Several organisations...

IT Test Analyst at Titanium Talent – Gauteng Sandton

Contract role, Hybrid Perform Quality Assurance.Engage with stakeholders (both business and technology).Become cognisant of platform capabilities.Apply bank client centric thinking.Translate business requirements and functional specifications into test plans and test...

Cloud Engineer – Remote Remote

You will be surrounded with hardworking people who are passionate about cloud and software engineering and believe that world-class support is critical to customer success. You will have the chance to help DevOps teams take their existing applications to the Cloud and...

Senior Java Core Developer

Our clients in the consulting space are seeking a highly experienced Senior Java Core Developer to join their dynamic development team. Work in fast paced environments servicing some of South Africa's giants in the banking, mining and Entertainment industries on a...

DevOps Engineer (Linux)

Position Description:The DevOps Engineer (Linux) plays a critical role in integrating, automating, and optimizing production-level systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and security. Combining system engineering expertise with DevOps principles, this role...

Oracle Database Administrator

The Database Administrator's role is to design, support, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing database policies...

Senior Java Core Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our clients in the consulting space are seeking a highly experienced Senior Java Core Developer to join their dynamic development team. Work in fast paced environments servicing some of South Africa's giants in the banking, mining and Entertainment industries on a...

DevOps Engineer (Linux) – Gauteng Midrand

Position Description:The DevOps Engineer (Linux) plays a critical role in integrating, automating, and optimizing production-level systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and security. Combining system engineering expertise with DevOps principles, this role...

Oracle Database Administrator – Remote Remote

The Database Administrator's role is to design, support, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing database policies...

Senior Back-End Developer (PHP, Oracle PL/SQL) (Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:BUILD robust features and satisfy complex requirements in the Programming sphere as the next Senior Back-End Developer sought by an innovative LegalTech company. Your role will include designing, implementing, documenting, and testing new features. You...

PLC Programmer

Well established Automotive company based in Pretoria are seeking a qualified and experience applicant to join their dynamic teamJob Purpose:The PLC Programmer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)...

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