Mobility is changing. So is fraud
South Africans have not given up on vehicle ownership. They have simply become more creative about achieving it. By Ayesha Hatea, director of research and consulting at TransUnion Africa Faced with ongoing affordability pressures, consumers are reconsidering...
IITPSA conference to assess the future of ICT jobs in the AI era
ICT skills gaps, the impact of AI on ICT workforces and upskilling for the future of work are among the burning issues that will come under the spotlight at this month’s Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) Workforce Intelligence...
New lawsuits allege OpenAI negligence
Tech Justice Law has filed three new lawsuits in San Francisco County Superior Court against OpenAI, one with co-counsel the Social Media Victims Law Centre and two with co-counsel McKool Smith, alleging product liability, negligence, invasion of privacy,...
Chip stocks to stay wild
Wild swings in global chip stocks are likely to continue until markets know where US interest rates are heading and who controls Congress after the midterms. This is the warning from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group as the turmoil spread from Wall Street to Asia on...
Ampath confirms hack, but disputes theft of 80m patient records
Ampath, one of the country’s biggest pathology labs, has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack, but has issued a statement clarifying the claim by hackers that “80-million patient records” have been stolen. The company says it has contained the...
Smartphone shipments tank, with worse to come
The global smartphone market shrank 22.0% year-on-year to 255,3-million units in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26), according to the preliminary data from IDC Research (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Shipments tanked 22% year-on-year (YoY) in 3Q26,...
Google funds UCT to accelerate AI platform
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has secured $1,6-million (approximately R26,4-million) from Google.org to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that could help doctors make safer, more effective treatment decisions for African patients by mapping...
$3,5trn of AI infrastructure spend risks being exposed to impairment
More than $3,5-trillion of AI infrastructure spending could be exposed to impairment by the end of 2030, if AI providers continue their current pace of capital spending, according to Gartner. “In 2026, AI providers are expected to spend nearly $1-trillion on AI...
Local insurance industry resilient, but risks are evolving
South Africa's insurance industry delivered strong financial results in 2025, supported by solid capital positions, improved profitability across key segments, and favourable investment conditions, says KPMG. However, its latest South African Insurance Industry Survey...
Climate risks are SA’s next economic challenge
For much of the past two years, economists, policymakers, and businesses have focused on familiar risks: inflation, interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and slowing global growth, writes Aroni Chaudhuri, chief Africa economist at Coface. Yet one of the more...
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NEC Africa accelerates Uganda market expansion
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DigiCert supports Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform
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Is green public procurement is a missed opportunity?
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The complexity tax: the cloud cost that survives every budget review
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Why critical circular supply chain initiatives stall
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New board for Vodacom Foundation
Vodacom Group has established a Foundation to consolidate and strengthen its impact on the continent. The Vodacom Foundation, which brings together the eight Foundations across its footprint under one umbrella, has appointed a seven-member Board chaired by renowned...
Red Hat debuts Red Hat AI 3.5
Red Hat has announced significant updates across the Red Hat AI portfolio with the release of Red Hat AI 3.5. As enterprise teams move past early experimentation and pilot successes, IT and platform engineering leaders face the challenge of running AI with the same...
The jack of all trades is losing ground to the specialist economy
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Workonline consolidates Cape Town network
Workonline Communications is consolidating its Cape Town network around Teraco CT2 as customers seek direct national connectivity from a carrier-neutral data centre with the power, space and interconnection ecosystem to support enterprise, cloud, carrier and subsea...
Walletdoc launches Visa Payment Passkeys
Walletdoc is bringing Visa Payment Passkeys to local merchants, enabling them to offer shoppers a faster, more secure and passwordless online checkout. This means South African shoppers can now skip the frustrating redirect to their bank and the one-time PINs that...
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Fullstack .Net Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Senior Software Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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