Meat prices push grocery bills up
Meat was the biggest driver of food inflation after surging to a 25-month high of 6,6% year-on-year and 2,2% month-on-month in June 2025. This is according to Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Commercial. The foot and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreak...
New backdoor targets MS Exchange servers
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered a new backdoor based on open-source tools, dubbed GhostContainer. The previously unknown highly customised malware was discovered during an incident response (IR) case, targeting Exchange...
Capacity building support, training for Lesotho ESOs
Tshimologong Precinct welcomed 14 Enterprise Support Organisations (ESOs) from Lesotho for the ESOs second cohort Capacity Building Programme. The programme is for the Government of Lesotho, through the Competitiveness and Financial Inclusion (CAFI) Project under the...
Conflict, climate shocks drive African displacement
Conflict and violence remain the main drivers of displacement and movements in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022, exacerbated by increasing climate shocks and hazards, according to a new report by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the African Union...
Nampak detects security breach
Nampak has become the latest victim of cybercrime, having detected unauthorised activity on its IT systems last week (20 March 2024). Manufacturing and operations are not affected. The company has made a voluntary disclosure about the attack. "An unknown third-party...
Mobile IDs, MFA, sustainability emerge as top security trends
A new HID study, the 2024 State of the Security Industry Report, delves into the underlying concerns driving upcoming innovations and the technologies that underpin them, helping security leaders to be proactive in adapting to evolving challenges. This year's survey...
These are the top supply chain technology trends for 2024
Advancements in technology will provide supply chain technology leaders and chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) with opportunities to support new business models, augment and automate decision making and foster ecosystem collaboration, according to Gartner. With these...
Gaming PCs to bounce back, monitors continue to grow
Global shipments for gaming PCs suffered the same fate as the overall PC market in 2023 with the gaming category declining 13,2% year over year to 44-million units for the year. However, gaming monitors were able to buck the trend as lower pricing helped drive volume...
Digital twins market heads for $150bn by 2030
With advancements in Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, the global market for digital twins, spanning software and services, is projected to exceed $150-billion in 2030, says GlobalData. Digital twins are becoming...
InfoSec professionals question relevance of formal education
Amid acute shortages of cybersecurity professionals, acting information security (InfoSec) experts are questioning the relevance of the formal education they received, Kaspersky's new global research shows. The survey revealed that one in two cybersecurity...
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The murky waters of Android banking malware
Banking malware continued to plague the Android platform throughout 2018, with cybercrooks relentlessly targeting users with banking trojans and fake banking apps, but also experimenting with new money-stealing techniques. To help users navigate the tricky and...
How IoT could transform SA’s retail sector
It is hard to believe that billions of connected devices and sensors - the Internet of Things - are forecast to be worth a staggering $US94 billion by 2025 in the retail sector. Already in use in retail outlets around the world, the Internet of Things (IoT) is...
Ericsson joins O-RAN Alliance
Ericsson has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a group of leading telecom service providers and suppliers with the commitment to evolving radio access network (RAN) architecture and orchestration built on openness, intelligence, flexibility and performance. As a member, the...
New e-waste service offering launched
EnviroServ has become a one-stop-shop, offering both waste and e-waste services to assist companies throughout South Africa with compliant asset disposal of all end-of-term IT and electronic equipment. "We manage complex logistics, providing all the necessary...
InfoFlow moves into RPA with Automation Anywhere
InfoFlow, a member of the Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID) group of companies, is moving into the robotic process automation (RPA) space in partnership with US-based RPA solution provider Automation Anywhere. Automation Anywhere's combined RPA, artificial...
Technology could transform SA educational landscape
Educational technology will play a bigger influence in all South African schools - particularly in metro areas or regions that have increasing access to an infrastructure that supports the blended learning model. This is the belief of SPARK Schools' co-founder and CEO...
Cryptocurrency predictions for 2019
The crypto economy celebrated its 10th birthday in 2018, reaching a total market capitalisation of approximately $138,6-billion. Despite a fluctuating market, leading global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful saw an upswing in activity driven by African...
New LG V40 THINQ is ideal for content creators
The LG V40 THINQ, selling at R13 000.00 - R16 000.00 at the time of writing, is trying to live up to high expectations and, in my opinion, is moving in the right direction. There are many new and positive features in the LG V40 THINQ, including: Good quality picture...
IoT offers fast, effective control of every business resource
Internet of Things (IoT) continues to make inroads into South African industries, and it is not difficult to see why. By Kabelo Ngwane, customer success manager at CRS Technologies The fact is that with IoT, businesses will always know where everything is, they will...
Bayport Financial Services moves into the cloud
Agile, scalable and flexible data centres are the new normal. To achieve this new, heightened level of normal, an increasing number of companies are moving to the cloud, and with this comes considerations around risk management and security. Bayport Financial Services...
Senior Java Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
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Cybersecurity Specialist (CPT Hybrid)
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Senior HubSpot Developer
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Intermediate Oracle PL/SQL developer X2
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Analyst Developer – Western Cape Cape Town Region
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