Does SA have what it takes to stay off the FATF greylist?

On 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force removed South Africa from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, 32 months after being placed there in February 2023. The reforms that got it off the list were real: new legislation, better beneficial...

OpenAI agent goes rogue and raids digital library

A rogue OpenAI agent is responsible for a completely autonomous attack on Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The AI models responsible were being tested at the time, and managed to hack into the popular digital library, compromising some internal datasets and...

Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...

Voyager 1 on track to reach one light-day from Earth

In November Voyager 1 will reach an incredible 1 light-day from Earth

Webb unmasks the true nature of the Cosmic Tornado

Exquisite details from the James Webb telescope reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. The new composite image combines observations from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), which...

Global education sector vulnerable to attacks

Educational institutions are highly attractive targets for cybercriminals due to the valuable research, personal data, and financial information they hold. This is among the findings from a new KnowBe4 report, “From Primary Schools to Universities, The Global...

Inflation fuels surge in telecom services

Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1,55-trillion in 2023, an increase of 3% over 2022, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. The latest forecast is one percentage point...

New malicious WhatsApp mod on the rise

Kaspersky researchers recently uncovered a new malicious WhatsApp spy mod, which is now proliferating within another popular messenger, Telegram. While the modification serves its intended purpose by extending user experience, it also clandestinely harvests personal...

Finalists for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023

The winners of the Africa Tech Festival Awards will be unveiled at a gala event in Cape Town next week following the announcement of this year's finalists looking to bridge the digital divide across Africa. "It is an exciting time to be in technology and...

Details from Webb cameras reveal crabby composition

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the Crab Nebula, 6 500 light-years away, in this image released on 30 October 2023. While these remains of an exploded star have been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space...

Tablets and Chromebooks continue to decline

Worldwide tablet shipments posted a decline of 14,2% year over year in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), totaling 33,2-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....

Sales enablement leaders falling short of expectations

Despite sales organisations investing in sales enablement initiatives, 77% of sellers report that they struggle to complete their assigned tasks efficiently, according to a new survey by Gartner, aiming to understand sellers' sentiment and emotional reactions toward...

Vehicle telematics on the road to recovery

More than 47,2-million aftermarket telematics devices were sold worldwide during 2022 - corresponding to a market value of €2,4-billion - according to a new report on vehicle telematics hardware from Berg Insight. The performance of the market was still affected by...

Pretoria Zoo’s Cape vulture breeding programme flying high

Looking to safeguard the future of the species, The National Zoological Garden (NZG) in Pretoria continues to make significant strides with its Cape vulture breeding programme. "Right now there are two vulture chicks on the nest," says Tracy Rehse, conservation...

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Arcserve opens regional office

Arcserve - the data backup and availability pioneer - today announced the opening of Arcserve Southern Africa. Arcserve solutions and services have a long and highly successful history in the South and sub-Saharan African region but this is the first time the company...

MTN to launch voice over LTE

MTN has introduced a voice over LTE (VoLTE) service to selected smartphones and will be marketed as high definition voice (HD Voice). Supporting our drive for technology excellence, the HD Voice service will allow customers to benefit from voice calls in clear,...

SatADSL and Marlink partner to expand coverage

SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services via satellite, and Marlink Group (Marlink) have announced a new partnership which will grow both companies' offerings worldwide. Under the agreement, SatADSL will be able to link directly to Marlink's Newtec Dialog(r)...

Dropbox partners with CloudSmiths

CloudSmiths, a local Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner, has teamed up with Dropbox to offer companies in South Africa Dropbox Business. Dropbox Business is a collaboration platform that allows businesses and teams to collaborate and have access to their files...

Email hackers defeated by AI

Email is a regular method of attack for the cybercriminal because it is the easiest and most successful way to spread high-risk threats. This makes it one of the most popular vectors in a hacker's arsenal. The thing with hacking an email account is that the hacked...

Mitigate WAN complexity with SD Branch

Technology has entrenched itself into the way we do business, becoming the fundamental foundation of virtually any organisation. By Pieter Engelbrecht, HPE Aruba business unit manager: sub-Saharan Africa For IT departments, this has created incredible complexity as...

Consumer buy-in vital for digital transition

It's no secret that the Fourth Industrial Revolution has officially begun. The era of intersection between people and machines is among us, with more industries embracing the new technologies that are available. By William Mzimba, chief officer at Vodacom Business...

What Nigerian children do online

Kaspersky Lab has revealed the online activities of children across Nigeria, based on statistics from the company's Parental Control modules. The research has revealed what children in the region watched, listened to, purchased and searched for online. The report...

Empowering businesses to transform digitally

The world has gone digital is a term we hear far too often nowadays, but it's not exactly true. It is true that the world is transforming, but there is an increasing distinction between those who are leading the change and profiting from it, and those who are falling...

Orange, MainOne sign up West Africa cable

Orange and MainOne Cable Company have signed an agreement allowing for a major investment by Orange in the West Africa submarine cable system, MainOne. Through this partnership Orange will acquire additional capacity, thereby reinforcing its position in the African...

Data Engineer – Western Cape Century City

The configuration and implementation of software at our various clients.Understand the business requirements of the clients, the focus being the research andinvestment process of these Asset Managers.Construct end to end data service solutionsLiaise and Interface with...

Senior BI ETL Developer – Western Cape Mowbray

ENVIRONMENT:THE technical expertise of a highly analytical & solutions-driven Senior BI ETL Developer is sought by a dynamic Financial Services Group where you will take charge of creating ETL processes for transforming data residing in various source systems into...

DevOps Engineer (Remote)

DevOps Engineer PositionFull-Time, Mainly US hours, Some SA hours (4pm-12am SAST)Remote, from South Africa (Citizen/Resident) Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to manage and optimize our deployment processes. The...

Full Stack Developer (Flutter/FlutterFlow) (JHB Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of a passionate Full Stack Developer with at least 5 years' work experience is wanted by a Joburg-based global Logistics & Forwarding company. Collaborating with IT Business Analysts, you will help develop internal and external...

Business Analyst (Asset Management)

Leading Asset Management company based in Cape Town seeks a smart, dynamic Business Analyst to work with their product team with their bespoke software products.Join leading asset manager. Completed BCom / BSc Honours with approx 1-2 years relevant experience working...

DevOps Engineer (Remote) – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

DevOps Engineer PositionFull-Time, Mainly US hours, Some SA hours (4pm-12am SAST)Remote, from South Africa (Citizen/Resident) Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to manage and optimize our deployment processes. The...

Business Analyst (Asset Management) – Western Cape Cape Town

Leading Asset Management company based in Cape Town seeks a smart, dynamic Business Analyst to work with their product team with their bespoke software products.Join leading asset manager. Completed BCom / BSc Honours with approx 1-2 years relevant experience working...

Desktop Support Technician

Responsible for providing first level IT support including desktop, telephony, printer, hardware and general software support thus contributing to our clients staff productivity.Minimim qualification for the role is matric, A +, N + and MCITPKey Performance Areas:-...

Data Engineer

The purpose of the Data Engineer is to develop cutting-edge reporting solutions within a data landscape. You'll gather requirements, design, develop, and test SAP BW objects, and build end-to-end BI solutions. Expertise in data modelling, HANA integration, and SAP...

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