How technology is changing decision-making in mining

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and particularly AI, is no longer a pipedream in South African mining - technology is already influencing how decisions are made, how risks are managed, and how value is created. It’s a critical period for the local mining...

AMD launches full-stack compute for agentic AI

AMD has launched its next-generation AI infrastructure and physical AI portfolio, led by AMD Helios rackscale solutions now in production and set to be be deployed by at gigawatt scale. At its Advancing AI 2026 event yesterday, AMD chair and CEO Dr Lisa Su said: “The...

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...

AliExpress extends local payment option to SA

International online retail marketplace AliExpress has announced a significant expansion in its payment options for shoppers across Africa to elevate online shopping in the continent. The initiative follows AliExpress’ introduction of various local mobile payment...

JSE kicks off trading game, investment challenge

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has announced that the 2025 edition of its annual Virtual Trading Game (VTG) and Investment Challenge (IC), its flagship financial literacy initiatives aimed at enhancing financial literacy among South Africans, have kicked off....

Broadband drives economic, social development

Kathy Gibson reports - The deployment and adoption of broadband is critical to economic and social development. This is the word from Mathhew Reed, chief analyst: service provider at Omdia, who points to the World Bank's estimate that a 10 percentage point increase in...

African broadband adoption slips

Kathy Gibson reports - Although broadband adoption in Africa is increasing quickly, the continent is still some way off from achieving many of its connectivity goals. Martin Creaner, director-general of the World Broadband Association, says there is general consensus...

Privacy risks in using ChatGPT for businesses

Today, many people rely on neural network-based language models like ChatGPT for their jobs - a Kaspersky survey in Russia revealed that 11% of respondents have utilised chatbots, with nearly 30% believing in their potential to replace jobs in the future; other...

Healthy growth for IT healthcare services

The globalhealthcare IT services market is expected to reach $382,27-billion by 2030, according Grand View Research, and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 13,2% from 2023 to 2030. This growth is fueled by substantial government investments worldwide to enhance the...

How to make roads on the moon

With civilisation comes roads - and that is going to be especially true on the moon, just to keep the dust away. Lunar dust is ultra-fine, abrasive and clingy. In the Apollo era dust clogged equipment and eroded spacesuits. Notably, when the Apollo 17 lunar rover lost...

Smart devices will spur growth in consumer electronics

The global consumer electronics market is expected to reach $1,78-trillion by 2030 at a CAGR of 6,6%, according to a new report from Grand View Research. Recent technological advancements have led to the miniaturisation of smart devices and are expected to be key...

Mapping the future of surgery with AI

Just as athletes train for a game or actors rehearse for a performance, surgeons prepare ahead of an operation. Now, Atlas Meditech is letting brain surgeons experience a new level of realism in their pre-surgery preparation with AI and physically accurate...

Climate change a top concern for South Africans

After poverty (68,4%) and the rising prices of goods and services (64,2%), the third most pressing concern facing South Africans is climate change. A massive 58% of respondents to Epson's third Climate Barometer survey cite climate concerns as one of the biggest...

More News Today

IoT goes well beyond the things …

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – The Internet of Things (IoT) is about more than connecting things – in fact, it goes well beyond the things themselves. This is the word from Odile Aboumarad, partner pre-sales manager: Middle East, Turkey and...

Into the era of man-machine partnerships

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – Human-machine partnerships are going to be central to business in the future, which means that organisations have to master artificial intelligence (AI). “AI often feels like we are looking into the abyss,”...

ITaaS enables IT transformation

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – We’ve heard all the cloud buzzwords, and largely got our heads around software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (Paas). The concept of IT as a service (ITaaS)...

Dell EMC commits to partnering

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town - Dell EMC is a channel-centric business and intends to continue growing its partnerships in the African region. That is the word from Mohammed Amin, senior vice-president: Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Dell...

Find the real value in digital transformation

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town - Digital transformation is no longer a nice-to-have: organisations that have not at least begun their digitalisation journey run a very real risk of becoming irrelevant. This is the word from Dell EMC channel...

Why ethics must be at the heart of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are more than trendy or futuristic topics - they are real computing advances that are playing out in homes and businesses today. By Zoaib Hoosen, MD of Microsoft SA In simple terms, AI is a machine's ability to...

How edtech will shape the school of the future

E-learning, analytics, mobile apps, learning management systems, learning content repositories and tech enabled communications: jargon to many, but essential to shape the school of the future. In South Africa, there is a chasm to cross. In 2011, 49% of grade 9...

Get the benefits from governance reporting

The first reports and disclosures in line with King IV principles are beginning to appear. King IV is effective in respect of financial years starting on or after 1 April 2017. It would appear that certain organisations still require a deeper understanding of the...

SA a breeding ground for cyber attacks

As markets in fast growing economies race to join the digital revolution they are fast being hijacked by cybercriminals, who are preying on security vulnerabilities in some fledgling IT environments. By Keith Matthews, country manager: South Africa at Orange Business...

Data fuels the intelligent enterprise of the future

The speed of digitalisation has left organisations pondering whether their current solutions can keep up with their existing business requirements, let alone give the organisation a platform upon which to innovate. By Drushen Naidoo, senior value advisor: financial...

Senior Software Engineer

ENVIRONMENT:A full-service digital agency based in Reading, UK, The Hague, Netherlands and Stellenbosch, South Africa who strategizes, designs, and develops digital solutions for the private and public sectors is seeking to employ a Senior Software Engineer who will...

Full Stack Developer at Datonomy Solutions

Full Stack Developer (Java, Kotlin and Python) based in Cape Town- Hybrid.Do you love complex problems? Ready to join a driven team with experience in Full Stack Development. Key concern seeks a Full Stack Developer (ideally with strong Back-End Experience).We pride...

Full Stack Developer at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town

Full Stack Developer (Java, Kotlin and Python) based in Cape Town- Hybrid.Do you love complex problems? Ready to join a driven team with experience in Full Stack Development. Key concern seeks a Full Stack Developer (ideally with strong Back-End Experience).We pride...

Applications Technical Specialist

Key responsibilities: Provide application functional support to the organisation applications for usersDrive business analysis initiatives for applications enhancementsExpand the scope and feasibility of solutions and develop the supporting business casesManage change...

Applications Technical Specialist – Gauteng Pretoria CBD

Key responsibilities: Provide application functional support to the organisation applications for usersDrive business analysis initiatives for applications enhancementsExpand the scope and feasibility of solutions and develop the supporting business casesManage change...

Software Developer (COBOL) at Datonomy Solutions

We are seeking a talented and motivated Software Developer II to join our development team.The ideal candidate will have a strong background in COBOL, CICS, DB2, and JCL, with experience in maintenance programming and enhancements. This role will involve a mix of...

Software Developer (COBOL) at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton

We are seeking a talented and motivated Software Developer II to join our development team.The ideal candidate will have a strong background in COBOL, CICS, DB2, and JCL, with experience in maintenance programming and enhancements. This role will involve a mix of...

Technical Systems Engineer at Datonomy Solutions

We are looking for a Technical Systems Engineer to join our team based in Cape Town. The purpose of the Technical Systems Engineer is to effectively drive system availability, performing technical support and system administration activities, and providing efficient,...

IT Support Engineer

We are and MSP and looking for Level 2 and Level 3 remote support engineers to join our team in Cape Town or Johannesburg. You will be supporting our customer base remotely, but from our offices. You will work with existing teams in each respective remote location to...

View more career listings on our Careers Section