We have liftoff! Now follow Artemis II live

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida last night, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. It’s the first time NASA is...

Employees under the lash as financial stress grows

There has been a decisive shift in the pressures faced by South Africa’s workforce, with financial stress moving from outside the top 10 employee concerns in 2021 to one of the top five in 2025. This is according to data compiled from Lyra Southern Africa’s Employee...

Businesses brace for long-term impacts from Iran conflict

Kathy Gibson reports - Even if the conflict in the Middle East were to end tomorrow, the long-term impacts will continue to dog the world for months. That’s the key takeaway from KPMG’s latest Global Economic and Geopolitical Outlook, which unpacked what some of the...

What SA needs to do to ensure universal, meaningful connectivity

Kathy Gibson reports – Digital investment is not an end in itself: it is the foundation for a more inclusive, more resilient South Africa. This is the word from Boitumelo Mosako, CEO of Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), introducing a Digital Infrastructure...

See images from first space-based coronagraph

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has shared the first images from the Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the new GOES-19 satellite. CCOR-1, the world’s first operational, space-based coronagraph, began observing the...

SAWEA hails public procurement programme reforms

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has acknowledged the key interventions to reform the public procurement programme, announced by the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Developed through extensive stakeholder consultations,...

Salaries lag private pension payments

The average salary in South Africa has weakened amid the underperforming economy, high unemployment rate, soaring inflation and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BankservAfrica's Five-year Review of Take-home Pay and Private Pensions in South Africa...

Humanity should be a top priority for business leaders

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a seismic shift in the way we work - it shone a spotlight on employee's challenges and springboarded platforms for them to voice their unhappiness. Today, people culture can no longer be put on the backburner, especially with the rise...

Eskom will ‘do its best’ to minimise load shedding this winter

Eskom's executive management is looking to minimise the impact of load shedding "to the best of our ability" the acting Group CEO of Eskom, Calib Cassim, told delegates at the opening session of the Enlit Africa conference and expo in Cape Town. "We hope to recover...

African banks remain resilient and committed to digitalisation

African Banker magazine and banking platform Backbase have released the third edition of their annual report on the ongoing digital banking revolution in Africa, exploring the major trends shaping its future on the continent. Surveying 153 African banks, the report...

UN roadmap to cut global plastic pollution

Plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, a new report states. The report has been written by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with plastic pollution...

Tourism on track for full recovery

International tourism is well on its way to returning to pre-pandemic levels, with twice as many people travelling during the first quarter of 2023 than in the same period last year. The second UNWTO World Tourism Barometer of the year shows that the sector's swift...

Like unemployment, time-related underemployment is on the increase

South Africa's unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2023 was recorded at 32,9 % and remains among the highest in the world, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, which says this figure is an increase of 0,2 of a percentage point compared to the fourth...

Prof Barry Dwolatzky dies

Professor Barry Dwolatzky, Emeritus Professor in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at Wits University, has died following a short stay in hospital. Among his lasting legacies was the foundation of Wits University’s Joburg Centre for Software...

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Nokia launches MulteFire small cell

Nokia is to launch the world's first MulteFire(TM) small cell that will enable industries, enterprises, smart cities and mobile service providers to leverage global unlicensed spectrum for secure, high-capacity and high-coverage private LTE networks. The new small...

ESET gives a glimpse into FinFisher

Having discovered a wave of surveillance campaigns in several countries in summer 2017, ESET researchers dug deep into the samples of FinFisher. FinFisher, also known as FinSpy, has a history of being used in surveillance campaigns, both against legitimate targets and...

EOH wins Oracle Excellence Award

Oracle has recognised EOH with its 2017 Oracle Excellence Award for Specialised Partner of the Year - EMEA in Platform as a Service (PaaS). EOH is a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). The Oracle Excellence Awards for Specialised Partner of the Year...

Leverage your business’s best asset

Your company's greatest asset is its data. But to start creating true business value, you need to have the right data strategy in place, says Manfred Gramlich, strategic solutions manager at Hitachi Vantara. You pull up to the curb at the airport and as you exit your...

Digital economy to drive growth

Schneider Electric recently held a meeting in Paris with investors and financial analysts to highlight the group's digital strategy and differentiated offers for 2018. "Schneider Electric is leading the digital transformation of energy management and industrial...

2018: calling in the debts

Wynand Smit, CEO of Inovo, writes that companies find themselves in the unenviable position of having to recoup debts owed to them by consumers to maintain profitability, and this is likely to increase in 2018. Collecting debts can be managed in two ways: the first...

Dell EMC extends partner initiatives

Dell EMC has extended its Future-Proof Storage Loyalty Program. The programme aims to give end user confident when buying storage solutions, while letting partners differentiation with a solution that can facilitate shorter sales cycles and strengthen customer...

Wading through the continuum of app technologies

Trying to wade through the continuum of application technologies sometimes feels like you're strolling through a swamp in an astronaut suit, writes BBD's Mike Geyser. But if you take a step back you'll see a logic to how web, native, and progressive web apps work in...

Tech impacts on contact centres

Jed Hewson, joint-CEO and co-founder of 1Stream, examines the knowledge gleaned from last year to predict some of the business trends and influences that will impact on the economy. * Fibre - South Africans are finally having fibre delivered to them. With the rollout...

Hamlyn Centre to develop new tools

The Hamlyn Centre at Imperial College London today announces the award of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to accelerate research into new integrated technology systems for accurately measuring dietary intake. The grant of $1,5-million will fund...

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Full Stack .Net Developer – Remote Remote

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Senior Software Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client is seeking a skilled Senior Software Developer to join their IT team. The ideal person will be responsible for developing and maintaining their .NET Web Forms application and C# services, ensuring the reliability and performance of their systems. This role...

Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town

Our client, a foreign exchange trading house based in Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, is seeking a Project Manager to join their team.Key Responsibilities:Support the CIO with projects relating to trading cryptocurrencies, FX & derivatives.Support COO with projects...

Systems Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town

We are looking for an experienced and driven Systems Analyst to join our team and help streamline our technology landscape! If you're passionate about optimizing software systems and transforming business needs into technical solutions, this is the perfect opportunity...

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Our client is looking for an Intermediate Developer to join their team and to provide solutions across a multitude of domains. Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Software Developer.A degree in Technical Information, Computer Science or equivalent prior learning.Java...

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Software Engineer (Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:Our client seeks a Software Developer to join their team in Cape Town. They are a dynamic Software Development company specializing in bespoke software solutions, architecture consulting, and systems integration. The ideal candidate should have a strong...

Software Engineer – Gauteng Centurion

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