Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

MTN announces Win Win Summer winners

MTN South Africa has announced the 10 grand prize winners of its Win Win Summer campaign. The campaign, which ran from 6 October 2024 to 6 February 2025, offered customers an opportunity to win a share of R75-million in prizes, including hourly 1GB data rewards, daily...

AI helps to protect endangered species across the globe

From Seattle to Cape Town, and everywhere around and between, AI is helping conserve the wild plants and animals that make up the intricate web of life on Earth. It’s critical work that sustains ecosystems and supports biodiversity at a time when the United...

Nvidia Grace Hopper superchip sweeps MLPerf inference benchmarks

In its debut on the MLPerf industry benchmarks, the Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper superchip ran all data centre inference tests, extending the performance of Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs. The overall results showed the exceptional performance and versatility of the Nvidia...

Technology, demographics, ESG shift consumer demand

Mature markets are experiencing a shift in consumer demand patterns as consumers move away from traditional products and services towards those consistent with environmental, social, and governance goals. At the same time, according to Mazars' latest C-suite...

Young people lose enthusiasm for democracy

The Open Society Barometer, an annual global survey from Open Society Foundations that launched today, finds that young people around the world (Generation Z and millennials) hold the least faith in democracy of any age group, presenting a grave threat to its future....

What Saffers are doing online, and the support they expect

South Africans are spending increasing amounts of time online as they transition to the latest smartphones. Indeed, a recent ProxyRack report finding the average South African spends 9 hours and 38 minutes per day online – making them the world’s heaviest internet...

Ransomware continues on growth trajectory

A lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains one of the biggest impediments to enterprise security. This is among the headline findings the Cisco Talos Intelligence Group report for the second quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets, and...

Security threats are holding back innovation

A massive 64% of IT leaders believe that cybersecurity concerns are negatively impacting their organisation's willingness to invest in innovative tech, according to research by HPE Aruba Networking. This is part of a broader trend locally, with studies showing that...

Teenage cyberbullying: A toxic side-effect of online socialisation

Teenagers fall prey to bullying while using the Internet - a platform that provides safe haven for bullies - according to a questionnaire-based study by Wolters Kluwer published in a recent issue of the journal Medicine. "Cyberbullying represents a major concern...

SARS invites comments on how to modernise VAT

SARS has published a discussion paper on its intended modernisation of the VAT collection system which will ultimately make VAT reporting faster and more transparent. In this article, Joon Chong, partner at Webber Wentzel, delves deeper into developments. In the 2023...

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Adversity drives innovation in agriculture

The United Nation's 2018 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) partnership forum has issued a global call to action for private businesses and investors to invest in sustainable business models aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

NU is F5’s Distributor of the Year

The recent F5 Networks Forum held in Johannesburg saw an excellent turnout, as delegates converged in Sandton to gain exposure to F5's specialist thinking on application delivery networking technology, as well as the security and performance of servers, data storage...

The smart hotel of the future

Hospitality organisations can leverage and secure IoT to create guest experiences that are just like home, writes Pieter Engelbrecht, business unit manager for HPE Aruba. Regardless of the size or type of property, every hotel operator that wants to remain competitive...

New features for SUSE Cloud Application Platform

SUSE Cloud Application Platform has been designated a Certified Cloud Foundry distribution by the Cloud Foundry Foundation. The newly-certified platform brings the advanced productivity of the Cloud Foundry model to Kubernetes, which is rapidly becoming the de facto...

Making technology in retail work

A shop sends its valued customer, John, a text message about a sale on a brand of shower gel. It is John's favourite scent, the perfect size, priced at a discount, and timed just as John arrives home to discover he's run out of shower gel, which means he has a few...

Africa Data Centres expands in Nairobi

Africa Data Centres, part of the pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has opened a new floor at East Africa Data Centre (EADC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The additional floor will provide 500 square metres of rack space for leading cloud service providers, carriers and...

Tech key for F&B businesses

Food and beverage businesses are well-positioned to take advantage of promising sector growth. But they must equip themselves with the right tech if they are to overcome a growing list of challenges, writes Mark Wilson, MD of Syspro. While the rest of the country is...

Orange and Siemens partner on IoT

Orange Business Services and Siemens have joined forces to drive the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the industrial sector by simplifying integration and promoting IoT innovation. The initial focus will be to develop solutions around asset tracking and...

DCC ships HP Ink tank Wireless printer

Official HP distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has launched the new HP Ink Tank Wireless 415 printer for SoHo and SMB users to the South and southern African channel. Developed to deliver maximum costs savings and productivity, the HP Ink Tank Wireless 415...

FNB unveils mobile banking for the underbanked

First National Bank (FNB) has announced the launch of eWallet eXtra, a mobile bank account that allows unbanked and underbanked South African consumers to use a feature phone or a smartphone to open a bank account without ever walking into a branch. eWallet eXtra will...

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My client based in Bellville (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Project Manager to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Management and administration of IT and Business projects with respect to scope, timelines, resourcing and...

Software Developer (JAVA) at EnableSA (Pty) Ltd

· Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, reliable, and scalable software solutions using Java and related technologies.· Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, QA engineers, and project managers, to gather requirements and...

L2 Network Engineer (6 month contract)

An L2 Network Engineer is responsible for providing second-level support for network issues, troubleshooting complex network problems and maintaining network infrastructure. Here are some key responsibilities and qualifications for this role:Responsibilities:- Handle...

PHP / Laravel Developer

ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a full-service, integrated ad agency with offices in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, and they're one of the largest independently owned agencies in South Africa. They're looking for a PHP Developer with experience in PHP, Laravel, and...

Project Manager – Western Cape Bellville

My client based in Bellville (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Project Manager to join them on a fixed term contract IT / Finance Responsibilities Management and administration of IT and Business projects with respect to scope, timelines, resourcing and...

L2 Network Engineer (6 month contract) – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

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Intermediate PHP Developer

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