Used-car market growing despite pressure on buyers
Used-car sales increased by 8% during the first half of 2026 with 195 455 vehicles changing hands – and with a 9% increase in total value of R82,38-billion, according to AutoTrader’s Mid-Year Car Industry Report. The report draws on activity across more than 20...
Family IT support essential for older generations
Younger family members and friends are playing a critical role in helping elderly people navigate the digital world - from installing apps to managing online banking and privacy settings – according to a new Kaspersky report. Focused on the Middle East, Turkiye and...
Nano innovation keeps storage on top of the data explosion
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape – The amount of data we are creating has exploded – and it’s not slowing down any time soon. In fact, we are currently creating far more data that we can possibly store, says Kobus Burnett, country manager: South Africa at...
Partnering key in challenging times
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) is giving us new ways of creating and using data. But the data centres required to power AI are simultaneously wreaking havoc on the global memory supply chains. Bennie du Plessis, regional...
AI turns security cameras into an intelligent IoT network
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape – With the level of hype around artificial intelligence, it can seem like it’s something that landed just in the last couple of years. But companies like HikVision have been integrating AI into their solutions since at...
IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...
How the IT industry is dealing with RAMageddon
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape – There’s a new buzzword in the IT industry: RAMageddon. It refers to the current dire shortages and skyrocketing prices of computer memory. “We live in a paradoxical time,” says Wayne Coetzer, consumer business director:...
African businesses poised to lead in agentic AI
Africa skipped fixed line telephony for mobile and skipped branch banking for mobile money. Now, Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange says a Agentic AI could be the next technology the continent leapfrogs into rather than...
Food loss begins long before the household bin
South Africa’s food-loss challenge does not begin only when a household discards groceries or a restaurant clears a plate. It often begins much earlier, in production, processing, warehouses, and distribution networks, where suitable stock can lose value before it...
Coalition calls for rethink on new crypto regulations
A new taskforce representing regulated crypto platforms and members of the public, is trying to get National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank to reconsider their proposed draft regulations. Catastrophe (Crypto Asset Taskforce for Advancing Sound,...
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Climb partners with Utimaco
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Nutanix and ChronoScale partner on enterprise AI adoption
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Paratus Uganda first to market with Starlink service
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Forget semigration, Gauteng’s next property story could be the first-time buyer
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Has your business outgrown its own software?
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In its second act, blockchain will transform traditional finance
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The missing link in cyber resilience
Cybersecurity has become one of the biggest priorities for organisations across South Africa. Businesses continue to invest in security platforms, monitoring tools and threat detection technologies in an effort to strengthen their cyber resilience. Yet despite these...
Africa can’t download its future
Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence changing Africa. Almost no one is talking about the uncomfortable truth that much of the continent lacks the telecommunications infrastructure to support it writes Matone Ditlhake, CEO of Corridor Africa. You cannot...
When firewalls aren’t enough, human behaviour is the new security perimeter
For years, organisations have invested heavily in firewalls, encryption, and endpoint protection to build digital fortresses to keep threats out. Yet despite these improvements, breaches continue to rise, writes Saurabh Prasad, senior solution architect at In2IT...
Business Architect − Security
To develop a security landscape aligned with the company's strategic projects and initiatives, and to support the successful implementation of physical security infrastructure, solutions and technologies.JOB DESCRIPTION Develop and maintain company's business...
Information Systems Engineer – Remote Remote
The Information Systems Engineer is responsible for analysing, designing, and optimizing business systems and processes within the property fund environment. This role bridges the gap between business operations (finance, property management, leasing, and asset...
Business Architect − Security – Gauteng Gauteng
To develop a security landscape aligned with the company's strategic projects and initiatives, and to support the successful implementation of physical security infrastructure, solutions and technologies.JOB DESCRIPTION Develop and maintain company's business...
FinOps Analyst
My client based in Tygervalley, Cape Town is currently looking for a FinOps Analyst to join their team on a contract basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Manage and improve AWS cloud cost visibility, reporting and analysis.Produce cloud cost dashboards and management...
L2 SOC Analyst / Cybersecurity Analyst (Microsoft Sentinel & KQL) (CPT Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:An innovative, End-to-end Cybersecurity firm based in Cape Town is seeking a strong technical L2 SOC Analyst / Cybersecurity Analyst to join its Cybersecurity team and support multiple client environments within its MSP/MSSP operation. This role will go...
FinOps Analyst – Western Cape Tyger Valley
My client based in Tygervalley, Cape Town is currently looking for a FinOps Analyst to join their team on a contract basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Manage and improve AWS cloud cost visibility, reporting and analysis.Produce cloud cost dashboards and management...
L2 SOC Analyst / Cybersecurity Analyst (Microsoft Sentinel & KQL) (CPT Onsite) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:An innovative, End-to-end Cybersecurity firm based in Cape Town is seeking a strong technical L2 SOC Analyst / Cybersecurity Analyst to join its Cybersecurity team and support multiple client environments within its MSP/MSSP operation. This role will go...
Junior-Intermediate Software Developer (C#.Net, Angular, MS SQL) (CPT Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of an ambitious Junior-Intermediate Software Developer (C#.Net, Angular, MS SQL) is wanted by a Service Provider in the Healthcare industry to join its team. You will help deliver an exciting development project roadmap which enables the...
Project Manager (Demand Generation – Marketing Communication – Wits RHI)
Background:The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa's health challengesIt is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public...
Junior-Intermediate Software Developer (C#.Net, Angular, MS SQL) (CPT Onsite) – Western Cape Pinelands
ENVIRONMENT:THE coding talents of an ambitious Junior-Intermediate Software Developer (C#.Net, Angular, MS SQL) is wanted by a Service Provider in the Healthcare industry to join its team. You will help deliver an exciting development project roadmap which enables the...
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