Women face higher levels of burnout as stress levels climb

South African employers are facing a growing workforce resilience challenge as new data reveals that women are increasingly bearing the burden of workplace stress, burnout and mental health crises. A comprehensive analysis by Lyra Southern Africa of 67 419 Employee...

SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads

South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...

AI-driven cybercrime moves into operational mainstream

AI, infostealers, vulnerabilities, ransomware, and geopolitical conflict are reshaping organisational risk and compressing the time defenders have to respond, according to Flashpoint’s latest 2026 Global Threat Intelligence Report: Midyear Edition. The threat...

MoonHacker uses NASA data to build lunar digital twins

The barren lunar landscape has some important resources, such as water and minerals like iron and titanium, but extracting and processing them will require special equipment. Where those resources can be found will dictate where to land and how to mine them. To help...

Mobile Web traffic hits new high

After peaking at nearly 60% in mid-2022, mobile web traffic took a downturn throughout 2023, slipping to 53%, a level last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.  However, things changed last year, with more people than ever using mobile devices to browse the web....

Your vehicle is more likely to be hijacked than stolen

Tracker’s vehicle crime statistics for July to December 2024 reveal that nationally, hijackings comprise 56% of all vehicle crime incidents, while theft accounts for 44%. However, hijacking becomes more pronounced when evaluating business-owned vehicles and specific...

BPO market to be worth $525bn by 2030

The global business process outsourcing (BPO) market size is anticipated to reach $525,2-billion by 2030 and expand at a CAGR of 9,4% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. Factors such as the increasing demand for outsourcing services...

Generative AI among top emerging risks for enterprises

The mass availability of generative AI, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Bard, became a top concern for enterprise risk executives in the second quarter of 2023, according to Gartner. "Generative AI was the second most-frequently named risk in our second quarter...

Pig butchering scams are using AI tools

Sophos has released new findings on CryptoRom scams, a subset of pig butchering (shā zhū pán) schemes designed to trick users of dating apps into making fake cryptocurrency investments. The latest report is "Sha Zhu Pan Scam Uses AI Chat Tool to Target iPhone and...

WhatsApp voice notes can put your company at risk

Using artificial intelligence tools to clone voices has introduced an entirely novel realm of risk for both companies and individuals. Generative AI (genAI) has become a catalyst for change, introducing new ways of doing business, managing data, gathering insights,...

Ransomware detections decline as volume, impact rise

The latest semiannual Global Threat Landscape Report shows that, in the first half of 2023, FortiGuard Labs observed a decline in organisations detecting ransomware, significant activity among advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, a shift in Miter Att&ck...

US women on track for corporate leadership parity by 2030

S&A new S&P Global research report suggests women could achieve parity with men across senior leadership roles in the US between 2030 and 2037. The report, titled "Breaking Boundaries: Women Poised for Milestone Achievement in Parity Amidst Otherwise Bleak...

Intel adds first vRAN processor with integrated acceleration

Over the last decade, Intel has shown the world that virtualized radio access networks (vRANs) on general purpose processors are competitive in terms of power and performance compared to a traditional network architecture. By Cristina Rodriguez, vice-president and GM...

Challenge aims to unlock blockchain potential

The SA Innovation Summit has launched the Blockchain Innovation Challenge. The challenge spans a five-month period, bringing together five Swiss and five South African startups in the blockchain and impact innovation sectors. It seeks to fuel innovation through joint...

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Misrepresenting matric results is fraud, says MIE

Last week Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, announced the matric pass rate of 75,1%, a 2,6 percentage point improvement on the 2016 pass rate. A total of 802 431 full- and part-time students had registered for the 2017 National Senior Certificate (NSC)...

BCX CEO appointed to iamtheCODE board

Ian Russell, CEO of BCX, has been appointed to the Board of iamtheCODE. iamtheCODE is an Africa-led global movement designed to mobilise governments, businesses and investors to support young women in STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and...

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ADATA Technology has launched a combo pack of the INFAREX M10 gaming mouse and INFAREX R10 mousepad. Both devices are equipped with RGB lighting effects, creating the optimal atmosphere and gaming experience. Both the M10 and R10 are designed with user comfort in mind...

Hitachi aims to disrupt industrial IoT

Hitachi and Hitachi Vantara recently released Hitachi's first commercial Lumada internet of things (IoT) platform. The purpose of the platform is to make it simple to harness the power of IoT data in order to drive real value for Hitachi's customers and partners. Now...

The ‘PITfalls’ in SARS’ 2017 Tax Statistics

National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service released the 10th annual edition of the tax statistics for South Africa on 12 December 2017. By Des Kruger, partner and Wesley Grimm, candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel The document provides data on the key...

King Price unpacks cybercrime

Every day we hear about phishing, spyware, malware, and more. But what are they, exactly? And what do they mean for you and your hard-earned bucks? Cybercrime is described as any crime that is committed using a computer network or hardware device. Cybercriminals use...

Dell turns e-waste into new treasures

Dell has announced an industry-first pilot to use recycled gold from used electronics in new computer motherboards, which will ship in the Latitude 5285 2-in-1s. The pilot follows a successful feasibility study on server motherboards. The closed-loop gold process...

Fujitsu PrimeFlex enhances SAP environments

Fujitsu today announces two powerful new solutions designed to help organisations deploy extremely data intensive applications needed for their digital transformation, through greatly improving the ease of management for scale-out SAP HANA in-memory database...

LG’s OLED Canyon wows CES visitors

An immersive installation that leverages flexible, eye-popping commercial display technology from LG Electronics (LG), is wowing attendees at CES 2018 here this week. The winding 90-foot-long LG OLED Canyon features 246 LG Open Frame OLED displays, in concave and...

Opera launches news app in Africa

Opera Software has announced the launch of Opera News, a newAI-poweredapp which enables people to access their favourite news articles and hottest trending videos. The release of the new app follows Opera's recent announcement that its AI-powered news service inside...

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Quality Assurance EngineerAccelerate your career with cutting-edge technology!R 40,000 - R 48,000 per month plus benefitsJoin a leading provider of mobile asset management solutions, specializing in AI and real-time alerts for driver safety and compliance. This is an...

Business Analyst/Underwriter – Gauteng Sandown

Titans in the management consulting industry, seeking a Business Analyst with an underwriting understanding to service the FS industry. Experience Requirements: Have 5 years or more relevant experience as a Business Analyst or other professional in the insurance...

Manual Tester – Remote Remote

Quality Assurance EngineerAccelerate your career with cutting-edge technology!R 40,000 - R 48,000 per month plus benefitsJoin a leading provider of mobile asset management solutions, specializing in AI and real-time alerts for driver safety and compliance. This is an...

2nd Line Server Support Engineer

Cape Town Area. Leading Client in the Technology Industry requires a Senior Server Support Engineer to provide 2nd line support within the server management, end user computing layer and support layer. Assist with escalations from 1st line support engineers Provide...

Senior MS Azure Cloud Solutions Architect at Ntice Search

Senior Solutions Architect - Microsoft AzureStart Date: As soon as possibleLocation: Remote (in office JHB 1-2 times per month or as needed)Duration: 12 monthsJob Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect to...

Senior Business Analyst at Datonomy Solutions

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our team based in JHB. This position requires an experienced person who has a solid understanding of Business Analysis and Enterprise Business Processes.Non-Negotiables:IIBA certified if not then FTI...

2nd Line Server Support Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

Cape Town Area. Leading Client in the Technology Industry requires a Senior Server Support Engineer to provide 2nd line support within the server management, end user computing layer and support layer. Assist with escalations from 1st line support engineers Provide...

Senior Business Analyst at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton

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Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design and ship new features Developing front and back end applications using C#, .Net and React Troubleshooting and debugging issues Minimum Requirements:Matric / Tertiary Qualification 8 Years experience as a Full...

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