Groundbreaking SA university project reaches learners on five continents
About 16 000 of South Africa’s roughly 24 000 schools have no computers - yet a project born at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha has taught more than 350 000 learners to code, using little more than puzzle pieces and a cellphone. Tangible Africa, founded by...
Transport roundtable highlights governance and skills as key to economic growth
How can South Africa translate transport infrastructure investment into greater economic opportunity? This question framed the recent ASSAf–SAAE transport roundtable titled “Can South Africa Turn Transport Infrastructure into Economic Opportunity? Safer Mobility,...
Microsoft still tops brand phishing rankings
Microsoft remains the most impersonated brand in Q3 2026, accounting for 33% of all brand phishing attempts tracked and up from 23% in Q2, according to Check Point’s Brand Phishing Ranking for the period. Attackers, the security specialists say, continue to exploit...
For insurers, AI value depends on trust, transparency
For all the discourse about an AI hype bubble, many insurers are already seeing big returns from their investments. But to realise those gains, companies have to trust their AI to provide the right answers – and the AI must show that it warrants that trust. These are...
SA-founded Omnisient wins Money20/20 Banking Grand Prix
Omnisient, a consumer intelligence company founded in South Africa, has won the Banking Grand Prix at the 2026 Money20/20 Money Awards for an initiative developed to help banks assess consumers overlooked by traditional credit information. The winning initiative...
AI Academy looks to build on SA’s AI talent
Meta, in partnership with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), has launched AI Academy South Africa - a programme that will equip South African developers, startups, students, and early-career professionals with practical AI skills built...
Exams are not the only challenge matric students face
During this matric exam period, thousands of learners need more than study time; they need food, transport, stationery, safe spaces, and someone to believe in them. Starting last week, more than 700 000 matriculants sat down to write the most important exams of their...
South Africans turn to AI for increasingly personal matters
AI is becoming part of consumers’ everyday lives – and users in South Africa are increasingly turning to AI services for personal matters, raising new privacy and cybersecurity concerns, according to Kaspersky. In a META regional survey, the security firm found that...
Before a carmaker gives SA its next model, it looks at how its plants run on a Monday morning
It's 06h10x on a Monday morning at an auto plant in Gqeberha, and a team leader is staring at two empty stations. One operator's taxi hasn't come, and the other is off sick. Someone on the next line has done this job before, but he has no idea who, so he starts...
Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest
The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...
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The next constraint on MSP growth is security operations
Many South African businesses rely on managed service providers for cybersecurity because maintaining specialist capability in-house is expensive and difficult. André Kannemeyer, technical CEO of Duxbury Networking That demand creates a genuine growth opportunity for...
Datacentrix doubles up at Lenovo Partner Awards
Datacentrix received two accolades at the recent Lenovo Partner Awards. The company was named as Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Platinum Partner of the Year, acknowledging the organisation’s performance within Lenovo’s infrastructure business, spanning servers...
SA’s AI habits key to capturing market share this retail peak
South Africans have changed the way they shop, write Zaida Kamish, business unit director, and Malcolm Peters, head of SEO at Incubeta. While economic pressure may be forcing us to watch every penny, we have wholeheartedly embraced AI, which is now acting as our...
NEC Africa accelerates Uganda market expansion
NEC Africa has confirmed significant early-stage momentum in Uganda, marked by new ISP partnerships, active infrastructure deployments, and expanding enterprise cybersecurity opportunities driven by evolving regulatory requirements. Geoffrey Karanja, key account...
DigiCert supports Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform
DigiCert has announced support for the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform to help enterprises establish verifiable identity and authority for autonomous AI agents. At the centre of the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform is Nvidia OpenShell, an open, secure runtime that...
Is green public procurement is a missed opportunity?
Public procurement represents an estimated 15% to 22% of GDP in many developing economies (World Bank), making it one of government's most powerful tools for driving economic, social and environmental outcomes. Yet green public procurement (GPP) remains underutilised...
The complexity tax: the cloud cost that survives every budget review
Fragmentation is expensive, writes Oliver Niemandt, GM and head of sales at Cloud On Demand. It is also unowned and unmeasured, which is why it never has to justify itself. For South African organisations heading into next year’s budgets, the cloud conversation is...
Why critical circular supply chain initiatives stall
Circularity was once framed mainly as an environmental imperative, but it is no longer just about sustainability. In addition to reducing industrial emissions, cutting waste and saving valuable, dwindling resources, circularity can strengthen resilience, grow...
New board for Vodacom Foundation
Vodacom Group has established a Foundation to consolidate and strengthen its impact on the continent. The Vodacom Foundation, which brings together the eight Foundations across its footprint under one umbrella, has appointed a seven-member Board chaired by renowned...
Red Hat debuts Red Hat AI 3.5
Red Hat has announced significant updates across the Red Hat AI portfolio with the release of Red Hat AI 3.5. As enterprise teams move past early experimentation and pilot successes, IT and platform engineering leaders face the challenge of running AI with the same...
Data Engineer
Background:Excellent career opportunity for a Data Engineer to join a leading retail groupMinimum Requirements:3 Year IT related degreePost graduate qualification (advantageous)5-10 Years' experience and understanding in designing and developing data warehouses...
Senior Scrum Master at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Our client in the financial services and insurance space is looking for a Senior Scrum Master who can turn delivery from busy to genuinely valuable. This is a role for someone who coaches teams to own their work, clears the path, and uses data, not noise, to make...
Data Engineer – Remote Remote
Background:Excellent career opportunity for a Data Engineer to join a leading retail groupMinimum Requirements:3 Year IT related degreePost graduate qualification (advantageous)5-10 Years' experience and understanding in designing and developing data warehouses...
Senior Scrum Master at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Clubview
Our client in the financial services and insurance space is looking for a Senior Scrum Master who can turn delivery from busy to genuinely valuable. This is a role for someone who coaches teams to own their work, clears the path, and uses data, not noise, to make...
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Background:Our Client within the retail sector is looking for Data Analysts to interpret data and use it to improve their businessMinimum Requirements:3 Year related degree (In a quantitative field i.e.: Data, Finance, Economics etc)Post graduate qualification...
EPM Functional Specialist
Functional expertise (essential) Demonstrable Oracle EPM Cloud implementation experience across the full lifecycle (design, build, playback, SIT, UAT, cutover, hypercare).Hands-on configuration experience in Oracle FCCS and EPBCS, with exposure to Narrative Reporting...
Data Analyst x 2 – Remote Remote
Background:Our Client within the retail sector is looking for Data Analysts to interpret data and use it to improve their businessMinimum Requirements:3 Year related degree (In a quantitative field i.e.: Data, Finance, Economics etc)Post graduate qualification...
EPM Functional Specialist – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
Functional expertise (essential) Demonstrable Oracle EPM Cloud implementation experience across the full lifecycle (design, build, playback, SIT, UAT, cutover, hypercare).Hands-on configuration experience in Oracle FCCS and EPBCS, with exposure to Narrative Reporting...
Senior Application Developer (Microsoft .Net/Full stack) x2 at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
A government entity needs a Senior Application Developer who still loves the build. Custom applications, in an agile room, from specification to something that runs. You write it, test it, document it, and you do not leave the next person guessing. The work includes...
Technical Enterprise Architect
My client based in Midrand is currently looking for a Technical Enterprise Architect to join their team on a contract basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Lead architecture design reviews, establish standards and ensure compliance with approved designs.Govern...
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