With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Landmark Climate Change Act welcomed

The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa's signing of the Climate Change Bill into law this week. "The signing of the bill is a step in the right direction, as South Africa has established...

Crypto exchange revenues set to plummet

The 2024 crypto hype, driven by increased regulatory clarity, technological advancements, and broader market adoption, has been quite strong, helping global crypto exchange revenues to almost double compared to last year. In 2024, crypto exchanges are expected to...

MEA companies understand importance of CX

More than half (62%) of companies across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) plan to increase their investments in solutions to improve the customer experience (CX) by up to 50% by 2024. Twenty two percent even plan to increase spending by up to more than double for...

NASA’s stakeholder collaborations help inform Moon to Mars planning

NASA has released a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the solar system. Starting with 50 draft objectives developed by agency leaders across its mission directorates earlier this year, NASA invited...

Massive decrease in African RDP attacks

According to Kaspersky telemetry, the number of brute force attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) across Africa has significantly decreased in Q2 2022 by 53% compared to the previous quarter. There could be several reasons for this downward trajectory: it...

Top tech priorities for midsize enterprises

Security and risk management, application and integration strategies, and infrastructure and operations are the top three technology priorities for midsize enterprises (MSEs) in 2022, according to a recent survey from Gartner. "MSEs are shifting investments and even...

Downloads on app markets see slight stall

The number of app downloads on Google Play and iOS stores has taken a tumble during the second quarter of 2022, according to the numbers presented by SafeBettingSites.com, which says the combined number of downloads on both stores decreased by 4,2% y-o-y. According to...

Microsoft looks to fast-track youth entrepreneurship

Microsoft is expanding its partnership with the African Development Bank to support Africa's youth entrepreneurs under the bank's Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Banks (YEIB) Initiative. Through its African Transformation Office (ATO), Microsoft will work with the...

Banking-as-a-service revenue on the rise

A new study from Juniper Research has found the total BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) platform revenue will exceed $38-billion by 2027, rising from $11-billion in 2022. The rapid growth of 240% will be driven by BaaS' ability to deepen relationships between brands and...

International tourism back to 60% of pre-pandemic levels

International tourism has continued to show strong signs of recovery, with arrivals reaching 57% of pre-pandemic levels in the first seven months of 2022. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals almost tripled in January...

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CA Southern Africa signs partnership with In2IT

CA Southern Africa has signed a partnership with In2IT, a leading provider of managed services for remote monitoring and management of critical IT infrastructure. In terms of the agreement, In2IT will be able to provide its clients with an-end-to-end IT monitoring...

Corruption still rife in North Africa

Nearly one in three citizens who tried to access basic public services in the Middle East and North Africa paid a bribe, according to a Transparency International report which shows that governments across the region have failed to hear their citizens' voices against...

Low-tech attackers use open source tools

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a new trend among cyberespionage threat actors: instead of developing customised hacking tools or buying them from third-party suppliers on the criminal underground, they are using tools available on the web for research...

Reasons to outsource database administration

With the South African economy in crisis, IT managers are under greater pressure than ever to tighten budgets and increase efficiencies. One of the ways to significantly reduce IT costs is to outsource your database and operating system administration to a service...

Seacom gains momentum in SA business market

Pan-African telecoms enabler Seacom has announced that it has grown its South African base of channel partners servicing the business market to more than 65 companies of all sizes, up from 20 in October last year. In addition, the telecom operator and its channel...

Social entrepreneurship key for Africa

Is social entrepreneurship the new face of development? A recent impact report released by Reach for Change suggests it might be. Social entrepreneurs across Africa are contributing to advances in education, healthcare, financial inclusion, environmental protection...

Digital offers strong opportunity for SMMEs

South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) has indicated that around 90% of employment opportunities in the country will be created by SMMEs by the year 2030. While the public and private sector have numerous programmes and incentive schemes in place to assist and...

Tshwane debuts safety app

The City of Tshwane and the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) have launched the Namola user app, officially announced by Tshwane executive mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa during his State of the Capital Address. Namola is a smartphone application that significantly...

Microsoft YouthSpark grant for Mentec Foundation SA

Microsoft Philanthropies has announced grants for over 100 nonprofit organisations in 55 countries, including Mentec Foundation in South Africa. The grants are a component of the $75M commitment Microsoft made to increase access to computer science education around...

Qlik strengthens cloud offerings with Industrial CodeBox

Qlik has acquired Industrial CodeBox, the company behind QVSource, which allows Qlik Sense and QlikView users to include data from cloud-based sources such as social media, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, and other web-based APIs into their applications for...

Software Quality Engineer – Remote Remote

Software Quality Engineer Exceptional growth opportunity in Cape Town!As an Software Engineer for enhance, your focus will be to review and implement while working on complex projects.You are expected to be involved in activities ranging from Test preparation and...

Business Analyst II – Remote Remote

Role:To enable change by defining the needs and the rationale for change, to understand the current state, to define the future state, and to determine the activities required to move from the current to the future state by applying the principles of business...

Business Analyst (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:OUR client, an innovative leader in the FinTech space, is looking for a highly skilled, solutions-driven & critical thinking Business Analyst to join its team. The successful incumbent must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Business...

Senior Backend Developer

Lead application lifecycle management, design efficient architectures, optimize performance, and implement best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior developers, and ensure high-quality, maintainable systems. Take ownership of projects and...

Graduate Software Developer

Graduate Software Developer - Use your brilliant talents to work in a one of a kind insurance tech company! ?? Hybrid working model opportunity where coding meets excellence ?? ?? No working experience required ?? We are looking for an enthusiastic Graduate Software...

Web Developer at Parvana Recruitment

What you will be doing:Develop the website / ecommerce platform using Agile methods, ensuring a seamless user experience from start to finish.Integrate ecommerce features, payment gateways, and user accounts smoothly and efficiently.Focus on delivering a high-quality...

Business Analyst (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:OUR client, an innovative leader in the FinTech space, is looking for a highly skilled, solutions-driven & critical thinking Business Analyst to join its team. The successful incumbent must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Business...

Senior Backend Developer – Gauteng Pretoria

Lead application lifecycle management, design efficient architectures, optimize performance, and implement best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior developers, and ensure high-quality, maintainable systems. Take ownership of projects and...

Graduate Software Developer – Gauteng Bryanston

Graduate Software Developer - Use your brilliant talents to work in a one of a kind insurance tech company! ?? Hybrid working model opportunity where coding meets excellence ?? ?? No working experience required ?? We are looking for an enthusiastic Graduate Software...

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