40% of South Africans rely on social grants
New Ipsos data reveals the scale of South Africa’s reliance on social grants, with the Child Support Grant (CSG) dominating, the once-temporary Covid-era Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant becoming a lifeline for (especially) young South Africans, and a relatively...
Frogfoot, Vox, Hypa cash injection secures fibre expansion
Frogfoot, Vox and Hypa have secured a capital injection that will allow the companies quadruple their annual fibre rollout to 360 000 connected homes The new growth capital will materially accelerate the physical expansion of high speed fibre to previously underserved...
Anthropic to add watermarking to Claude content
Future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark. This feature complies with the EU AI Act, and will help to determine the likelihood that Claude was involved in writing the text. All artificial intelligence (AI) vendors will have to provide a similar...
Massive growth ahead for humanoid robot market
The global humanoid robot market size is expected to reach $40,5-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 38,2% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The global market for humanoid robots is poised for substantial growth due to rapid...
As debt soars, know what your total exposure it
South Africa is seeing a marked rise in civil debt litigation, with new case data pointing to sharply higher volumes of default judgments, consent orders and summonses for consumer debt. According to Hammond Pole Attorneys, the trend reflects mounting financial...
Cell C restructuring hits Blu Label earnings
Blu Label has issued a trading statement for the year ended 31 May 2026, warning shareholders that earnings will decrease by more than 20% compared to the previous year. The group reports that it would have reports revenue of R9,4-billion, gross income of...
Connected healthcare needs a digital backbone
By Henry Adams, Country Manager at InterSystems South Africa - South African healthcare is being pushed to do more with the systems, people, and budgets already under strain. Public and private organisations may face different pressures, but both are working to...
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...
Ransomware attacks double as cyberthreats continue to rise
Organisations worldwide experienced an average of 2 336 cyberattacks per week - a 3% increase month on month and a 16% increase year on year – according to Check Point’s Global Threat Intelligence insights for July. African organisations recorded 3 237 attacks per...
macOS users report more cyberthreats than Windows users
Kaspersky’s latest survey highlights a protection gap between macOS and Windows based devices. While macOS has long been regarded as the more secure operating system, 12% of its users reported malware infections compared with 9% of Windows users. Moreover, only 35% of...
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Connect security, privacy, AI governance to reduce information risk
Information security, privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) governance are often treated as separate disciplines. But, in practice, they are closely linked. By Ryan Boyes, senior security administrator at Galix AI systems rely on information, which often includes...
Threat detection is only useful when action is built in
In a Security Operations Centre (SOC), detection is measured by what happens after an alert appears on a screen. By Timothy Smith, director: sales at DigitalShield Many organisations now have tools that identify suspicious activity across endpoints, email, identity,...
What the TrendAI/Anthropic partnership means for SA
I've sat through a lot of cybersecurity announcements. Most of them follow the same script: Two vendors shake hands. A press release goes out. Yet very little on the ground changes. I understand why people tune out, writes Gareth Redelinghuys, country MD at TrendAI...
Your IT team doesn’t need another dashboard. It needs breathing room
I do not think most IT teams need another dashboard, writes Michael Currie, director at The Cloud Crew. Many mid-market IT teams already have enough places to look. The real pressure starts after the dashboard lights up. Someone still has to decide whether the alert...
Your cloud strategy may be weakening the business
The biggest mistake CIOs make about cloud is believing that adoption equals modernisation. By Helen Kruger, MD of Troye It does not, in many cases cloud has simply given them a more expensive, more fragmented and harder to manage version of the infrastructure problems...
(A)I rest my case: AI and the future of online dispute resolution
If there is one thing organisations know well, it is that disputes are expensive. By Garth Duncan, partner; Brittany Leroni, senior associate; and Razina Mahomed, candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel The expense extends beyond legal fees, to management time, damaged...
What it will take to secure the foundation of digital education?
If the future of South Africa is shaped by the opportunities we create for young people today, then the promise of a digital education and the opportunities it provides is one of our most important and urgent endeavours. So too is the digital security of Gen Alpha’s...
The youth unemployment crisis is also a digital skills crisis
South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis cannot be solved without closing a parallel, faster-moving gap- - digital and AI fluency. The country’s youth unemployment rate stood at 60,9% among 15 to 24 year-olds in the first quarter of 2026 - one of the highest rates in...
AI turns customers into database entries – and business pays the price
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming customer service at unprecedented speed. Businesses are deploying chatbots, automated workflows and AI-powered support platforms in pursuit of greater efficiency, lower costs and faster response times. By Thato Moloto,...
Your self-driving car owes a debt to military technology
Every time your phone reroutes you around traffic, you are using a Cold War weapons system. By Dr Dithoto Modungwa, defence and security researcher at CSIR GPS began as NAVSTAR, a US Department of Defence positioning network built for missile guidance in the 1970s and...
Machine Learning Engineer (Intermediate / Senior) – Remote South Africa
Our client is looking for a passionate Machine Learning Engineer to join a rapidly growing AI team focused on building production-ready AI solutions that deliver real-world impact. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI systems, large language...
Senior Database Engineer / Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are looking for a Senior Database Specialist to join an enterprise technology environment, with a strong focus on database architecture, performance optimisation, automation and database ecosystem integration.The successful candidate will play a key role in...
Machine Learning Engineer (Intermediate / Senior) – Remote South Africa – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Our client is looking for a passionate Machine Learning Engineer to join a rapidly growing AI team focused on building production-ready AI solutions that deliver real-world impact. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI systems, large language...
Senior Database Engineer / Specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
We are looking for a Senior Database Specialist to join an enterprise technology environment, with a strong focus on database architecture, performance optimisation, automation and database ecosystem integration.The successful candidate will play a key role in...
IT Officer
Our client is seeking a proactive and technically skilled IT Officer to take ownership of its internal IT operations across multiple sites. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to manage infrastructure, Microsoft 365, cybersecurity, end-user support, and...
Project Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Ready to lead projects that transform customer experiences?We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to drive the delivery of complex Call Centre, Contact Centre and Telephony transformation projects from initiation through to successful deployment and...
IT Officer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is seeking a proactive and technically skilled IT Officer to take ownership of its internal IT operations across multiple sites. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to manage infrastructure, Microsoft 365, cybersecurity, end-user support, and...
Project Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Ready to lead projects that transform customer experiences?We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to drive the delivery of complex Call Centre, Contact Centre and Telephony transformation projects from initiation through to successful deployment and...
Platform / Cloud Engineer – AWS & Kubernetes at MSP
Our client is looking for an experienced Platform / Cloud Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team focused on building, automating, and supporting modern cloud platforms. This opportunity is ideal for professionals passionate about Kubernetes, AWS, DevOps,...
Platform / Cloud Engineer – AWS & Kubernetes at MSP – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is looking for an experienced Platform / Cloud Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team focused on building, automating, and supporting modern cloud platforms. This opportunity is ideal for professionals passionate about Kubernetes, AWS, DevOps,...
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