Digital squatting hits record levels
The practice of digital squatting - registering domains that mimic established brands - has reached record levels, creating serious risks for companies and consumers alike. In 2025, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) handled 6 200 domain name...
How phishing threats evolved in 2025
A new Kaspersky review reveals how cybercriminals revived and refined phishing techniques to target individuals and businesses in 2025, including calendar-based attacks, voice message deceptions and sophisticated multi-factor authentication (MFA) bypass schemes. The...
SA’s business liquidations skyrocket
South Africa’s corporate sector is under siege with the latest report from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) revealing that 145 businesses were liquidated in September - pushing the 2025 year-to-date total to 1 180 closures. This marks a 23,9% spike compared to...
NASA shares pics of solar system visitor
NASA is in the midst of a solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space telescopes to follow comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. Twelve NASA assets have captured and processed imagery of the...
MeerKAT key to decoding interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has played a pivotal role in a major scientific result confirming that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is behaving like a comet and shows no sign of technological activity. An international team, co-led by UCT’s Professor DJ Pisano,...
AI heightens cybersecurity threats
South Africa is still the top target in Africa as cyberattacks continue to menace governments, education institutions, telcos and financial services companies. Artificial intelligence (AI), while proving useful in countering attacks, is also a major new tool in the...
E-commerce growth, improving economy bode well Black Friday
With consumers increasingly embracing online shopping, widespread Black Friday e-commerce promotions are likely to fuel another strong sales year. Although shoppers are likely to remain cautious in their spending, improving economic conditions and other key factors...
Value to top volume this Black November
With Black Friday once again over the payday period, shoppers are expected to focus on value rather than volume, with consumer behaviour remaining cautious over the period. South African consumers remain under significant financial pressure despite lower inflation and...
A new era of connectivity for Africa
The core 2Africa subsea cable system – the first cable to connect East and West Africa in a single, continuous system linking Africa with the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe – has been activated. The new cabling system marks a historic milestone in digital...
Microsoft, Nvidia, Anthropic in strategic partnership
Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic have announced new strategic partnerships. Anthropic is scaling its rapidly growing Claude AI model on Microsoft Azure, powered by Nvidia, which will broaden access to Claude and provide Azure enterprise customers with expanded model...
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Call to address the climate change reality in SA
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Tighten controls ahead of PCI DSS v4.0.1
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Vertiv continues African data centre webinar series
Vertiv is resuming its technical webinar series in Africa in 2025. Called the “Technology Knowledge Forum” webinar series, the talks aim to keep data centre managers, IT professionals, and industry leaders informed on the latest technology trends shaping the...
Call for applications for AWIEF Growth Accelerator in Nigeria
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has partnered with African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and FSDH Merchant Bank to implement its flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator programme in Nigeria and is excited to announce the call for applications. Limited...
Diversification pays dividends for JSE
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Nokia, industry partners accelerate AI-RAN development
At Mobile World Congress 2025, Nokia and its ecosystem of industry partners KDDI, SoftBank, T-Mobile US, and Nvidia have outlined the advances made in the deployment and optimization of revolutionary AI-powered Radio Access Networks (RAN) as well as the future...
Ariston, Sensor Networks in strategic partnership
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Infobip, Bayobab transform SMS services in Africa
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Amantha Naidoo joins NTT Data executive
NTT Data has announced the appointment of Amantha Naidoo as managing executive for South Africa, effective 1 May 2025. In this strategic role, Naidoo will be responsible for driving NTT Data’s growth and strategy execution in the South African market, while supporting...
Africa’s energy should balance fossil fuels and renewables
There’s a promising future for African renewables as the continent strives to balance its current reliance on fossil fuels, writes NJ Ayuk, executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber. That’s the prediction of the African Energy Chamber’s 2025 Outlook Report on...
Systems Engineer_Customer Experience (Genesys Cloud CX, Linux, Azure) (Remote) – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
ENVIRONMENT:PROVIDE exceptional technical customer support as the next Systems Engineer sought by a Customer Experience Tech Specialist to join its team. Your role will include Linux Server Administration, VICIdial support and configuration, Genesys Cloud CX...
Project Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Roodepoort
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Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group
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Senior Software Engineer at The Foschini Group – Western Cape Cape Town
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Software Engineer (.Net Core) at Ntice Sourcing Solutions (Pty) Ltd.
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Software Engineer (.Net Core) at Ntice Sourcing Solutions (Pty) Ltd. – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
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Integration Engineer (TypeScript, Node.js, AWS & Azure) (Remote) – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
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