Digital companies’ emission reductions lag climate commitments

Despite progress in climate reporting and renewable electricity use, digital companies are falling short in cutting emissions at the pace required to achieve global climate targets, according to the new report Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and...

Transport costs keep millions away from work and education

As South Africans face sharply higher fuel prices from yesterday, new Ipsos research shows that transport affordability is already affecting access to work and education for a significant number of people. The nationally representative findings, from the Ipsos...

ID-based attacks rife as phishing, authentication abuse on the rise

Phishing accounted for more than half of cybersecurity incident response engagements in the second quarter of 2026, while authentication abuse was observed in 65% of engagements, according to the latest Incident Response Trends report from Cisco Talos. The findings...

Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

Last chance to enter FNB App of the Year Hackathon

On 25 October, FNB will host some of the brightest minds in app development and innovative technology solutions for entrepreneurs at this year’s FNB App of the Year 72-hour Hackathon. The FNB App of the Year Hackathon aims to connect developers, designers, tech...

Big carbon dioxide plume mapped over SA

Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite. The detections highlight a carbon dioxide plume in...

Lebashe investment a shot in the arm for EOH

Lebashe Investment Group, EOH's strategic partner since 2018, has signed irrevocable undertakings to follow its rights on the shares it currently owns, which represent 13,06% of the issued share capital, as well as invest further R100-million through a specific share...

All the winners from the BCX Digital Innovation Awards

BCX has announced the winners of the Digital Innovation Awards 2022. "We believe that now, more than ever, South Africa is making strides towards embracing and participating in the fourth industrial revolution," says Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of BCX. "The innovation we have...

Positive outlook for climate technology

Climate tech funding in 2022 represented more than a quarter of every venture dollar invested in 2022, in the upper half of the 20% to 30% range observed since the start of 2018, according to PwC's State of Climate Tech 2022 report. Investment in climate tech has been...

Manufacturing ransomware payments higher than other sectors

In a new sectoral survey report - The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production - cybersecurity specialists Sophos has revealed that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors--$2 036 189 versus $812 360, respectively. In addition,...

Hacktivists make way for professionals in DDoS attacks

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks increased consistently in the third quarter of 2022, particularly those conducted by professionals, with the number of so-called smart attacks during this term doubling compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the...

Virtual cards set for strong growth

Although South Africa was a little late to the party when it came to the uptake in virtual card usage, businesses are quickly realising the benefits of this payment method. And, with a good change management approach, virtual cards could offer big benefits to...

Cash vs online payments – where will customers flock?

While cash remains king as a means of payment in emerging markets, the proliferation of technology and the ever-increasing demand for instant and fast payments are changing the way businesses, retailers and consumers transact daily. And with Black Friday just around...

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Ericsson gets behind the Networked Society

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Facebook drives Internet safety in Africa

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Western Digital prosumer NAS empowers creative pros

Western Digital has updated its prosumer solutions with My Cloud EX2 Ultra, a high-performance, two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS is designed from the ground up for creative professionals and prosumers that need to automatically...

PBSA unveils new digital signature technology

Up to 80% paper resources reduction, an 80% decrease in power consumption, up to 90% time savings and a largely reduced usage of petroleum and diesel are all reasons PBSA (formerly Pitney Bowes SA) has launched digital signing and electronic workflow solution...

AccTech scoops top Sage awards

Sage premier business partner AccTech Systems won four awards at the recent 2016 Sage Business Partner Conference. The Sage Partner conference 2016 marked the change of an era for its community. For the first time it brought its partners together in one venue...

Tintri targets cloud service providers

Tintri, a producer of VM-aware storage (VAS) for virtualisation and cloud environments, has set its sights on the cloud service provider market with the roll out of its VM-aware storage (VAS) portfolio. With research showing that the top three storage challenges...

Astea makes Bytes MS more efficient

Bytes Managed Solutions (Bytes MS) implemented the Astea Alliance service management and mobile workforce optimisation platform in August 2015 to gain additional efficiencies, support the company's "green" initiatives by reducing paper, emissions and fuel costs, as...

TomTom adds features to ease integration

TomTom is launching TomTom Bridge, offering a flexible and innovative platform to integrate the TomTom technology into the business. The TomTom Bridge helps businesses that manage a fleet of vehicles take control and get there faster with the latest TomTom Maps and...

Aspect debuts dynamic development for self-service

Aspect Software, a cloud provider of fully-integrated consumer engagement, workforce optimisation, and back-office solutions, announced the release of Aspect CXP 15 (Customer Experience Platform). The release adds advanced integration with Aspect's consumer engagement...

Qlik makes it into the Leader Quadrant

Visual analytics company Qlik has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2016 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the sixth consecutive year that Qlik has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant...

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To accelerate the implementation of regional industrial zones and corridors through partnerships. The Project Manager will provide support to the uThukela Special Economic Zone (SEZ), related Industrial Parks (IPs) and Special Projects with the aim to accelerate the...

Security Analyst X2 – Gauteng Pretoria

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SQL Database Administrator

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Developer – Internship Role (JHB) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Role: Our highly successful national client is looking for a bright and ambitious developer for their team. You are not expected to know anything, you will be provided with courses as well as on the job training which will last for over 4 months. This role can...

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