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...

Bloemfontein High School wins JSE Investment Challenge in May

Set clear goals, understand the rules, and diversify your portfolio. That is the sage advice from a group of four Headstart High School learners from Bloemfontein who emerged victorious, taking top spot in the JSE Investment Challenge's Spectacular Portfolio category...

Hydrogen energy technologies drive platinum group metals demand

The global market for platinum group metals (PGMs) - which include platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium and ruthenium - will record a 4,47% increase between now and 2029, according to market research firm Mordor Intelligence. In part, market growth will come...

Global companies come to SA for its people

Cape Town is one of the world’s fastest-growing regions in terms of foreign investment. In particular, the city has been established as a top destination for international tech companies, with over 40 000 people employed in the sector. This is according to a report...

Youth urged to take charge of their own skills development

Global megatrends such as digital disruption, demographic and economic shifts, climate crisis and labour shortages are likely to influence skills required to manage or leverage future risk and opportunity landscapes in ways that we can’t yet predict. As such, the...

Putting the local into IoT

There have been several obstacles impacting the growth of South Africa’s burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, but in 2022 it is now reaching a tipping point as more projects shift from pilot phases to full-scale deployments. It has been said so often that...

TikTok prank mimics real fraud scheme

On TikTok, a prank where people call their friends using an automated answering machine voice to tell them that a large amount of money is about to be debited from their account is gaining popularity. But Kaspersky experts warn that this trend is a real fraud scheme,...

Mobile banking comes under attack

In its latest Global Threat Index for June 2022, Check Point Research (CPR) reports that a new Android banking malware has emerged, named MaliBot, following the takedown of FluBot at the end of May. Although only just discovered, MaliBot, a banking, has already...

SA consumers ramp up spend on streaming services

FNB has revealed that consumer spend on audio and video streaming services such as Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Music, Deezer, Amazon Prime, ShowMax, Netflix and YouTube has increased by roughly 70% from the period before Covid-19 up to end of June 2022. Raj...

Webb images open up new understanding of the Universe

NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), has released the first full-colour images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Telescope. The first images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope will...

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Senior appointments at Datatec Financial Services

Datatec has announced the appointments of Christian Roelofs as MD of Datatec Finance and Kevin Quarantello to president of Datatec Financial Services (DFS). DFS is a newly established division in the group focused on providing Westcon and Logicalis customers with...

Esquire reaches National Business Awards finals

Esquire Technologies has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Innovation through Technology Award Category in this year's National Business Awards. Esquire Technologies has developed the World's first custom-tailored supply chain management system called the Virtual...

Data Centre Central 2015: bridging the gap

Top-level decision makers wanting to gain greater insight into the country's most pressing complex data centre challenges, from real-life economic, engineering and regulatory issues, should mark off 29 October 2015 on their calendars to attend the second Data Centre...

Training steady as apprentice intake drops

The artisan industry seems to be in a nosedive, with apprentice intake arguably heading for a significant drop for the year as company's cut back due to continued pressures in the mining and commodities markets. However, some artisan training companies, such as...

How is SDN disrupting the way businesses develop technology?

While many businesses acknowledge that the benefits of SDN are too big to ignore, there are challenges to overcome, says Gary Newe, technical director at F5 Networks. You must have read so much about software-defined networking (SDN) by now that you probably think you...

Soft skills boost competitive edge

The rules for remaining competitive in business are changing every day, yet some companies are still not embracing new trends and methods. It has long been said that the magic recipe for a successful business is talented, knowledgeable staff combined with innovative...

SUSE and Huawei debut SAP HANA appliance solution

SUSE and Huawei are collaborating to include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the operating environment in Huawei's new SAP HANA Appliance Solution. The combination of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Huawei's SAP HANA appliance will speed up real-time data analysis...

What to look for in a mobile enablement partner

South Africa's mobile messaging market is a fiercely contested space, it is therefore important that organisations examine their mobile channel requirements carefully to obtain optimal value in the future, writes Jacques Swanepoel, COO of Cellfind. The mobile phone is...

Professional lead generation boosts sales

In order to make sales, a business has to have qualified leads, and the best way to do this is thorough lead generation, or the process of establishing interest in products or services among a specific target market. Generating leads involves a process. There are ways...

Network Platforms links Hetzner and Teraco

Network Platforms has developed a robust and scalable fibre infrastructure between Hetzner's Centurion data centre and Teraco Isando. The solution ensures that Hetzner and Network Platforms can offer their clients an impressively rich array of services and...

L1 ServiceNow Support Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic ServiceNow Level 1 Desktop Support Engineer to join our client in the telecommunications industry. This is a contract position based in Cape Town, offering a hybrid working model to provide flexibility between office and...

Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer with a relevant tertiary qualification (Degree/Hons in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Systems, etc) and minimum 4-5 years' experience in data engineering, database administration or a related field, required to design, build and...

Scrum Master (ILR) at Parvana Recruitment

Client Details:Our client offers financial service solutions helping their clients achieve their dreams. With an emphasis on culture fit, they boast a dedicated team of over 600 employees, many with over a decade of tenure. They have built their culture on a feeling...

Data Engineer

A leader in the Banking and Financial space is on the lookout for a Data Engineer to join their team. The purpose of the Data Engineer is to leverage their data expertise and data related technologies, in line with the Company's Data Architecture Roadmap, to advance...

Item Coding Analyst at Circana

Circana (formerly IRI and NPD) is the leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. Through unparalleled technology, advanced analytics, cross-industry data, and deep expertise, we provide clarity that helps almost 7,000 of the world's leading brands and...

Business Analyst – ServiceNow

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced ServiceNow Business Analyst to join our team on a contract basis. The successful candidate will play a critical role in optimizing and enhancing our ServiceNow platform to meet business needs. This role requires a deep...

Senior Data Engineer – Western Cape Stellenbosch

Senior Data Engineer with a relevant tertiary qualification (Degree/Hons in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Systems, etc) and minimum 4-5 years' experience in data engineering, database administration or a related field, required to design, build and...

Scrum Master (ILR) at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg

Client Details:Our client offers financial service solutions helping their clients achieve their dreams. With an emphasis on culture fit, they boast a dedicated team of over 600 employees, many with over a decade of tenure. They have built their culture on a feeling...

Data Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

A leader in the Banking and Financial space is on the lookout for a Data Engineer to join their team. The purpose of the Data Engineer is to leverage their data expertise and data related technologies, in line with the Company's Data Architecture Roadmap, to advance...

Item Coding Analyst at Circana – Western Cape Cape Town Region

Circana (formerly IRI and NPD) is the leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. Through unparalleled technology, advanced analytics, cross-industry data, and deep expertise, we provide clarity that helps almost 7,000 of the world's leading brands and...

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