Gavi-supported vaccines save millions of lives
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Arctic sea ice near historic low; Antarctic ice declines
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Fintech, edtech dominate SA venture capital investments
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Telkom, MTN still in acquisition talks
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Early humans extracted glue from a local conifer
In the Middle Stone Age, early Homo sapiens in South Africa used glue made from local Podocarpus trees to attach stone tools to wooden spears. This glue has excellent adhesive properties and can only be produced in an elaborate processs, according to scientists from...
These were the 10 most traded cryptos in September
The ninth month of the year is usually one of the worst for crypto prices, especially for Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have seen their values plunge every September for the last five years. According to data presented by CryptoPresales.com, Bitcoin's latest price dip...
Hybrid cloud is critical to modernisation, but challenges remain
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Responsible AI still a pipe dream for many
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Intel accelerates developer ecosystem
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Government organisations at higher encryption risk from ransomware
A massive 72% of state and local government organisations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted - 7% more than the cross-sector average. In fact, according to Sophos's "The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022" report, only 20% of state and...
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Merchants is one of SA’s Top Employers
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Gemalto protects mobile subscribers in the cloud
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Ruckus simplifies WiFi for small businesses
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Red Hat Academy Academy debuts in EMEA
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TruTeq lands multi-million rand VAS deal
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Senior Python Engineer
This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...
Senior Business Analyst – Western Cape Cape Town
Facilitate discussions with stakeholders Analyse the various systems and processes in detailConstruct workflow charts and diagramsExecution of business analysis methodologiesAssist with project requirements planningProcess documentationBusiness Requirements...
Lead Platform/DevOps Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
As the Platform Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining our organization's technology platforms. This role involves overseeing a team of platform engineers, setting technical direction,...
Network Engineer – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Skills:Design and implement various types of networks.Firewall and network security SkillsRouting and Switching SkillsLoad Balancer F5 SkillsCisco ISE SkillsCisco Umbrella SkillsManaging Wireless NetworkCable ManagementSDWAN – Viptella SkillsCisco DNAC SkillsCisco...
Senior Python Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
This role can be fully remote. Our client makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, we work with small and largemerchants to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and...
Senior Support Engineer
Ensuring endpoint software is installed, updated and operating correctly on all workstations and servers; Regularly patch all servers and endpoints Providing support/troubleshooting for server software and hardware; Conduct routine network maintenance and network...
Python Developer
Qualifications and Experience: Relevant Tertiary Qualification, and suitable experience4 years+ Python, using Flask, JavaScript, HTML, CSS working experience..Net / Java Software Development experience is a huge advantage.Good understanding of CSS libraries, GIT,...
Front End Developer at Direct Transact
Skills and Experience At least 1 - 2 years' experience as a Front-end Developer or a similar role working with the following technologies: HTMLCSSTypeScriptReactReact NativeExperience with NextJS beneficialExperience with Tailwind beneficialExperience with React Query...
Intermediate Software Developer
This role is fully remote We are looking for a talented Software Engineer How you'll be making a difference: Work alongside the team and be a part of the full software development life cycle. Building features for our 4 user groups, Merchants, Customers, Developers...
Senior Support Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
Ensuring endpoint software is installed, updated and operating correctly on all workstations and servers; Regularly patch all servers and endpoints Providing support/troubleshooting for server software and hardware; Conduct routine network maintenance and network...
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