Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

Apple aims to mainstream foldable smartphones with iPhone Duo

Following the launch of Apple’s first foldable smartphone – the iPhone Duo – Amanda Mitchell, senior analyst, Telecoms practice, Technology at Globaldata, is under no illusions about the company’s intentions. “The move signals Apple’s intent to put its brand gravity...

Reform proposed for SA’s data laws

South Africa’s data regulation efforts remain fragmented and outdated. This is the headline finding from a University of Cape Town (UCT) study examining the role of law in regulating data, within the evolving digital ecosystem of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The...

Study underlines Africa’s unique cardiovascular conditions

A University of Cape Town (UCT) led study, the Sub-Saharan Africa Survey of Heart Failure (THESUS II), has found that the conditions of those most affected by heart failure in Africa haven’t changed much. Africans presenting with heart failure are still 10-20 years...

Companies urged to use the Export Block Exemption

The publication of the Block Exemption for Promotion of Exports enabling South African exporters to collaborate in pursuing international markets will not benefit them unless they make full use of the regulation. This is according to the Kwanele Mkhwanazi, director:...

SA students shine in Tashkent Olympiad

South Africa's national programming team has returned home with four awards from the 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The team brought home one Bronze medal and three Honourable Mention certificates, a strong showing...

Nvidia to buy Hugging Face in $12,9bn deal

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,93-billion. “Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide,” says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a post announcing the...

GoTyme Bank completes app transition

GoTyme Bank, formerly TymeBank, will retire the old TymeBank app on 6 September 2026, completing the phased transition to the GoTyme Bank app launched early this year. The new GoTyme Bank app has already recorded more than 4,5-million downloads. Customers still using...

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...

Scientists may have found dark matter

Global scientists have encountered an intriguing particle interaction in their search for dark matter, which might help pave the way for answering one of the biggest unresolved questions about our universe. The study, led by a University of Bristol astro-particle...

SA online retail to reach R159bn this year

South Africans are expected to spend about R159-billion online in 2026, as e-commerce grows by an estimated 22,5% and records its first full year at 10% of national retail turnover on a like-for-like nominal basis. These are the central findings of Online Retail in...

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Meta launches Muse Code coding agent

Meta has released Muse Code (beta), a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2. Muse Code takes on complex software engineering tasks across large repositories: planning changes, writing code, and validating the results. It can coordinate multiple persistent...

AI agents augment human expertise in ICT professional services

AI and agentic AI are proving transformative in many use cases, but they aren’t a replacement for human expertise in the ICT professional services space. This is according to Paul Field, professional services/managed services business leader at CASA Software....

Unpacking the power of choice in enterprise AI

Enterprise CEOs and CIOs are asking their technology teams very valid questions. How are we embracing AI? How can AI enhance our organisation? What is the projected return on investment? By Johan Scheepers, senior manager: solution architects at Red Hat Sub-Saharan...

Share doesn’t mean surrender when it comes to digital ID

South Africa is on the cusp of a major shift in how we prove who we are in the digital world. By Gerhard Oosthuizen, chief technology officer at Entersekt If the deluge of posts on community message groups is anything to go by, the proposed new digital identity (ID)...

Bribery the biggest corruption risk facing SA businesses

The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Amendment Bill, recently tabled before Parliament, calls for stricter mandatory reporting thresholds and supports severe penalties for failure to report corruption. This is the word from says Elani Vogel, senior...

Girls needed to fill SA’s cybersecurity jobs

A national survey by the CSIR and the Cybersecurity Hub found that 62% of cybersecurity roles in South African organisations are partially or fully unfilled. By Julie Noizeux Inder, enterprise channel manager: South Africa at Fortinet That number is worth sitting with...

Absa Bank modernises credit risk management reporting

Absa Bank has partnered with SAS to modernise its credit risk management infrastructure. The credit risk management system – built on SAS Viya, the company’s data and AI platform, and running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reduced reporting cycles by 80% to 90% -...

TCL opens experience store

Global consumer electronics brand TCL has opened the doors to its first TCL Experience Store in South Africa, bringing the brand's latest innovations under one roof at Cedar Square in Fourways, Johannesburg. South Africa is considered a strategic market for TCL...

Western Cape government partners with FinFind

The Western Cape Government, through its Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT), has partnered with Finfind to strengthen access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the province. Finfind is South Africa’s leading online...

Some of your best women are reconsidering leadership. Here’s why

According to McKinsey and LeanIn.Org's latest Women in the Workplace report, women are now less likely than men to say they want a promotion. For the first time in 11 years of tracking this data, a measurable aspiration gap has emerged: 69% of entry-level women want...

Desktop Support Technician

About the RoleWe are seeking a customer-focused and technically driven Technical Support Technician (1st Line Support) to join our dynamic IT team. This role will serve as the first point of contact for end users requiring technical assistance and will be responsible...

Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

A company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale power generation and energy storage plants across the African continent is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer who will own the company's Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end - remote or hybrid...

Senior Software Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

To research, analyse and evaluate requirements for the existing or new software applications.JOB DESCRIPTION Prototyping and software development of the telescope operational software (all stages of the full software development life cycle will be encountered).Provide...

Desktop Support Technician – Gauteng Braamfontein

About the RoleWe are seeking a customer-focused and technically driven Technical Support Technician (1st Line Support) to join our dynamic IT team. This role will serve as the first point of contact for end users requiring technical assistance and will be responsible...

Technical Support Technician

We are recruiting on behalf of a premier electronic security and surveillance technology distributor. They are seeking a skilled Technical Support Technician to provide tier-1 and tier-2 technical support to system integrators, clients, and internal teams. The Support...

Python/Spark/AI Developer

Python/Spark/AI DeveloperRole purpose & context:Our client is looking for a Python/Spark/AI Developer to replat form legacy T-SQL onto Spark/Delta Lake pipelines and build the APIs and AI features around them, writing type-safe, spec-first Python. Key roles &...

Technical Support Technician – Gauteng Centurion

We are recruiting on behalf of a premier electronic security and surveillance technology distributor. They are seeking a skilled Technical Support Technician to provide tier-1 and tier-2 technical support to system integrators, clients, and internal teams. The Support...

Python/Spark/AI Developer – Remote Remote

Python/Spark/AI DeveloperRole purpose & context:Our client is looking for a Python/Spark/AI Developer to replat form legacy T-SQL onto Spark/Delta Lake pipelines and build the APIs and AI features around them, writing type-safe, spec-first Python. Key roles &...

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