Intel throws support behind Meta’s Muse Spark Open
Intel has enabled day-0 support for Meta’s Muse Spark Open across Intel Xeon processors and Intel data center GPU platforms, Intel GPU D-series, through targeted low-bit model quantisation. Meta’s official open-weight release of Muse Spark Open, an...
AI course enrollments up 75%
AI course enrollments in South Africa increased 75% year over year, while enrollments in critical thinking courses rose 132%, according to Coursera’s Global Skills Report 2026. South Africa also ranks second among the 11 sub-Saharan African countries covered and 73rd...
PC shipments fall to Q1 2023 levels
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55,4-million units in the third quarter of 2026 - down 22,4% from the third quarter of 2025 - according to preliminary results from Gartner. “The impact of higher memory and storage costs is now fully reflected in PC pricing,” says...
IBM a step closer to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer
IBM has been selected for Stage C, the third phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) led by DARPA - the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – which will advance it through DARPA's verification process in which independent experts extensively test...
Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms
South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...
President Ntuli to leave HPE
By Kathy Gibson - President Ntuli has resigned as member of the board and MD of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa. “We can confirm that, after 14 years with HPE, President Ntuli has decided to take a career break as he considers the next chapter of his...
PC market plunges by 20% as pull-in hangover, supply constraints bite
Worldwide PC shipments fell 20,1% year over year in Q3 2026 to 62.7 million units, according to preliminary results from IDC Research (IDC), the second consecutive decline and a deeper one than the 3,8% drop in Q2. Shipments also slipped 9,1% sequentially, upending...
Education minister aims to widen matric focus
Education minister Siviwe Gwarube wants to move the nation’s focus away from the matric pass rate number to focus on a wider range of outcomes. She says the country has a “collective obsession” with the matric pass rate, and the quality of our basic education system...
Four priorities for CHROs in 2027
In 2027, CHROs will look to deliver the growth and productivity that CEOs are seeking while minimising risks to the organisation, according to Gartner. Mark Whittle, Vice President Analyst at Gartner, shared how leading organizations are approaching workforce skills...
Agencies look to keep the sky dark and quiet
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the International Astronomical Union’s Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky (IAU CPS) have signed an agreement at the International Astronautical Congress to strengthen cooperation and develop technical solutions to...
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ASI, Conekt Group build integrated, governed ICT platform
South African enterprises are facing unprecedented levels of cyber risk, cloud complexity, and compliance demands that outpace the capabilities of their legacy technology infrastructure. Compounding this challenge, operational management is heavily fractured across...
Commercial solar decisions should start with the cost of downtime
Businesses evaluating solar investments should look beyond electricity savings and also assess the true cost of power interruptions, according to Shaune Bouwer, commercial engineering manager at Stage Zero. While residential solar projects are often measured by their...
SA’s biggest tech story is playing out in the sky
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Data centres could unlock a new wave of economic growth
The South African Human Rights Commission has raised important questions about the human rights implications of data centres at a time when digital infrastructure is becoming increasingly important to South Africa's future. It's a conversation we should be having,...
The future of virtualisation isn’t just VMs
If your virtualisation vendor just changed its licensing terms, you are probably staring at a bigger bill and a shorter runway to decide what comes next. The platform you choose in response will shape how your team operates for years, not just what you pay this...
Argility completes world-first workspace migration
Argility, the Google Workspace Premier Partner and Smollan Technologies company, has announced the successful completion of a group-wide migration of Smollan from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace. The project ranks among the most complex multi-domain, multi-region...
What AI changes about being an accountant
For years, the fear inside the profession was straightforward: AI would eventually replace accountants. That fear turned out to be wrong. Not because the technology stalled, but because of what actually happened once firms put it to work. The reality is that AI is...
AI forces Africa to rethink business cybersecurity
African organisations risk falling behind global counterparts as artificial intelligence reshapes cyber defence. This is according to NEC XON, which argues that many organisations on the continent are retrofitting AI into legacy cyber security architectures instead,...
How to get more from your rewards
You're feeling pretty smug. You've waited for the double-points weekend, you've got a cashback offer loaded, and you're buying something you needed anyway. You’ve got this loyalty thing on lock-down. Then a friend casually points out that if you'd paid with a...
Money for nothing …
By Barry Buck, with Claude Opus 4.8 - Last week OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, and the AGI era was declared — mostly by people with something to sell. OpenAI’s president closed the launch briefing with “Welcome to the AGI era.” Nvidia’s CEO, whose chips trained it,...
Lead Application Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Lead Application Developer (Full Stack Microsoft .NET)Own the build. Lead the team. Ship software that people actually use.We need a Lead Application Developer who can sit with a requirement, turn it into a working [URL Removed] is a hands-on lead role: you still...
Lead Application Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Lead Application Developer (Full Stack Microsoft .NET)Own the build. Lead the team. Ship software that people actually use.We need a Lead Application Developer who can sit with a requirement, turn it into a working [URL Removed] is a hands-on lead role: you still...
Cloud Infrastructure & Security Operations Lead (hybrid)
A company that provides cloud-based software and digital solutions for the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and supply chain industries is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure & Security Operations Lead who will manage, maintain, and secure the company's cloud...
Cloud Infrastructure & Security Operations Lead (hybrid) – Gauteng Centurion
A company that provides cloud-based software and digital solutions for the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and supply chain industries is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure & Security Operations Lead who will manage, maintain, and secure the company's cloud...
Mining – Project Manager at Ntice Sourcing Solutions (Pty) Ltd.
A Mining house based in the North West region is looking for an experienced Project ManagerDuties:Responsible to implement the projects business plan for the Plant, Surface and Underground sections. Execute plan to meet production targets, safely and within financial...
Mining – Project Manager at Ntice Sourcing Solutions (Pty) Ltd. – North West North West
A Mining house based in the North West region is looking for an experienced Project ManagerDuties:Responsible to implement the projects business plan for the Plant, Surface and Underground sections. Execute plan to meet production targets, safely and within financial...
Software Developer (x3 positions – 6 Month Fixed Term Contract – Wits Health Consortium)
Background:Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health SciencesWHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research...
Software Developer (x3 positions – 6 Month Fixed Term Contract – Wits Health Consortium) – Gauteng Parktown
Background:Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health SciencesWHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research...
IT Technician
Our client, a well-established professional services firm, has a vacancy for an IT Technician to provide hands-on support across their Cape Town and Stellenbosch offices, alternating between the two sites.This is a varied, end-to-end support role — from desktop and...
IT Technician – Western Cape Cape Town
Our client, a well-established professional services firm, has a vacancy for an IT Technician to provide hands-on support across their Cape Town and Stellenbosch offices, alternating between the two sites.This is a varied, end-to-end support role — from desktop and...
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