A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Network to the fore as agentic AI adoption takes off

In the era of agentic AI, the network is becoming the critical foundation for trust, security and the seamless operating models through which people and AI can build the future. However, as organisations move quickly to gain an advantage from AI, a significant gap has...

Labour disputes emerge as SA’s top legal concern

Labour matters rank highest among the everyday legal questions that South Africans are asking. This is according to data aggregated by My AI Lawyer, which found that more than a third (37%) of the queries processed on My AI Lawyer in the first six months of 2026 is...

Will ‘Magnificent Seven’ become ‘The Three Musketeers’?

The era of the “Magnificent Seven” as a unified market trade is coming to an end, states Nigel Green, CEO and founder of financial advisory giant deVere Group, who predicts that within five years only three of today’s mega-cap tech giants will still command the...

Mastercard launches Africa Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence

Mastercard has launched its Africa Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a pan-African initiative designed to strengthen cyber resilience, enhance collaboration and help safeguard the trust that underpins Africa's expanding digital economy. The announcement, made during...

Payfast founder acquires iVeri

Jonathan Smit, the founder and former MD of Payfast, has acquired iVeri, one of Africa’s longest-standing payment technology providers. “Payments keeps drawing me back because it is infrastructural in nature," Smit explains. "Trends come and go, but the need to move...

Job requirements evolve as AI economy goes mainstream

Artificial intelligence (AI) exposure among South African professionals has shifted from niche to mainstream. This is one of the findings from the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for March, which includes an analysis of how artificial intelligence (AI) skills are...

Growth for global PC shipments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62,8million units in the first quarter of 2026, a 4% increase from the first quarter of 2025, according to preliminary results by Gartner. “The 4% year-over-year PC shipment growth in the first quarter of 2026 was artificially inflated,”...

How to harness tech as AI reshapes the economy

International Data Corporation (IDC) has shared key research insights that outline how artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy, transforming enterprise decision-making, and redefining how organisations build, buy and deploy technology. The research...

How CFOs are turning cost pressure into growth

Combining flexible workspaces with AI is becoming a core financial strategy enabling companies to cut costs without compromising performance, according to new research from IWG. Building on insights from The View from the C-Suite report, IWG says flexible work is no...

AU resolves to correct Africa’s representation on maps

The Assembly of the African Union (AU), at its 39th Ordinary Session, has adopted a landmark decision to correct Africa’s misrepresentation in global cartography, geospatial systems, media and educational curricula. This milestone reinforces growing continental...

Bank accounts come under attack

More than one million online banking accounts were compromised by infostealers last year, as financial cyberthreats shifted toward credential theft and data reuse. Attackers are moving away from traditional PC banking malware and increasingly relying on social...

Open source after Mythos

There is a pattern we keep seeing in technology, writes Rob Thomas, senior vice-president of IBM Software and chief commercial officer of IBM. When software moves from product to platform and then from platform to infrastructure, the rules change. At the product...

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Trend secures AI infrastructure with Nvidia

Organisations worldwide are racing to implement agentic artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to drive innovation and competitive advantage. However, this revolution introduces security challenges - particularly for organisations in highly regulated industries that...

Kaspersky supports Interpol in curbing infostealer threat

Kaspersky has assisted Interpol in its latest operation Secure that focused on disrupting infostealer threat and taking down infrastructure hosting such malware. The operation has brought together law enforcement agencies from 26 participating countries and Interpol’s...

The talent pipeline SA can’t afford to miss

As South Africa observes Youth Month, the country finds itself at the convergence of two major crises: youth unemployment and escalating cyber threats. While these issues may seem unrelated, cybersecurity skills development provides a significant opportunity to...

Nintendo Switch 2 sets sales record

In the four days following its 5 June launch, Nintendo Switch 2 sold more than 3,5-million units worldwide, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever. Nintendo Switch 2 features a larger, vivid screen capable of full 1080p high-definition display (and 4K...

Alice & Bob powers up quantum simulation

Alice & Bob announced at yesterday’s GTC Paris the ongoing integration of the Nvidia CUDA-Q platform with Dynamiqs. This combination outperforms the most widely used libraries today, accelerating the simulation of complex quantum dynamics by up to 75x, on early...

NTT Data debuts AI-powered services on Cisco

NTT Data is marking a milestone in its 30-year collaboration with Cisco by launching AI powered software-defined infrastructure (SDI) services for Cisco’s infrastructure and software products. “With AI powered SDI services, we’re leveraging our strategic vision to...

What the High Court ruling means for capital export restrictions

The High Court Gauteng Division, Pretoria (High Court) recently delivered a judgment in the case of The Standard Bank of South Africa versus The South African Reserve Bank and Others (Standard Bank case) dealing with, inter alia, the Exchange Control Regulations...

PwC SA wins AFSUG’s first African hackathon

PwC South Africa has taken top honours at the African SAP User Group’s (AFSUG) inaugural SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) Hackathon finale, which took place live at the recent Saphila 2025 conference, AFSUG’s premier SAP user conference for Africa. The AFSUG SAP...

Bolt SA’s fleet partner secures $10m in funding

Bolt South Africa’s key fleet partner, MyNextCar (MNC), has successfully closed its first funding round, raising $10-million from Emso Asset Management, with the support of Bolt, Assemble Capital, and E2 Investments. The funding validates the early success of Bolt...

Ethical fintech key to digitising the kasi economy

With an estimated annual turnover exceeding R750-billion, South Africa’s informal or ‘kasi’ economy been tapped as a key growth sector for financial services. As fintechs race to digitise payments and expand access in this space, industry leaders are calling for a...

Senior SAP Functional Consultant (SAP SD) 2369

Functional Lead in Operations team.Problem identification and solution proposal.E2E ownership of SD design (across Development and Operations).Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA's (Service Level...

Senior SAP Functional Consultant (SAP SD) 2369 – Gauteng Pretoria

Functional Lead in Operations team.Problem identification and solution proposal.E2E ownership of SD design (across Development and Operations).Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA's (Service Level...

Senior Java and Angular Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We are looking for a Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. It is preferred that the individual be skilled in Angular and Native android development as the team is cross skilled and multi-functional. We are...

Senior SAP Functional Consultant (SAP SD) 3161

Interface Monitoring: IDOC and RFC's processing.Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA's (Service Level Agreements).Create and maintain Solution Guides.Ensure Knowledge Transfer within team.Interaction...

Senior SAP Functional Consultant (SAP SD) 3161 – Gauteng Pretoria

Interface Monitoring: IDOC and RFC's processing.Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA's (Service Level Agreements).Create and maintain Solution Guides.Ensure Knowledge Transfer within team.Interaction...

Java Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

The Java Engineer will design, develop, and deliver cloud-ready backend services and RESTful APIs while contributing to scalable system architecture. This role requires end-to-end ownership of features, from design and development through deployment and monitoring,...

SALT Graduate Software Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation

Postion Summary: The SAAO, in partnership with SALT, invites applications from suitably qualified individuals for the position of Graduate Engineer Software Engineering/ Diagnostics and Control Systems to join our Software Engineering Team based in Cape Town.The...

Java Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria

The Java Engineer will design, develop, and deliver cloud-ready backend services and RESTful APIs while contributing to scalable system architecture. This role requires end-to-end ownership of features, from design and development through deployment and monitoring,...

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