Shoppers go in-store for last-minute Father’s Day spending
South African consumers are expected to approach Father’s Day 2026 with a mix of forward planning and last-minute spending, as evolving shopping behaviours continue to reshape how families celebrate the occasion. Analysis from 2024 and 2025 spending patterns reveals a...
Small businesses look to digital tools for growth
South Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly demonstrating real digital sophistication in the way they do business. South African online payment acceptance of those surveyed is among the highest in the EEMEA region at 80%, and most businesses in...
Mike Lynch estate loses appeal over HPE payment
The estate of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch will be liable to pay Hewlett-Packard Enterprise up to $5-billion. This week the estate was refused permission to appeal a London High Court ruling that it needs to pay the amount originally awarded to HPE. In 2022, the court...
Shane Heraty succeeds David Meads as Cisco MEA-TRC head.
Cisco has appointed Shane Heraty as vice-president and GM of its operations in the Middle East, Africa, Türkiye, Romania, and CIS (MEA-TRC) effective 1 May and responsible for the company’s strategy and commercial business in the region. He takes up the position from...
Huawei debuts next-generation Xinghe updates
Huawei has built an integrated suite of enterprise systems that use the latest technology to connect and secure organisations. Matamela Mashau, chief technology officer: Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa: ICT, network and enterprise, told delegates to Huawei's IP Club in...
CFOs need to rethink the ROI of AI investments
Chief financial officers (CFOs) are misjudging AI investments by treating them as a single ROI problem rather than as a portfolio of very different bets, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “AI does not follow one cost curve, and it...
Salaries hold steady, but Middle East conflict threatens earnings and employment
The PayInc Net Salary Index, which tracks the nominal net salaries of an estimated 2,1-million salary earners in South Africa, increased slightly in February 2026, signalling a resilient start to the year. However, the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict has created...
Cybersecurity in the era of autonomy
Kathy Gibson reports – Cyberattacks have been a feature of the landscape since he first worm was identified in critical systems in the 1970s. Since then, the sophistication of cyberattacks has increased in leaps and bounds, affecting all of us and causing major...
Arm will build its own chips
Arm Holdings has announced the evolution of its Arm compute platform, extending into production silicon products for the first time in the company’s history. This begins with the launch of the Arm AGI CPU, an Arm-designed CPU for AI data centres, built to address a...
SA consumer credit market stabilises
TransUnion’s Q4 2025 South Africa Industry Insights Report shows the consumer credit market shifting from a tentative recovery to broader stabilisation driven by steady inflation and interest rates, as well as improvements in consumers’ repayment behaviour. During the...
More News Today
Power surges are killing our networks
With power surges and lightning strikes becoming an all-too-familiar threat to South African infrastructure, Duxbury Networking is calling on local installers and network integrators to follow proper grounding protocols. Recent field diagnostics from DuxNet, Duxbury’s...
Fuse partners with Check Point on blockchain firewall
Layer 2 payments blockchain Fuse has announced that it has partnered with Check Point Software Technologies to develop and deploy a real-time threat prevention security layer protecting its entire blockchain. Fuse’s commitment to integrate a best-in-class web3...
Sophisticated cyber-attack at international service provider disrupted
Recent global research indicates that “ransomware attacks continued to trend upwards in 2024, rising by 3% compared to 2023, underlining the resilience of this particular cyber threat”. The surge in ransomware activity was despite some major setbacks faced by two of...
Opera Mini users get free AI with Aria
Opera is adding its free browser AI, Aria, to its popular Android-based browser, Opera Mini, which boasts more than 100-million users across the world. The update brings powerful AI capabilities, such as up-to-date information from the web, research assistance,...
Safeguard your digital reputation
In today’s hyperconnected world, your online presence speaks volumes about who you are – both personally and professionally. That harmless X-post? That controversial comment? That heated exchange? In the digital world, nothing truly disappears. Screenshots, archives...
Easing the move to PowerStore
Together, PowerStore native migration tools Storage vMotion and Datadobi create a robust, automated and non-disruptive migration strategy that supports diverse data types and workloads, writes Tony Bartlett, director of data centre compute at Dell Technologies South...
Happy Pay, Peach Payments expand BNPL offerings
Happy Pay, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, is collaborating with online payment gateway Peach Payments. The partnership allows Peach Payments’ merchants to offer customers a seamless, flexible payment experience by integrating Happy Pay’s interest-free...
Private cloud, on-premises options for HPE Aruba Networking Central
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has introduced an expansion of HPE Aruba Networking Central, the company’s security-first, AI-powered network management solution, with new deployment options. These include a virtual private cloud (VPC) environment for customers who...
Future Manufacturing Africa Conference 2025 unlocks Africa’s potential
Africa’s manufacturing sector is at a pivotal moment, where artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and sustainability are transforming industrial landscapes. The Future Manufacturing Africa Conference 2025 (FMA 2025), taking place on 7 May 2025, as part of African...
Tips for dodging Easter-scammers
With South Africans gearing up for Easter celebrations, cybercriminals are also preparing – to scam. KnowBe4 Africa warns that holiday-themed fraud surges every year, preying on distracted shoppers and generous donors alike. “Scammers know we’re more relaxed during...
Network Administrator at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Roodepoort
Summary of roleThe Network Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day operational administration, availability, performance, and documentation of the network infrastructure across all sites. This role ensures stable, secure, and efficient network services while...
React Developer at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton
Duties:Design, develop, and maintain front end applications using [URL Removed] ?Translate business and user requirements into clean, efficient, and reusable code•? ?Build responsive, high performance user interfaces•? ?Integrate front end solutions with RESTful APIs...
Full Stack Developer (Senior) 2193
Development and maintenance on platform/application.Review and present proposed system solution to IT Project Manager / Leader and User.Management or System owner.Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.Preparation of system/technical...
Agile Master (Senior) 1423
Assesses the agile maturity of the team and organisation and coaches the team to higher levels.Co-ordinates product planning, together with Product Owners.Co-ordinates and leads relevant agile ceremonies.Assists with internal and external communication and improving...
Full Stack Developer (Senior) 2193 – Gauteng Pretoria
Development and maintenance on platform/application.Review and present proposed system solution to IT Project Manager / Leader and User.Management or System owner.Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.Preparation of system/technical...
Agile Master (Senior) 1423 – Gauteng Pretoria
Assesses the agile maturity of the team and organisation and coaches the team to higher levels.Co-ordinates product planning, together with Product Owners.Co-ordinates and leads relevant agile ceremonies.Assists with internal and external communication and improving...
GIS & Data Analyst (CPT Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:DESIGN, build, and maintain mapping products and analysis layers, primarily through ESRI GIS tools as the next GIS & Data Analyst sought by a leading Automotive Tech company. You will clean, manage, and document the collection of spatial, tabular, and...
DevOps Engineer (Mid – Senior) – Netherlands (Relocation Role)
ENVIRONMENT: A Company who builds and scales AI, SaaS and Talent platforms, is looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong experience in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud-native environments. You will be responsible for automating infrastructure, improving...
Mid Cybersecurity Engineer (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:ACT as the technical specialist across the Security portfolio of a dynamic IT Solutions Provider seeking the expertise of a Mid Cybersecurity Engineer. You will design, deploy, support, and optimize solutions to secure enterprise environments to the...
Full Stack JavaScript Developer – EvdB – Gauteng Pretoria
Design, develop, and maintain full stack applications Collaborate with team members to solve complex technical challenges Contribute to architectural discussions and technical decisions Continuously improve code quality, performance, and reliabilityMinimum...
View more career listings on our Careers Section