SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

Google, CTSC partner to train girls on AI and robotics

In line with the International Day of the Girl Child, the Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) partnered with Google to offer training on Artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics to South African girls between the ages of 10 and 13. The training, which is aimed at...

Get paid for space, power use when upgrading your storage

Pure Storage has come up with a novel way to help customers make the decision to keep their storage on-premise: they’ll pay them for the space and power that the systems will use. This means customers are effectively paying for just the consumption of storage capacity...

China’s electric vehicle sales to grow 50% in 2021

New research from Canalys shows that a record 1,3-million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in China in 2020. But year-on-year growth was modest at only 8%. In comparison, worldwide sales of EVs rocketed by 39% in 2020. In a new digital report, Electric vehicle...

Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter report in from Mars

Pictures from the Mars Perseverance rover are coming through, giving us a new perspective of what the surface of the Red Planet looks like. And the Ingenuity Mars helicopter is almost ready to start working, to increase the mission's scope. Mission controllers at...

Households’ net wealth increases since lockdown

South African households' real net wealth increased by an estimated R1,009-trillion from the onset of the second quarter of 2020 to the end of the year (Q4 2020) - despite Covid-19, the lockdown, job losses and an economic contraction. This recovery follows an...

ZACR warns of ongoing cyber threats

The rise of global gangs of organised cybercriminals continues unabated and continues to pose a clear and present danger as South Africa's economy opens up. Curfews and lockdowns helped boost online activity tremendously in 2020 as South Africans sought digital ways...

Cyberbullying a top concern for SA parents

A massive 32% of South African parents claim that cyberbullying is a top concern when it comes to worries about their children, according to the "Responsible Digital Parenting" survey. It is no surprise as this Internet phenomenon has already caused such problems as...

What 5G could mean for SA

The rollout of 5G in South Africa's urban centres is likely to be one of the most significant technology events of 2021. By Samantha Naidoo, telco industry value advisor at SAP Africa Where 3G and 4G LTE technology provided increased speeds compared to their...

Electric vehicle share at record level in 2020

Electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the US in 2020 reached record market share of 1,8%, demonstrating increased consumer interest for electric vehicles, according to new analysis from IHS Markit. December 2020 also represented the highest monthly share for EV new...

Covid drives ‘anywhere workforce’, higher customer expectations

Kathy Gibson reports - It goes without saying the digital transformation is underway – and it is a tough thing to do. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the pressure felt in the new world of work. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated transformation, and also...

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SA’s solar energy debate

South Africa is the third best solar location globally, as it has one of the highest and most stable solar radiations in the world. With 2 500 hours of sunshine annually - equalling one third of a year or four entire months including nightly hours - the opportunities...

Avaya hosts partner conference

Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, hosted its annual PartnerConnect Conference on 23 January in Johannesburg. The conference focused on helping partners throughout the African continent grow their regional...

Make sense of data by mining it

As the year starts, the media is filled with analysts and experts from various sectors and industries and their predictions about what the most notable trends will be in the year ahead. Those who are gazing into the proverbial crystal ball on behalf of the IT industry...

Epson launches EB-1900 projector range

Epson, one of the leading projector manufacturers since 2001, has launched the EB-1900 range of projectors. These have been designed to meet the needs of both corporate and education environments in South Africa by offering a combination of high-quality output,...

HTML5 favoured among developers

Choosing what mobile platforms to support continues to be a vexing problem for developers both big and small. Supporting one platform can be difficult enough, but now developers not only have multiple operating systems to consider, but multiple device types as well....

CIH enhances processes with PPO

Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH), a Namibian-based financial services group with interests in banking, insurance, asset management, investments and microfinance, is improving project status reporting, resource utilisation as well as timesheet management, with the...

Cloud an opportunity for the channel

A depressed economic climate, coupled with the ever-present challenges of shrinking IT budgets, reduced spend and lower margins, are issues which have plagued the channel for many years, says Alain Schram, chief operating officer at Kathea.  More recently the...

Seagate wins Best of CES 2013 award

With a "Best of CES 2013" win, Seagate’s Wireless Plus is destined for great things, says local distributor Platinum Micro. The Wireless Plus mobile storage device was singled out by international consumer technology news site CNET for the award in its Networking and...

DiData launches cloud readiness services

To support the expanding role cloud services are playing across enterprise information technology, Dimension Data, an ICT services and solutions provider, has launched several new cloud readiness services designed to help organisations assess their ability and...

Making the move to mobile

With mobile penetration in South Africa already well over 100%, an increasing number of enterprises are turning to this medium as a means of communicating with their customer bases. Mobile communications tools like SMS represent an immediate, personal and...

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ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of Enterprise Software Solutions seeks the coding talents of a deadline-driven Intermediate C# / SQL Developer who enjoys solving complex problems. Your role will entail App design, critical software testing, troubleshooting operating...

Scrum Master at Accenture

As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. This key position will put you in a central and challenging position, which offers a great opportunity to be highly visible within...

Project Manager at C-Pact Enterprise

Together with the Management team, you are responsible for choosing the most economical, safe and successful method to carry out the project.Establish the scope of work, schedule and budget expectations.Manage schedule, budget, and contractual performance on...

IT Technology Consultant (2nd level support)

Our client based in Johannesburg is seeking an IT Technology Consultant to join their team. The ideal candidate would develop and provide products and services to optimize/automate IT infrastructure services, improve work efficiency and liaises with 3rd level Support....

Intermediate SQL Developer

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Software Developer

ENVIRONMENT:A leading company in the Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) sector is offering an exciting opportunity for a Software Developer. The ideal candidate should possess a BSc in Software Engineering or a relevant equivalent tertiary qualification, along with...

Scrum Master at Accenture – Gauteng Midrand

As a Scrum Master, you will help teams from our clients with their Agile way of working, more specifically help Scrum teams to thrive. This key position will put you in a central and challenging position, which offers a great opportunity to be highly visible within...

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