Sustainability key as Africa rebuilds food economy
Africa, along with the rest of the world, is facing a food crisis. Food shortages, caused by supply chain disruptions emanating from various events across the world such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia conflict have amplified long-term challenges to...
OT systems come under attack
With a yearly average of 38,6% of operational technology (OT) computers attacked in 2023, building automation has been identified as the sector most exposed to cyberthreats. An analysis of OT cybersecurity trends for the second half of 2023 by Kaspersky's ICS CERT...
Does South Africa need an economic CODESA?
The recent civil unrest throughout various parts of the country indicates the harsh reality that the needs of South Africa's majority are not being met. This is according to former Chief Negotiator to end apartheid and lawyer, Roelf Meyer, who says that for those...
Chia cryptocurrency drives HDD sales
The European hard disk drive (HDD) market continued to soar in the second quarter of 2021 with its largest ever total addressable market (TAM) size, thanks to the impact of the Chia cryptocurrency, according to research group Context. Unlike regular cryptocurrencies...
Telkom posts overall Q1 growth
Telkom has posted group revenue of 3,5% year on year to R10 618-million, mainly driven by the mobile business, for the quarter ended 30 June 2021. Mobile data revenue grew 11,1%, supported by growth in mobile broadband customers; and mobile broadband customers up...
High-speed fibre takes over from DSL
High-speed fibre Internet subscriptions surpassed copper-wire DSL connections across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for the first time in 2020. The need to move work and home life activities online during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Office romance in the age of WFH
The average working individual spends a great deal of time at work. In fact, according to at least one study, South Africans have some of the world's longest working hours. As such, the workplace is often a fertile ground for office romances. Women's month could be...
Employees spend hours a week trying to make tech work
Employees spend hours every week trying to make their IT and connectivity work properly - time that could be clawed back if they had the right devices. An Intel-commissioned UK-based survey found that more than 40% of employees polled said they spent two to three...
Developers drive move to containers, Kubernetes
When Linux containers first emerged as an architectural concept for building and packaging applications, they opened the door to a whole new world for developers. By Markus Eisele, developer adoption program lead: EMEA at Red Hat The Kubernetes container orchestration...
Digital wellness takes on new importance
Over the last 17-months, people have had to embrace a more full-on digital lifestyle, and everything that it entails. From shopping to entertainment, working and attending virtual classes, looking for love and even building online communities with friends and family,...
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Rustenberg, in the North West Province, is well known for its mining operations. Boasting operations that mine everything from platinum to granite, the area has a number of specialist companies serving the sector, ensuring that the mines function as efficiently as...
Mitigating employee fraud
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Pinnacle Africa extends Sony warranty
Pinnacle Africa has announced to its resellers the introduction of an extended warranty on certain Sony South Africa electronics product ranges. Sony South Africa made the announcement at the Sony Conference for Africa held in Cape Town. The extended warranty will be...
Master Drilling optimises infrastructure
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ISIS builds on Huawei partnership
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Connected services boosts West African HR
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Rules for developing mobile apps
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Don’t forget the data centre
Flexible, efficient data centres are now more vital than ever before, says Huawei’s Lauren Fan, president of Huawei Enterprise Business for East and Southern Africa. A decade ago, enterprise level computing was highly focussed on driving efficiency within the data...
execMobile offers global data roaming
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MWEB Business simplifies data backup
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Cobol Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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