Smart devices will spur growth in consumer electronics
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Mapping the future of surgery with AI
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Surge in bitcoin addresses holding $1m or more
The current bitcoin wave has attracted more millionaires as the asset continues to surge. Data from Finbold indicates that at least 109 952 addresses each have a bitcoin balance of about $1-million as of February 22, 2021. About 9 200 of the addresses each have a...
Mustek updates trading statement
Mustek has issued an updated trading statement for the six months ended 31 December 2020, following the earlier announcement that headline earnings per share and basic earnings per share were expected to be at least 135% higher than the corresponding period last year....
Ecommerce Day set to boost online sales in SA
Online retail industry players, including PayFast, bidorbuy, PriceCheck, uAfrica, xneelo and Lulalend, are getting behind a new initiative to support the growth of South Africa's ecommerce industry. Ecommerce Day, which will take place on 10 March 2021, aims to grow...
SA lawyer takes up fellowship the WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ashlin Perumall, a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Johannesburg practice, has taken up the role of Fellow at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in San Francisco. As part of his C4IR Fellowship, Perumall has joined...
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...
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VoIP is the future
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HR needs to speak business language
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Cyber insurance is essential
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APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER AND SUPPORT at Secondments Recruitment – Gauteng Midrand
Job Advert SummaryOur client is looking for Applications Developer and Support to ? Evaluating and analyzing user requests and business requirements to developed applications within the MS windows environment.? Developing business applications in line with SDLC and...
SAP Authorization Consultant – Western Cape Cape Town
Our client in the global management consulting space is seeking the expertise of a SAP Authorization Consultant. This role primarily centers on business systems, particularly SAP ERP and Cloud platforms, emphasizing role-based authorizations, system security, and...
Intermediate C#.Net (API) Developer – Gauteng Pretoria
To be involved in the development of a public facing website based on Microsoft products, including the development of API's (Application Program Interfaces) and message integration functionality. The development will be done using C# within the Microsoft IDE to...
Finance Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg North
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Technical Support Specialist (Networks) – Gauteng Pretoria
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IT Project Manager
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Intermediate Java Developer
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Intermediate Data Scientist
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