MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Ampath confirms hack, but disputes theft of 80m patient records

Ampath, one of the country’s biggest pathology labs, has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack, but has issued a statement clarifying the claim by hackers that “80-million patient records” have been stolen. The company says it has contained the...

How will your career withstand the impact of AI?

New research from The TEFL Academy’s South African Career Resilience Report 2026 reveals that 57% of local respondents have questioned whether their chosen career or qualification will still be valuable because of artificial intelligence - while 84% say AI has already...

Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

Beware of deepfakes in the age of AI

The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in recent years is providing threat actors with sophisticated new tools to perpetrate their attacks, says Kaspersky. One of these are deepfakes which include generated human-like...

Africa Data Centres, DPA SA break ground on Free State solar farm

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has broken ground on the construction of a solar farm in the Free State in collaboration with DPA Southern Africa. The project is a component of the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) inked in March 2023 with DPA Southern Africa, a joint...

SA sees 42% increase in financial malware

A combination of increasingly sophisticated propagation technologies and continued economic uncertainties resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic have seen the number of financial malware attacks reported in South Africa during the first half of 2021 increase by more...

Chinese threat actors compromise telecoms providers

Security specialist Cybereason has discovered several previously unidentified cyberattack campaigns infiltrating major telecommunications providers across Southeast Asia. Similar to the recent SolarWinds and Kaseya attacks, the threat actors first compromised...

AI sheds new light on Parkinson’s research

IBM Research is working with the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) on a new AI model that groups typical symptom patterns of Parkinson's disease. The research is detailed in the paper "Discovery of Parkinson's disease states using machine...

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...

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Khayelitsha Hospital wins award

The Western Cape’s Khayelitsha Hospital has scooped yet another award – this time garnering the Ministerial Award for National and International Contribution in the Arts and Culture, Language, Heritage, Geographical Names, Museums, Libraries or Archives fields from...

Sophos ensures secure Web surfing

Sophos has announced the latest version of its unified threat management (UTM) solution, UTM Connected. This release introduces expanded UTM managed endpoint protection with Web in Endpoint functionality, broader wireless coverage for large scale wireless deployments...

Transparent billing key for telcos

With a price war in full swing in South Africa’s telecommunications market, the time is ripe for mobile providers to start looking at the central role that billing has to play in their customer strategies. This lynchpin of the customer experience has been neglected...

Getting SA to grips with enterprise mobility

The 2nd Enterprise Mobility Forum, to be staged at the Sandton Sun in Johannesburg from 29 to 30 May, will evaluate the impact of enterprise mobility, assess the trends and offer solutions.  Possibly the most disruptive technology trend of the decade, enterprise...

Complex software licensing grows obsolete

Software licensing models have evolved to keep pace with technological advances, yet licensing structures are still as complicated and convoluted as ever and many companies and consumers remain mystified as to how to go about implementing them to comply with all the...

New initiative boosts skills development

A new initiative that trains unemployed South African youth to work in the booming business process outsourcing (BOP) sector has seen more than 550 youth get trained in the past year – and that number is set to double in the coming year. The Impact Sourcing Academy...

VMware appoints Axis Solutions as partner

VMware, the leader in virtualisation and cloud solutions, has appointed Zimbabwe-based Axis Solutions as an Enterprise Partner, forming part of its strategy to bolster its skills base across the African continent.  Axis Solutions, headquartered in Harare and with a...

Payroll industry to gather for Accsys forum

Key role-players within the South African payroll industry are scheduled to meet at an Interactive Forum at the Woodmead Country Club on 12 June 2013 to discuss pertinent topics affecting payroll within commerce.  The Payroll Interactive Forum will be hosted by...

SA retailers must prepare for omni-channel

The growth of retail e-commerce continues unabated with global sales exceeding $1-trillion in 2012. The scale and the pace of change has been disruptive, allowing some early adopters to grow market share in lieu of those lagging in the adoption of on an online model,...

Everyone’s a PM in an agile business

For many years “project manager” (PM) was not an official title, but more of a role that many people “fell” into – essentially companies had projects, and someone had to manage them, says Frank Reinelt, senior director for Northern Europe and Emerging Markets at...

X3 SQL Developers

We're looking for x3 SQL Developers to join our team! As part of our dynamic and growing organization, they will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers.What you'll do:Development of high-quality...

Business Analyst

Our client has a vacant position for a Business Analyst/ Consultant to perform business analysis functions as well as consultancy service for current and new business requirements on product supported by the organisation. Suitable candidate must have relevant tertiary...

JavaScript/Web Software Engineer (Advanced) – 2325

Large company looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybridESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Technical & Functional:· Understanding and experience in the IT SDLC process.· Good grasp of business/user requirements and translating these into system documents and...

.Net Full Stack Developer

We're looking for a Full Stack .NET Developer to join our team. As part of our dynamic and growing organization, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers. The successful candidate will be...

Server Administrator /Technical Engineer

SKILLSET: 10 years plus Engineering experience with following components:Cloud (Azure and Oracle advantageous)Oracle Cloud Infrastructure advantageousServer Virtualization (VMWare; Hyper-V, OVM)Linux experience essential (all flavours)Networking experienceFirewall...

X3 SQL Developers – Gauteng Pretoria

We're looking for x3 SQL Developers to join our team! As part of our dynamic and growing organization, they will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers.What you'll do:Development of high-quality...

Business Analyst – Gauteng Sandton

Our client has a vacant position for a Business Analyst/ Consultant to perform business analysis functions as well as consultancy service for current and new business requirements on product supported by the organisation. Suitable candidate must have relevant tertiary...

.Net Full Stack Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg

We're looking for a Full Stack .NET Developer to join our team. As part of our dynamic and growing organization, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with a talented team of developers. The successful candidate will be...

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