WaterWeek highlights urgency for water resiliency interventions
South Africa's National Water Week (20-26 March), and World Water Day (22 March), coincide this year with uproar in Johannesburg as large swathes of the city have been facing recurrent water outages or low supply - not for days, but for months. The challenges that...
SA unveils infrastructure plans
South Africa's latest infrastructure developments and investment opportunities were unpacked by a high-level panel of government stakeholders at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa in Cape Town earlier this week. "Infrastructure...
Call for IT industry to pull together
By Kathy Gibson - The IT industry needs to pool resources to ensure all players are helped though the current crisis. Various distributors are already collaborating to help secure their premises, and now Tarsus Technologies' Gary Pickford has made a call for unity,...
Mustek’s Durban facility destroyed in riots
By Kathy Gibson - Images of flames engulfing Mustek's Durban offices swept across social media last night, underlining a potential crisis facing the IT industry as riots and looting exacerbate existing supply shortages. It's not even possible to get a clear picture of...
Capitec named as Best Digital Bank
InSites Consulting South Africa today revealed the results of its tenth annual SITEisfaction survey. Launched in 2012, the report is an annual measure of customer satisfaction with digital banking services in South Africa. It rates each banking institution with a...
Banks continue digitalisation journey
The banking sector has undergone many changes in the past few years, especially since the introduction of digital banking platforms and as a result of the pandemic. Customers nowadays are seeking a simplified, integrated and unified experience for all their...
Education sector hardest hit by ransomware
Sophos has published the "Sophos State of Ransomware in Education 2021", which looks at the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on educational institutions worldwide during 2020. In the wake of headline grabbing ransomware attacks impacting education, including...
Trickbot still the most wanted malware
Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies has published its latest Global Threat Index for June 2021. Researchers report that Trickbot is still the most prevalent malware, having first taken the top spot in May....
Investment urged for climate-focused start-ups
A recently published African Development Bank scoping study on implementing NDCs in Africa recommends that development financial institutions and other investors focus on high-impact, high-growth potential start-ups that can drive climate-related innovation. The...
YouTube hits 34,6bn monthly visits
The world's largest social media platforms continued their impressive growth in 2021, with no signs of stopping in the years to come. Although Facebook still dominates the social media space with over 2.1 billion million active users, YouTube hit far more monthly...
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MDA partners with ARGUS
Willem Potgieter, MD of MDA Property Systems, has announced that MDA and ARGUS Software have formed a strategic partnership to provide property companies, funds and service providers across the African continent with an end-to-end solution. Potgieter says, “We are...
Pros of Oracle’s Sun ZFS appliance
Oracle has highlighted the advantages of Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliances for Oracle’s new SPARC T5 and M5 servers running Oracle Solaris. Oracle’s new SPARC T5 midrange servers are based on the SPARC T5, the world’s fastest microprocessor. Engineered together, Sun...
Facility management and energy conservation
Facility managers have a complex role to fulfil. They must ensure that the functional requirements of facility owners and tenants are met. That means creating a smoothly operating facility that runs economically and meets regulations and business policies, says Phil...
eScan launches Version 14 for SOHO
eScan, one of the leading antivirus and content security solution providers announced the launch of eScan Version 14 for SOHO editions with cloud security this month. With eScan’s constant efforts in improving the product in accordance to the feedback from its global...
iLearn provides business tuition for ATKV
Members of staff from the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging) have broadened their knowledge and their value to the company having recently completed a comprehensive business course, involving two key interventions, delivered by iLearn, a national specialist...
WiFi offloading eases congested networks
With South African cellular networks in the major urban centres straining under rapidly increasing data usage, the time is ripe for the country's mobile operators to adopt aggressive WiFi offloading as a strategy. That's the word from Quentin Joubert, product manager...
A new way of managing credit
Issues around the conflict between sales and credit will be a hot topic at the fourth World Credit Congress (WCC) to be held in May – the first time the Congress has ever been on the African continent. Global credit guru Luis Eduardo Perez Mata of Mexico City, Mexico...
Business to assess climate change risk
Companies listed on the JSE are required to provide integrated financial, social and environmental reporting. The JSE is the first stock exchange globally that requires an integrated report as part of the listing requirements. Lois Guthrie, executive director of the...
Simple and secure wins the BYOD race
Driven by the consumerisation of IT, user-owned devices are increasingly used for business purposes, forcing significant changes in organisations. Now, more than ever, businesses in South Africa need to consider bring your own device (BYOD) policies to empower people...
New wireless backhaul solution from Cambium
Cambium Networks, a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions for reliable connectivity in any environment, has launched the Cambium PTP 810, a new point-to-point (PTP) wireless backhaul solution. “There is an ever-increasing demand for converged voice, video...
Mobile App Developer
An exciting opportunity for a skilled Mobile App Developer to join telecommunications company focused on research, development and manufacturing of consumer telemetry devices and control panels. Ideal candidate must reside in Durban as this is a full-time office-based...
SENIOR SOFTWARE TESTER (36 MONTHS CONTRACT) at Secondments Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
Job Advert SummaryPerform a Quality Assurance function for software development and deployment by performing manual and automated tests to ensure that system changes and new requirements are fit for purpose, mitigate risks, and prevent system issues.Minimum...
Python Developer – Gauteng Midrand
Join Our Funky Data Dream Team Are you a wizard in the realms of Data Intelligence and Business Intelligence? Do you groove to the rhythm of Qlikview and AWS or MA Azure? If you're nodding your head, keep reading because we're looking for someone just like you! What's...
Cloud Engineer x2 – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client in the financial sector is seeking a talented and highly motivated Systems Engineer to join their IT team. The Systems Engineer will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring its...
Mobile App Developer – KwaZulu-Natal Kloof
An exciting opportunity for a skilled Mobile App Developer to join telecommunications company focused on research, development and manufacturing of consumer telemetry devices and control panels. Ideal candidate must reside in Durban as this is a full-time office-based...
IT Snr Project Manager
REQUIRMENTS: Degree or Honours essentialPMP, Prince, or any recognized Agile affiliation10 years of experience in managing complex projects within an IT environment.Demonstrated ability in collaborating with top-level executives and senior managers across various...
AWS Data Engineer (Senior)
Are you a skilled IT professional with a passion for innovation and cutting-edge technology? Our client is seeking a talented AWS Data Engineer to join their dynamic team at the Midrand/Menlyn location. As a global leader in the automotive industry, they are committed...
IT Auditor
Purpose of the role:Execute IT internal audit reviews under the guidance of an engagement manager within Group Internal Audit Services.Carry out internal audit work as assigned in line with the standards and methodologies set by IAS.This role also performs analysis on...
DVF Software Engineer (Advanced) 2533, 2534 TT
Ability to develop within a specific sought-after programming language.Strong working knowledge with software development tools, techniques and approaches used to build application solutions.Working knowledge with software development tools, techniques and approaches...
IT Snr Project Manager – Gauteng Johannesburg
REQUIRMENTS: Degree or Honours essentialPMP, Prince, or any recognized Agile affiliation10 years of experience in managing complex projects within an IT environment.Demonstrated ability in collaborating with top-level executives and senior managers across various...
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