We need to see droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin
Climate change policymakers should be addressing droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin, rather than separate phenomena. By Karen King, climate resilience director, and Pepijn van Ravesteyn, climate resilience specialist at Royal HaskoningDHV As changes to...
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...
Global plan mooted to spur tourism recovery
The dramatic plunge in global tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic is having far-reaching and devastating effects, particularly for Small States. Now, the Commonwealth Secretariat proposed the development of a global "Tourism Action Plan" to help spur a much-needed...
Social media adoption could bolster African growth
Social media platforms help to accelerate economic growth and opportunity across the continent. This is one of the findings of a study conducted by Genesis Analytics in eight African countries - Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, the DRC, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius,...
1,1m threats now target gamers
In 2020, as countries around the world were forced into lockdown, the number of online gamers skyrocketed. In fact, by the end of March 2020, the number of both active users and concurrent users actively playing games on Steam (the most popular online gaming platform,...
Plenty of room for players in the VR headset market
Global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets grew 52,4% year over year in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. Standalone headsets,...
Vodacom Business Africa extends pan-African network to South America
Vodacom Business Africa has taken a step into Brazil, increasing its fixed-connectivity coverage to five continents across the globe. The trans-Atlantic connection has been made possible through the undersea South Atlantic Cable System, the first to directly link the...
Richard Branson scheduled for 11 July spaceflight
Virgin founder Richard Branson will be on board the the first fully crewed Virgin Galactic space flight, which could take place as soon as 11 July. The flight window for the next rocket-powered test flight of the company’s SpaceShipTwo Unity opens next Sunday, pending...
New board members for Telkom as Samuels steps down
Alphonzo Samuels, a non-executive director of Telkom has resigned with effect from today (1 July 2021) for personal reasons. Olufunke Ighodaro and Ethel Matenge-Sebesho have been appointed as independent non-executive directors with immediate effect. Ighodaro has...
WWW source code NFT sold for $5,4m
The original source code for the World Wide Web, written by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has been sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $5,4-million. The auction by Sotheby's took place yesterday. An NFT is a crypto asset that uses blockchain to record ownership of a digital...
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Technology integration a healthcare headache
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The key to successful start-ups
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Bytes SI partners with Sithabile
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Syntech signs up QYG
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AlwaysOn-Learning to boost education
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Switchvox provides strategic advantage
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Moving ITSM solutions to the cloud
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SAS releases new version of Visual Analytics
The power of SAS Visual Analytics is now available for work groups and midsize businesses. The new version of SAS’ visual data exploration software, combining business intelligence with the world’s leading analytics, includes added graphical display options and...
F5 announces new BYOD solution
F5 Networks, the global leader in application delivery networking, has announced F5 Mobile App Manager, a new hybrid cloud solution for mobile application management that enables organisations to safely and cost-effectively support enterprise BYOD (bring your own...
Clarotech wins Digium partner award
Cape Town-based Clarotech Consulting has announced it has been awarded a Digium Pinnacle Partner award in the category Pinnacle Circle of Excellence and Partner of the year in Africa. Presented annually to those who have excelled in developing and driving their...
SKA Mid – Senior Data Analyst at NRF National Research Foundation
Postion Summary: The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for the development of operator procedures and documentation, and for the mentoring and training of the data analyst/operators under their supervision. The senior data analyst will be part of the science...
Senior Scrum Master
Duties and Responsibilities: Managing and executing the project planLead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practicesHelping the development team to achieve customer satisfactionRemove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing...
Applications Developer & Support – Gauteng Primrose
Well established business is seeking to appoint a Applications Developer & Support.Requirements:The successful candidate will hold a relevant Degree/National Diploma in Information Technology/ComputerScience/ Information Systems or equivalent coupled with at least...
1st Line Support Engineer – Western Cape Century City
ENVIRONMENT:JOIN a growing world class Service Desk team of a dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist seeking its next strong technical & ambitious 1st Line Support Engineer. Your core role will be to provide a single point of contact for customers to...
Systems Integrator / PLC Programmer – Gauteng Pretoria North
Our client is a leader in new, ground breaking chemical technology in the world market and offers a Systems Integrator / PLC Programmer an opportunity to become part of their team. Candidate must preferably be immediately available or at short...
Senior Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client, a leading Financial Institution is looking for a Senior Developer to join their dynamic team.Job Purpose/ Job SummaryTo develop and support software that is specific to the needs of the organisation to help the business achieve its strategic...
Java Developer – 2154 – Gauteng Pretoria
Large Company based in Pretoria looking to fill this urgent role:ContractHybrid ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:Basic knowledge in software engineering with a focus on Cloud architecturesSolid knowledge in JAVA, AWS, relational databases,Willing to learn AWS...
SKA Mid – Senior Data Analyst at NRF National Research Foundation – Western Cape Observatory
Postion Summary: The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for the development of operator procedures and documentation, and for the mentoring and training of the data analyst/operators under their supervision. The senior data analyst will be part of the science...
Senior Scrum Master – Gauteng Sandton
Duties and Responsibilities: Managing and executing the project planLead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practicesHelping the development team to achieve customer satisfactionRemove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing...
Senior Developer Full Stack
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