Cost of fake engagement on social media isn’t the issue
Have you ever been drawn to an advertised product when reviews and comments were all positive, with a good user experience, and a large number of views? You have most likely been tricked into content that has been boosted with fake engagement. Surfshark has revealed...
R150m SME Youth Jobs Fund set to create employment
In response to South Africa's deepening youth unemployment crisis and the financial constraints that often prevent small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from expanding their workforce, Business Partners Limited has established a R150-million SME Youth Jobs Fund. The...
70% of South Africans have been hit by data breaches
South Africa was the 42nd most breached country in the world during the first half of the year, with 359 600 leaked accounts, according to the latest data from cybersecurity firm Surfshark. Globally, a total of 313,4-million accounts were breached, with the US ranking...
The Open Web is now the ‘Controlled Web’
Only 18,5% of the world's most-visited landing pages are operating without any technical barrier to automated access, according to a new study by Web data extraction specialist Zyte. This means that less than one in five of all the most-visited sites are fully open...
Cyberespionage a growing threat in META
While most cyberthreat categories declined over the past year in the META region, cyberespionage continues to intensify - with spyware attacks increasing by 40% in Africa and password stealer attacks growing by 31%, according to cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky. The...
Crypto shifts indicate ‘a legislature trying to keep up with financial times’
It’s no secret that crypto adoption and crypto regulation have not been keeping pace in South Africa, resulting in a complicated legal environment when it comes to how the digital asset is treated from a payment perspective and exchange control perspective. On 1 June,...
King Committee clarifies 9-year ‘rule’ for director independence
The King Committee has issued new guidance clarifying one of the most frequently misunderstood aspects of corporate governance in South Africa – the role of a director's length of service when assessing independence. The guidance addresses the widespread misconception...
Netcare seeks SAHPRA approval for AI clinical risk predictor
A scientific algorithm designed to predict early warning signs of life-threatening deterioration in hospital patients is being submitted to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for licensing approval following a successful clinical study in...
Discarded SpaceX craft crash-lands on the Moon
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage has crash-landed on the Moon. The 4-metric-ton craft was travelling about 8 690 KM per hour when it collided with the lunar surface today (5 August). The unintentional impact happened near the Einstein Crater. Using...
As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored
Security operations centres are facing mounting pressure from growing alert volumes, increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks, and persistent staffing constraints. According to Prophet Security's Second Annual State of AI in Security Operations Report, presented...
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The reason behind all those failed enterprise AI projects
The failed pilots piling up inside South African organisations are not because AI is bad business technology. It’s a reflection of a deeper issue AI mirrors – and the usage bill is what makes that reflection harder and harder to ignore. By Warren Olivier, regional...
Corruption may just get more expensive
South Africa has been fighting corruption with legislation that, frankly, lacked teeth. By Kim Rew, partner at Webber Wentzel The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004 (PRECCA) has long been the cornerstone of the country's anti-corruption...
Productivity gains depend on people, not just platforms
Across South Africa, organisations are accelerating their investment in artificial intelligence (AI), deploying copilots, automation tools and advanced data platforms with the promise of unlocking productivity and reducing costs. By Ntsako Baloyi, data and AI lead for...
SA fintech processes R1bn in travel payments in six months
TurnStay, the South African fintech that helps African travel businesses get paid by international guests, has processed more than R1 billion in transactions so far this year - a milestone reached in just six months, and only three years after the company was founded....
We can no longer pretend Q-Day is only theoretical
Every major organisation is sitting on something incredibly valuable that not many people understand: cryptographic trust. By Antony Russel, chief technology officer at Telviva It enables businesses to move billions through online banking, run contact centres in the...
Your AI KYC tool won’t save you in an audit
South African companies are buying AI-powered compliance tools faster than they're reading the regulation those tools are supposed to satisfy. That gap is about to become very expensive, writes Bradley Elliott, CEO of RelyComply. Directive 11 is live; and SARS is...
The rise of the ‘ministers of defence’ in SA’s boardrooms
South Africans understand continuity better than most. Resilience has come in the form of the generator, the water tank, the UPS, and the make a plan ‘just in case’ attitude that has led to households and businesses building operational muscle memory around the...
Operational resilience, digital sovereignty top the CIO agenda
For CIOs across the Middle East & Africa, keeping systems online is the foundation of customer trust. By Martin Lentle, vice-president: Middle East and Africa at Red Hat EMEA As public sector institutions and private enterprises accelerate their digital...
Identity and access management in a post-password era
Traditional password-based authentication is no longer sufficient as a standalone control for protecting business systems. By Nemanja Krstić, head of operations (AME & EU) at Galix Advances in automation and artificial intelligence have increased the effectiveness...
AI success depends on network visibility
AI can be said to be dominating business agendas and strategic discussions - but new research by Broadcom reveals that the biggest obstacle to successfully deploying AI in fact the network supporting it. Broadcom’s 2026 State of Network Operations research reveals...
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