Partnership aims to support small business exports
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and South Africa's Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) have signed a memorandum of understanding to support South African businesses to expand into regional and international markets. The agreement establishes...
Users urged to update PHP now to fix critical vulnerabilities
A global cybersecurity crisis is currently underway, following the emergency disclosure of two critical, unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in PHP, collectively dubbed "PHP2Shell.”. Tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, these flaws...
Digital growth is reshaping Africa’s A&E market
Digital growth is reshaping Africa’s entertainment and media (E&M) industry, creating new ways for audiences to discover, experience, and engage with content while human connection remains at the heart of the industry’s future. PwC’s Africa Entertainment &...
IBM and Siemens collaborate on Nanostack architecture research
IBM, in collaboration with Siemens, has announced new research aimed at advancing IBM’s nanostack architecture, a new transistor architecture unveiled by IBM earlier this year. The collaboration will bring together IBM's leadership in semiconductor device innovation...
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...
Economic activity dips in September as fuel prices threaten outlook
South Africa’s economy showed early signs of a modest quarterly recovery, despite a monthly decline in economic activity in September 2026, according to the latest PayInc Economic Index. However, rising fuel prices driven by renewed tensions in the Middle East...
Surge in election-related deepfakes
New Surfshark research identifies 235 election-related deepfake incidents reported by news media across 46 countries with a combined population of 4,2-billion. The US accounts for 87 of them, or 37% of the global total. The earliest election deepfake incidents...
Threat intelligence teams turn to agentic AI as cyberthreats accelerate
Cybersecurity firm Flashpoint has released a new report which examines the challenges shaping enterprise threat intelligence programmes as AI-fueled attacks accelerate, where teams plan to expand coverage, and how they're approaching agentic AI as they plan for 2027....
Why SMEs fail: Lessons from the experts
Widely cited research by the University of the Western Cape (UWC) estimates that between 70% and 80% of small businesses in South Africa fail within their first five years. But perhaps more tellingly, the same research found that approximately 40% of the success of...
The funding challenges facing African businesses
Black-owned and black-led businesses across five African markets face a funding gap of $209-billion, according to a new report from British International Investment (BII) and Swedfund. The report – Understanding the investment gaps in black-owned and -led businesses...
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What to know about crypto wallets before you get one
Ask 10 people what a crypto wallet actually is and you will likely get ten different answers, most of them a little off. It is one of the first things almost anyone encounters when they get curious about crypto and getting it wrong is where a lot of confusion, and...
SA universities don’t need more data – they need to act on it
South African universities collect vast amounts of information about student performance, attendance, engagement and progression. Yet too often, that information tells institutions what has already happened rather than helping them influence what happens next. The...
How to get a good night’s sleep when data protection is your baby
In South Africa’s financial services sector, executives tasked with data protection are increasingly losing sleep over potentially failing audits and being held liable for data protection oversights. Siloed IT security, AI adoption, the move to cloud, and stringent...
Cloud control becomes a resilience issue
South African businesses have become more comfortable with the cloud. Amongst other things, the public cloud has helped organisations access capacity faster, modernise applications, support digital services, and avoid waiting months for infrastructure projects to...
Africa’s mobility opportunity needs the right conditions to thrive
Africa has never lacked ambition or an appetite for innovation. Across the continent, technology has transformed how people communicate, access financial services, run businesses and participate in the economy. Mobility has the potential to be the next great chapter...
How AI could make governments more responsive
For most of the past decade, digital government has meant digitising what already existed: moving paper forms online, replacing queues with portals, converting manual registers into databases. While useful, this largely automated processes instead of changing them in...
Digital safety tools are failing our kids
The reported arrest of a 16-year-old in Malmesbury in a case involving child sexual abuse material should disturb us for several reasons, write Anzio Jacobs and Aluta Sneke from the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. Somewhere, children were exploited to create that...
When patients move, their healthcare data should move with them
A patient in an underserved community may begin their care at a local clinic, be referred to a district hospital, have tests processed elsewhere, and later need specialist treatment or follow-up in another province. By Henry Adams, country manager at InterSystems...
Building a cybersecurity workforce ready for what’s next
Only a few years ago, AI was present in the workplace but peripheral, a specialised tool operating largely out of sight. Today, it’s fundamentally changing how we learn, work, and lead. By Marci Paino, chief learning officer of enterprise learning and growth at Cisco...
SARS is fighting harder. Taxpayers must fight smarter
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has become a far more formidable opponent in tax disputes, wielding the tax acts with greater purpose and precision. Once it raises an assessment, it is increasingly prepared to dig in and defend its position. That means...
Intermediate C# Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking an Intermediate C# Developer to build and maintain insurance applications in C#. The desktop client is written in WPF and XAML under the MVVM pattern, with supporting work in ASP.NET and T-SQL.RequirementsResponsibilities: Build and change WPF screens...
Senior C# & Angular Web Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Build the systems that keep tax moving. This is a permanent hybrid developer role in financial services, in the tax space. You can be based in Cape Town or Pretoria. You will work on enterprise web applications that real users rely on: registration, access, roles,...
Lead Facilitator – Software Developer Programme
Our client is an innovative tertiary education organisation focused on bridging the gap between higher education, industry and practical workplace skills. They are committed to developing students through academic excellence, industry-aligned learning and holistic...
Full Stack Developer (WEBGUI and Mobile) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Hey there, code-slinging rockstar! Are you a Microsoft .NET wizard who lives and breathes full-stack magic?One of South Africa's most respected names in financial services and assurance, is on the hunt for a seasoned WebGUI & Mobile Developer to join our squad of...
Lead Facilitator – Software Developer Programme – Western Cape Stellenbosch
Our client is an innovative tertiary education organisation focused on bridging the gap between higher education, industry and practical workplace skills. They are committed to developing students through academic excellence, industry-aligned learning and holistic...
Full Stack Developer (WEBGUI and Mobile) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Clubview
Hey there, code-slinging rockstar! Are you a Microsoft .NET wizard who lives and breathes full-stack magic?One of South Africa's most respected names in financial services and assurance, is on the hunt for a seasoned WebGUI & Mobile Developer to join our squad of...
Product Systems Analyst
Our client in the financial sector is looking for a Product Systems Analyst in the trading system within the global market spaceJob PurposeTo effectively support and maintain existing trading systems within global markets and identify opportunities and recommend...
Dedicated Support Engineer (S2 – Networks & Security. Cloud & Business Applications) (CPT Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:DELIVER consistent, high-quality technical support that keeps client environments stable, secure, and performing as the next Dedicated Support Engineer (S2 – Networks & Security, Cloud & Business Applications) wanted by a dynamic ICT Service...
Product Systems Analyst – Gauteng Edenburg
Our client in the financial sector is looking for a Product Systems Analyst in the trading system within the global market spaceJob PurposeTo effectively support and maintain existing trading systems within global markets and identify opportunities and recommend...
Dedicated Support Engineer (S2 – Networks & Security. Cloud & Business Applications) (CPT Onsite) – Western Cape Somerset West
ENVIRONMENT:DELIVER consistent, high-quality technical support that keeps client environments stable, secure, and performing as the next Dedicated Support Engineer (S2 – Networks & Security, Cloud & Business Applications) wanted by a dynamic ICT Service...
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