How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

January sets new heat records

January 2024 was the warmest January on record globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 13,14°C – that’s 0,7°C above the 1991-2020 average for January and 0,12°C above the temperature of the previous warmest January, in 2020. This is according to...

Tablet shipments plumb new depths

Worldwide tablet shipments declined 17,4% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), totaling 36,8-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This is the...

Shoprite launches cellular network

The Shoprite Group has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), k'nect mobile, offering competitive rates and several other rewards to customers. k'nect mobile offers flat call and data rates, and no complicated tiers. Airtime, data bundles and rewards only...

Cable theft, vandalism, load shedding add to connectivity woes

Poor Internet connectivity could be due to a number of ongoing issues, including cable theft, vandalism and load shedding, according to Openserve. Many small businesses have become heavily reliant on the internet to be able to conduct their business operations due to...

Covid impacted key customers’ B2B spend

A significant 41% of key customers (or key accounts) indicated that the economic implications of Covid-19 significantly impacted their spend with business-to-business (B2B) sales organisations. A Gartner survey of 618 B2B key customers, conducted from November through...

6G myths exploded

6G communications, expected to be widely deployed by 2030, is set to become one of the largest technology investments ever. A new IDTechEx report, "6G Communications Market, Devices, Materials 2021-2041", predicts 6G communications may be more thing-to-thing than...

Desperate job seekers turn to the Darknet

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy has been dramatic and unemployment rates have increased. Check Point Research has noticed a growing trend that began towards the end of 2020 and continues to develop in 2021 - people are turning to the Darknet...

PPS hit by malicious cyber attack

Insurance and medical ais group PPS has become the latest South African financial services provider to fall victim to a cyber attack. The organisation has assured customers that their personal data is most likely safe. "PPS's security experts have confirmed that the...

Data protection issues put digitalisation at risk

Data protection challenges are undermining organisations' abilities to execute digital transformation (DX) initiatives around the world. This is according to the Veeam Data Protection Report 2021, which found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. Veeam...

SA children exposed to cyber-threats

The online threats faced by children are very real, and many youngsters have fallen victim to one or more attacks. Digital identity, privacy and social media protection company Digimune surveyed 200 South African parents in February 2021 to gauge their views and...

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SQL Developer (Intermediate) Woodmead (TB)

Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Triggers. Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects. Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based off a set of requirements. Troubleshoot SQL objects that fail....

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Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures and Triggers. Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects. Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based off a set of requirements. Troubleshoot SQL objects that fail....

Senior Software Developer at EOH – Gauteng Midrand

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We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Solution Architect to join our dynamic team.As a Solution Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that align with our business objectives and technology...

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Over the last decade, Webrepublic has grown from an ambitious startup into Switzerland's leading digital agency. More recently, Webrepublic has launched a subsidiary in South Africa to work hand-in-hand with our HQ in Switzerland. Our team in Cape Town has grown and...

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