MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Ampath confirms hack, but disputes theft of 80m patient records

Ampath, one of the country’s biggest pathology labs, has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack, but has issued a statement clarifying the claim by hackers that “80-million patient records” have been stolen. The company says it has contained the...

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...

Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

EMEA CIOs embrace democratisation of digital delivery

In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 46% of CIOs are partnering with their CxO peers to bring IT and business area staff together to co-own digital delivery on an enterprise-wide scale, according to Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs and technology...

Japanese only work 26 minutes per month to cover Internet costs

The global Internet usage rate continues to grow - with more than 5,3-billion people or 65,7% of the world`s population using the Internet at the start of Q4 2023 - but as the Internet coverage gap continues to narrow, the price gap remains wide, even between...

Africa advised to prepare now for 5G

Kathy Gibson is at Africacom 2020 - 5G has become a reality around the world, and we can expect to see an increase in use cases and subscriptions over the next couple of years. Thecla Mbongue, senior research analyst at Omdia, says 5G subscriptions are expected to...

Channelwise Awards: don’t forget to vote

Time is running out to chance to vote in the 2020 Channelwise Awards, which closes at midnight on Friday (13 November). Resellers who vote in the online survey not only make their voices heard, but stand a chance of winning great prizes, There are weekly Uber Eats...

SA’s economic transactions still on recovery track

Higher activity levels in South Africa's economic transactions continue to reflect signs of a recovery, with the country's growth rate on track to reach record levels in Q3 2020 and achieve strong upturn in the following quarter, according to BankservAfrica's newly...

SMMEs need support to restart the economy

South Africa's SMME sector has a significant role to play in jump-starting the country's economic growth and minimising the recessionary effects of Covid-19, but it will need support from the financial sector, big business and government to exit the worst of the...

South Africans losing patience with poor customer service

A quarter of South African customers would ditch companies after just one poor experience, while 63% of them would switch to competing brands after just two-to-five bad examples of customer service. This is according to new research by analytics firm SAS which says...

Climate change poses threat to Africa

Weather across sub-Saharan Africa has become more extreme and unpredictable in the twenty-first century, a trend that climate scientists project will become more pronounced in future decades. This is the key finding confirmed by a report by Greenpeace Africa and the...

Brazilian banking malware goes global on smartphones

While monitoring a Windows campaign from Guildma banking malware, Kaspersky researchers found URLs distributing not only a malicious .ZIP file for Windows, but also a malicious file that appeared to be a downloader to install Ghimob - a new banking Trojan. Upon...

Covid-themed threats, Powershell malware surge

During the second quarter of 2020, an average of 419 new threats per minute were recorded, while overall new malware samples grew by 11,5%. According to the latest McAfee Threats Report, a significant proliferation in malicious Donoff Microsoft Office documents...

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Technical Business Analyst – Gauteng Centurion

Assist with analysis and development of technical business requirements to inform solution development. Support the Senior Business Analyst with business relationship management. Planning and executing UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and RT (Regression Testing)...

Magento2 Full Stack Developer – Johanesburg at Accenture

Accenture SONG is one of the most innovative and fastest growing [Email Address Removed]ining the feel of a start-up and the advantages of being a global player, Accenture SONG truly has a diverse and multi-talented team. We are now strengthening our highly skilled...

Network Engineer (x 2)

We are recruiting for the services of 5 Network Engineers with at least a CCNA qualification.This is a 12 months contract located in Capetown, Stellenbosh.The key function of this role is to keep branches up and running to receive, manage and resolve Customer queries...

Senior Cloud Engineer

key Responsibilities: Cloud Architecture and Design:Lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable cloud architectures.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into cloud solutions.Infrastructure as Code...

Senior Project Manager at Datonomy Solutions

3 x Project Managers required for our financial-services team. Insurance experience highly advantageous Must be Cape Town based (hybrid model) 1. Senior PM in the Payments and Collections space - must have in-depth experience with money-in-money-out, debicheck, stop...

Network Engineer (x 2) – Western Cape Cape Town

We are recruiting for the services of 5 Network Engineers with at least a CCNA qualification.This is a 12 months contract located in Capetown, Stellenbosh.The key function of this role is to keep branches up and running to receive, manage and resolve Customer queries...

Senior Cloud Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

key Responsibilities: Cloud Architecture and Design:Lead the design and implementation of robust and scalable cloud architectures.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into cloud solutions.Infrastructure as Code...

Automated Tester at Accenture

AUTOMATION TESTER Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to...

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