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...

Can force majeure be invoked if the grid collapses?

If South Africa were to experience a total grid collapse, parties to a contract may be able to invoke force majeure clauses, or if no such clauses exist, to rely on the law of supervening impossibility, according to this opinion by Michael Straeuli, partner and...

Challenging outlook for 3D printer sales

As of the end of Q1 2020, many 3D printer companies from the US, Europe, China and everywhere across the globe have rightly refocused their effort away from printer sales to producing much-needed supplies to help combat coronavirus, according to research by Context....

No uncertainty about the economic disaster of the lockdown

Advocates of the lockdown ignore the most basic law of life, that benefits have costs, and that costs easily exceed benefits. This is according to Leon Louw, CEO of the Free Market Foundation (FMF), who has issued the following statement: People's most "essential"...

Pandemic saw PC shipments decline 12,3% in Q1

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 51,6-million units in the first quarter of 2020, a 12,3% decline from the first quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner. After three consecutive quarters of growth, the worldwide PC market experienced its sharpest...

Africa cannot go back to ‘business as usual’

Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be defeated, and life return to normal. But it will teach us an important lesson: the need to invest in health infrastructure across the world,...

Online shopping and streaming phishing multiplies

Ongoing quarantine and lockdown measures are driving a rapid growth of phishing attacks with websites that imitate online shopping and streaming platforms. Kaspersky experts have compared the numbers for Q1 2019 with the same period this year, and found that the share...

Lockdown exposes realities of remote working

The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown has exposed weaknesses in many organisations' workforce management practices. While the unique circumstances forced companies to quickly embrace remote working, many were completely unprepared to manage users in their...

Disease now seen as top international threat

As the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, Americans say the greatest international threat to the well-being of their country is the spread of infectious diseases. According to a new Pew Research Centre report, nearly all US adults (98%) say this is at least a minor...

Oil production cut deal welcomed

The African Energy Chamber has welcomed the deal struck by OPEC and OPEC+ Member countries on a deal to cut production and maintain market stability. On Easter Sunday (12 April 2020), OPEC and OPEC+ member countries decided to cut oil production by 9,7-million barrels...

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JUNIOR DATA ANALYST at HR Options – Gauteng Pretoria

Your relevant qualification (Diploma or degree) in statistics or data analysis, minimum 2 years experience in a data and/or reporting position in the financial services sector as well as proficient in English and Afrikaans will enable you to:Data processing and...

Senior Microsoft Stack Developer at Natebo Consulting

PositionOur client is hiring a Senior Microsoft Stack Developer to focus on a Microsoft Dynamics and Azure-based business system that is evolving quickly to meet the needs of a growing company. This is an exciting role for an experienced developer who is interested in...

Application Architect

Our client a forward-thinking investment firm, is looking for an exceptional Application Architect to shape their Tech landscape, by designing cutting-edge, sustainable applications that align with their organisation's strategic goals. As an integral member of their...

Application Architect – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Our client a forward-thinking investment firm, is looking for an exceptional Application Architect to shape their Tech landscape, by designing cutting-edge, sustainable applications that align with their organisation's strategic goals. As an integral member of their...

Analyst Developer (Front End) at Capitec Bank Ltd

Company description: Capitec Bank is a leading South African retail bank that focuses on essential banking services and provides innovative transacting, savings, insurance and unsecured lending products to individuals. Capitec's mission is to make banking simple and...

Data Governance Manager

Role Purpose:As a Data Governance Manager at the company, you will play a pivotal role in supporting RouteOne's Data Governance Director in the development and implementation of a comprehensive Data Governance Framework. You will be responsible for leading data...

Data Governance Manager – Remote Remote

Role Purpose:As a Data Governance Manager at the company, you will play a pivotal role in supporting RouteOne's Data Governance Director in the development and implementation of a comprehensive Data Governance Framework. You will be responsible for leading data...

Apex Developer

The systems analysis, development of enhancements, testing and support of a customized in-house terminal operating system. An ICT related diploma or degree will be advantageous.-JAVA development experience will be advantageous Desired Skills: - An ICT related diploma...

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