Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Malaria is the deadliest climate-sensitive infectious disease. Yet, researchers and public health officials have debated how climate change has shaped its spread. A new Nature study by an international team, including the University of Cape Town (UCT), resolved this...

AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Retail sees 126% growth on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

The retail, leisure and entertainment and travel industries were the big online winners over the last four days. This is the news from South African-based digital payment gateway Peach Payments, sharing details of transactions processed on its platform between Black...

Cyberthreats rose 17% in SA during Black Friday

A recently released study using aggregated data from Surfshark Antivirus shows that every 50th scan finds at least one threat. According to Surfshark's research, there was a noticeable rise of 16,94% of cyberthreats in South Africa a week leading up to Black Friday....

Perception of SA’s corruption level is stable

Brand South Africa notes South Africa's performance in the 2019 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which indicates that the country's corruption perceptions score remains quite stable at 43/100 in 2019. Dr Petrus de Kock, GM: research at...

Blockchain exchange smooths electricity supply

Fujitsu has applied blockchain technology to develop a system for trading related to energy shortages and surpluses among electricity consumers, including factories and retail stores. Demand response (DR) is a scheme in which electric utilities and consumers of...

Homebrew spyware used to target embassies

Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected multiple attempts to infect foreign diplomatic entities in Iran with homebrew spyware. The attacks appear to be using an updated Remexi backdoor. Several legitimate tools were also used during the campaign. The Remexi backdoor...

Why recruiters should be serious about games

Gamification has emerged as the latest weapon in the war for talent. In the selection stage of the recruitment process, an increasing number of organisations are turning to game-style elements to improve candidate engagement and satisfaction, while still facilitating...

Poor rainfall keeps Vaal River system low

The level of the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) has this week decrease well below the comparative week last year, with most of its dams remaining unchanged while others continue to dip to lower levels week on week. As a result of this situation, the Department of...

Fake social media accounts impersonate Thandi Modise

The Office of the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has noted a number of fictitious social media accounts impersonating chairperson Thandi Modise. The NCOP office has issued a statement clarifying that Modise does not have any active social...

Glacier cavity indicates ice is melting faster than we thought

A gigantic cavity -- two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 300m tall -- growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries reported in a new NASA-led study of the disintegrating glacier. The findings highlight...

Counting the cost of natural disasters

An Aon study demonstrates that 389 natural catastrophe events in 2018 generated economic losses of $224-billion. Of that total, the Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2018 Annual Report shows that private sector and government-sponsored insurance programs...

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