Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

Scan to Pay now live in Samsung Wallet

EFT Corporation has partnered with Samsung to bring its Scan to Pay QR payment technology into Samsung Wallet, giving Galaxy device users in South Africa a fast, secure way to pay at thousands of merchant locations nationwide. Galaxy users can now open the Wallet,...

Ford SA partners with TUT for Sasol Solar Challenge

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will sponsor the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) SunChaser IV team in the 2026 Sasol Solar Challenge. On 10 September, TUT’s student-built solar car will cross the start line in Sasolburg, beginning an eight-day public-road...

Malware campaign targeting car head units uncovered

Kaspersky has warned of a novel Android malware targeting vehicle head units – systems combining multimedia and, in some cases, car control functions. Taking the form of a stealthy multi-stage downloader, this campaign marks the first documented case of malware...

40% of South Africans rely on social grants

New Ipsos data reveals the scale of South Africa’s reliance on social grants, with the Child Support Grant (CSG) dominating, the once-temporary Covid-era Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant becoming a lifeline for (especially) young South Africans, and a relatively...

Frogfoot, Vox, Hypa cash injection secures fibre expansion

Frogfoot, Vox and Hypa have secured a capital injection that will allow the companies quadruple their annual fibre rollout to 360 000 connected homes The new growth capital will materially accelerate the physical expansion of high speed fibre to previously underserved...

MTN starts share repurchase

The MTN board) has decided to implement a share repurchase programme. The programme will see the group buy up approximately 31-million ordinary shares for about R6-billion, based on the closing price on 21 August 2026. The repurchase programme starts today (24...

Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its...

Commercial drones cruising to new heights

The global commercial drone market is expected to reach $52,06-billion by 2033 – with a projected CAGR of 9,3% from 2026 to 2033 - according to a new study from Grand View Research. The growth is attributed to the rising demand for commercial drones across various...

Deep emissions cuts possible at Secunda coal-to-liquids complex

The role of the Secunda coal-based liquid fuels and chemicals production complex within South Africa’s energy transition is heavily debated. Sasol has estimated that a rapid and unplanned shutdown of operations at Secunda could reduce the country’s gross domestic...

IBM comes closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing

In another milestone towards fault-tolerant quantum computing, IBM has successfully joined and cooled down two cryogenic modules into a single environment. The new architecture is designed to scale into the modular, shared, and ultra-cold system required to link...

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Quantum is coming. Start preparing now

The global cybersecurity landscape is approaching a turning point as quantum computing accelerates faster than most organisations realise. According to Wessel Pieterse, cybersecurity lead at Accelera Digital Group (ADG), the shift is not a distant, theoretical...

Infobip launches AI fan companion for global football

Infobip has launched PitchMate, a new AI-powered conversational agent that brings football fans closer to the action of the world’s biggest football tournament. Purpose-built for the global football audience, PitchMate joins the TGR Haas F1 Team RaceMate — Infobip’s...

SA is losing billions in security own-goals

South Africa's costly data breaches are potentially knocking at least 1,81% off its annual GDP, representing a series of avoidable own-goals. That’s according to Cube ICT Solutions, which notes the average cost of a data breach is R44-million in South Africa,...

SoftwareOne and Plat4mation partner on ServiceNow

SoftwareOne and Plat4mation have announced a strategic partnership to deliver an integrated approach to ServiceNow, combining licensing, implementation and governed asset management into a single, cohesive strategy for customers across a broad range of industries and...

Will SA’s pay gap rules improve fairness?

South African companies are preparing to comply with new Companies Act requirements requiring the disclosure of pay gap ratios between the highest and lowest earners. While widely welcomed as a step towards greater transparency, Martin Hopkins, master reward...

Cloud on Demand to distribute enterprise-grade threat detection 

Enterprise-grade threat detection, long the preserve of large organisations with substantial security budgets, is becoming available to South Africa's smaller businesses through the technology channel. Cloud On Demand has signed a distribution agreement with...

ManageEngine launches developer ecosystem

ManageEngine has launched a partner-developer ecosystem through its ManageEngine Marketplace, where enterprises can discover and deploy extensions and AI agents for ManageEngine platforms, including integrations, add-ons, and plugins. As South African organisations...

Vertiv increases manufacturing capacity

Vertiv has opened its manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia, expanding the company’s manufacturing footprint to support growing demand for AI and high-density computing infrastructure across Asia, including Southeast Asia, North Asia, Australia, and New Zealand....

AI is secretly disenfranchising the youth who use it ‘best’

In 1976, South Africa’s youth took to the streets to claim educational agency and the hard-won right to self-determination. Fifty years later, our young digital natives face a quieter, subtler crisis: the gradual surrender of that very critical reasoning and agency to...

Intermediate Java Developer (Contract) – Gauteng Centurion

A South African IT consulting and software development company that builds digital products, offering custom software engineering, providing user-centered design (UX/UI), and supplying outsourced tech teams to corporate and startup clients, is seeking a Intermediate...

Senior Software Developer (Angular & Java) – Gauteng Braamfontein

Our client, a leading organization within the Banking and Financial Services sector, is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer (Angular & Java) to join their dynamic technology team. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Full Stack...

Support Technician – Vredenburg

Job Title: L1 Technician This contract role is based in Vredenburg Key ResponsibilitiesProvide first-line support for hardware, software, and network-related issues.Log, track, and manage incidents and service requests through the ticketing system.Troubleshoot and...

Data Engineer (Expert) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

We're looking for an Expert Data Engineer who can navigate comfortably between SAP BW, HANA, AWS, Python, SQL and modern data engineering.You'll be working on the Volume & Capacity Management and QMT Frontdesk product, supporting areas such as: Capacity Management...

Support Technician – Vredenburg – Western Cape Vredenburg

Job Title: L1 Technician This contract role is based in Vredenburg Key ResponsibilitiesProvide first-line support for hardware, software, and network-related issues.Log, track, and manage incidents and service requests through the ticketing system.Troubleshoot and...

Back-End Developer(Node.js/AWS) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Ready to build the technology behind the future of intelligent, connected mobility and energy management?We're looking for an experienced Back-End Developer who loves building scalable cloud solutions, solving complex technical problems and working with modern...

SAP Technical Consultant (Basis) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Ready to kick-start your career in SAP Basis and enterprise technology? This is your opportunity to join a global IT environment where you'll work on systems that keep complex Aftersales Parts Logistics and Warehouse operations running across international...

Junior Project Manager (Open to Fresh Grads) (CPT Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:JOIN the remote team of a dynamic US-based Marketing Agency seeking an ambitious Junior Project Manager where you will fill a client-facing role. You will run high-impact A/B Tests requiring coordination across many disciplines such as research, strategy,...

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