Stokvels could help improve healthy eating
South Africa’s stokvels could become an important platform for improving nutrition and food security in low-income communities, but their collective buying power is currently used largely to purchase foods chosen for affordability, quantity, and shelf life rather than...
SA companies are shunning public cloud for AI workloads
South African organisations are shifting AI workloads out of the public cloud faster than their counterparts anywhere else in the world, according to new global research commissioned by Cloudera. The Great AI Re-Architecture Survey, conducted by Wakefield Research...
Researchers achieve quantum advantage
IBM and researchers from the University of Chicago have announced a demonstration in quantum computing that achieves the fundamental criteria for quantum advantage: performing computations beyond the reach of leading classical simulation methods while providing trust...
Nation-state attackers target US water systems
Recent cyberattacks on US water infrastructure are believed to part of a nation-state programme by Iran. Several towns in Minnesota and Michigan last week reported that the computers used to monitor and adjust water quality had been hit by a malware attack. The...
Kaspersky uncovers new Mirage Kitten malware
Kaspersky has discovered a previously undocumented malware set used by Mirage Kitten APT in a targeted campaign aimed at maintaining long-term access to victim networks and stealing sensitive data. The company’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has identified...
Logicalis US expands with Loial acquisition
Datatec’s subsidiary Logicalis USA has acquired 100% of the share capital of Loial, a New Mexico-based technology solutions provider with expertise in cybersecurity and managed services. The acquisition establishes a permanent Logicalis US location in New Mexico and...
African governments urged to align passenger systems with global standards
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA), the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have urged African states to implement Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) systems in...
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...
Africa must build resilience as US-China tech divide deepens
Africa’s AI choices are becoming geopolitical choices. As the US and China accelerate the development of increasingly distinct and incompatible AI technology stacks, African governments and companies can move quickly to avoid long-term dependency, technology lock-in,...
Claude has also been infiltrating systems
Anthropic has revealed that its Claude model has also gone rogue and is responsible for three cybersecurity incidents. “In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while...
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Troye Interactive Solutions is Arctic Wolf’s 2026 SA Partner of the Year
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Synack and Wolfpack Information Risk bring Sara AI Pentesting to SA
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Navigating the frontier of agentic AI
Every year at Cisco Live US I spend time with the people who keep the world running, writes Jeetu Patel, president and chief product officer at Cisco. The IT teams behind hospitals, power grids, banks, airlines, and governments. The operators who get paged at 2am. The...
TCO is not about cheaper compute but about delivering fewer surprises
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Dell rewrites the rules of storage modernisation, performance
Dell Technologies has introduced Dell PowerStore Elite, a new class of modern storage platform that delivers breakthrough performance and efficiency through software-driven innovation and a fully refreshed hardware platform. PowerStore Elite supports block, file,...
How a school run led to inDrive’s latest anti-bullying initiative
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Google launches Notebooks in Gemini
Google has launched Notebooks in Gemini, a new feature that brings the power of NotebookLM directly into the Gemini app, helping people organise information, manage complex projects and learn more effectively in one place. With AI becoming an increasingly important...
Africa’s AI future will be built on its networks
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Sanlam advances people transformation with cloud, data and AI
For large, diversified financial services organisations, transforming human capital functions is no longer only about digitising HR processes. Increasingly, it is about creating an integrated, data-driven foundation that enables better workforce planning, stronger...
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Qualifications 6+ years of progressive experience in database administration within enterprise environments. Relevant degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline. Strong expertise in SQL Server and proven experience with PostgreSQL....
SQL Server DBA – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Qualifications 6+ years of progressive experience in database administration within enterprise environments. Relevant degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline. Strong expertise in SQL Server and proven experience with PostgreSQL....
Senior SQL Server DBA
A leading organisation is looking for a highly experienced Senior SQL Server DBA to take ownership of mission-critical SQL Server platforms across production, UAT, development and disaster recovery environments.This is a hands-on role focused on database performance,...
Software Development Engineer III (Oracle) x2 at Adapt IT
Introduction The purpose of a Software Development Engineer is to develop code and implement the application as specifiedwithin the project plan and according to the client requirements. The Software Development Engineer generallywork within teams, with the product...
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Software Development Engineer III (Oracle) x2 at Adapt IT – Gauteng Midrand
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ENVIRONMENT:Our client is a leading international gaming, leisure, and entertainment group offering exciting and entertaining customer experiences, in venues or online. They are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Fintech team who are responsible for...
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Fintech) (Cape Town – Hybrid – Western Cape Cape Town
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