Premium-Class travel now the way to fly
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its latest World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) which show that Premium-Class travel is now on the up and showing strong growth. Updated annually, WATS provides data related to demand, supply, and...
New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation
Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...
Critical vulnerabilities have doubled, but few are urgent
The proportion of critical vulnerability exposures has more than doubled over the past year, but fewer than one in 12 proved urgent enough to require immediate action. This is one of the findings from Check Point Software Technologies’ new Under Pressure: The 2026...
FOMO creates perfect storm for World Cup merchandise scammers
Official FIFA World Cup 2026 merchandise is running low, while fans all over the world are scrambling to get their favourite player's shirt in time for the final matches. And this is creating a perfect storm for cyberscammers. “Attackers know that FOMO (fear of...
Large-scale campaign uses fake free software to deploy a RAT
A remote admin tool ScreenConnect is being distributed through fake websites designed to mimic the official pages of well-known software products. In total, researchers identified more than 90 domains spanning 10 languages, including English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese,...
New vehicle market grows despite economic pressure
South Africa's new vehicle market continues to outperform expectations, with June recording the strongest sales performance for the month since 2007 and keeping the industry firmly on track to surpass 600 000 new vehicle sales in 2026. According to naamsa | The...
SARS clarifies new declaration process
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has since clarified how its new declaration questionnaire will operate during the 2026 Filing Season. The declaration alert is not issued before a taxpayer submits their return, as was initially understood. Instead, it is...
Global leaders launch AI for Good Global Commission
The newly-launched AI for Good Global Commission aims to define practical pathways to strengthen trust, expand access and unlock AI's potential to solve real-world challenges at the speed the technology demands. Launched by Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, Salesforce...
Google Play launches $1m fund for African game developers
Google Play has launched its first Indie Games Fund, committing $1-million to support rising, innovative game studios from across 32 countries in Africa to scale their games and reach a global audience. The fund provides equity-free capital, technical support, and...
African airlines buck global passenger trends
During May 2026, African airlines bucked a global trend to increase passenger demand and capacity. This is according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest analysis of the airline passenger market, based on comparative year-on-year (y-o-y)...
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Google opens free 2026 ‘Hustle Academy’
While generative AI is projected to add $100-billion (R1,66-trillion) to Africa’s economy annually, nine in 10 businesses on the continent say a shortage of AI skills is already hurting them. Google aims to close that gap with the return of the Hustle Academy, which...
ManageEngine introduces native SOAR
ManageEngine, a division of Zoho, has announced a core architecture upgrade in Log360, its unified security platform, introducing native SOAR capabilities, seven new integrations with some of the industry's leading security vendors, and cross-domain orchestration...
Velocity Technology Group debuts Migration Factory
Velocity Technology Group (VTG) has launched its Migration Factory, a repeatable service designed to help organisations consolidate or split Microsoft 365 tenants and Active Directory (AD) domains with minimal disruption, particularly during acquisitions, divestments,...
Veeam launches DataAI Command Platform
Veeam Software announced its Veeam DataAI Command Platform at VeeamON 2026 in New York City. The DataAI Command Platform is the result of Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti AI fused with its own resilience offerings. “The infrastructure to deploy AI exists. The...
Cybersecurity is no longer an IT problem. It’s an exercise in risk tolerance
South African businesses have evolved alongside the reality of the country’s physical infrastructure challenges. By Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at ESET Organisations instinctively build redundancies for power, whether that takes the form of solar...
Sage expands developer platform with AI tools
Sage has announced new tools and commercial options designed to make it easier for developers and partners to build, launch and scale solutions across Sage products. The update introduces a more unified developer experience across Sage Intacct, Sage X3 and Sage...
GoTyme Bank hits 1m app migrations
GoTyme Bank (formerly TymeBank) has had more than 1-million downloads of its new app, just three months since its launch. Customers were able to transition to the new app with minimal disruption. All banking information and personal data – including accounts, balances...
SAS expands SAS Viya with AI
SAS has announced expansions to SAS Viya that advance the platform’s agentic AI features, introducing new AI assistants, agent infrastructure and acceleration tools. Together, these updates build on SAS Viya’s existing AI foundation, helping organisations move from...
Africa must think in grid-scale power to compete in the AI economy
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping global energy demand, with implications that extend well beyond traditional power planning. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the growing energy footprint of data centres. Facilities...
Ozow expands payment ecosystem
Ozow has announced a new partnership with Happy Pay that will enable its merchants to offer buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) at checkout, without requiring any additional integration. South Africa’s BNPL market was projected to grow to over $815-milliomn (approximately...
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Senior Security Engineer – Contract / Hybrid – Stellenbosch
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Cloud Security specialist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Are you passionate about securing enterprise cloud environments and shaping secure-by-design solutions? We're looking for an experienced Cloud Security Consultant to lead cloud security strategy, architecture, governance, and hands-on implementation across large-scale...
Senior Security Engineer – Contract / Hybrid – Stellenbosch – Western Cape Plankenbrug
ENVIRONMENT:A medical Institution is looking for a Senior Security Engineer who will be responsible to lead advanced security operations, investigations, and incident response activities. You will Act as escalation point for complex incidents and drives root cause...
Software Implementation Engineer (AI & Agentic Workflows) at MSP
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Software Implementation Engineer (AI & Agentic Workflows) at MSP – KwaZulu-Natal Durban North
Our client is looking for a Software Implementation Engineer who is passionate about Artificial Intelligence, enterprise systems, and solving complex business challenges. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing technology business where you will...
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SQL Database Administrator (DBA) – Gauteng Johannesburg North
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