SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

Syntech shines in Customer Care

Syntech Distribution has cemented its position as South Africa’s favourite distributor when it comes to caring for its reseller partners. For an impressive fourth time, Syntech has scooped the Customer Care Distributor of the Year award by a comfortable margin. The...

These are the top vendors for 2025

The votes are in, and South African resellers have named their favourite vendors for 2025. The 13th annual Channelwise Awards survey attracted a record 2 828 voters, who named their favourite vendors in 10 categories, as follows:   Infrastructure Hardware...

Hybrid working key to productivity during school holidays

Almost two-thirds (62%) of working parents find organising childcare during school holidays to be a significant source of stress – and, as a result, more than half (55%) utilise their annual leave to meet childcare duties. This is according to new research from IWG,...

Cybersecurity professionals continue to seek improvements

Despite the majority of South African cybersecurity experts in large organisations being happy with their current protection, they are constantly on the lookout for stronger and more flexible security solutions. A new study - Improving resilience: cybersecurity...

AI-powered coding competition empowers 90 kids

When RocketHour decided to host an AI-assisted coding competition during the July school holidays, it aimed to explore how AI changes the way we teach and how accessible it makes complex tasks for younger students. And it demonstrated that 90 11-to-13 year-olds, a...

Nation-state actors exploit SharePoint vulnerability

High-profile local and global sites alike have fallen victim to a newly-uncovered vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. In South Africa, National Treasury is among the customers affected, while international users like the US nuclear weapons agency have also been...

AI drives major infrastructure shift for SA enterprises

As AI assistants, agents, and data-driven workloads reshape how work gets done, they’re creating faster, more dynamic, more latency-sensitive and more complex network traffic in South Africa. This is the headline finding from a Cisco study into the architectural...

Visa opens first African data centre in Joburg

Visa has opened a new data centre in Johannesburg, the company’s first in Africa, as part of three-year R1-billion investment into South Africa. The data centre, which is already operational, ensures that local transactions are processed securely, seamlessly and...

Trump administration make AI a priority

US president Donald Trump has signed three new executive orders aimed at strenthening the US’s dominance in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. The executive orders come hours after the government released a National AI Action Plan that details strategies to...

Meat prices push grocery bills up

Meat was the biggest driver of food inflation after surging to a 25-month high of 6,6% year-on-year and 2,2% month-on-month in June 2025. This is according to Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Commercial. The foot and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreak...

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It doesn't matter whether a company is a small to medium-sized enterprise or a large corporation, or where it's based, we are all now operating in a global economy. Irrespective of the size of an enterprise, its location or what its product offering is, with the right...

Redefining security in the age of cyberthreats

Cybercrime remains one of the most persistent challenges facing the modern business. In September 2023 there were seventy-one incidents and 3 808 687 191 compromised records. Globally, the total number of breached records for 2023 is currently sitting at more than...

Growing demand for skilled IT professionals

South Africa's tech industry is thriving thanks to technology advancements and the adoption of digital solutions by businesses. By Amy Scriven, recruitment manager at EQPlus This has led to an increased demand for skilled professionals in software development, data...

Rethinking security: Why on-premise is no longer enough

Traditional companies often cling to on-premise infrastructure, believing it to be the safest solution. However, recent evidence suggests that the paradigm is shifting, with cloud-based security solutions proving to be more robust and adaptive. Argantic CEO Garry...

Consent puts the customer in control

In today's ever-evolving digital landscape, the concept of consumer consent has taken centre stage for companies. Gone are the days when consent was assumed; today, the control is firmly in the hands of the consumer. For those companies who handle consumer data,...

Salesforce, AWS expand partnership

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce have announced a significant expansion of their long standing, global strategic partnership, deepening product integrations across data and artificial intelligence (AI), and for the first time offering select Salesforce...

GoMetro secures £9m funding

Fleet management company GoMetro has announced the successful completion of a £9-million Series A funding round. The round was led by new investor Zenobē, with significant participation by FutureGrowth Asset Managers. Following-on in the Series A round were existing...

Netcare Digital is top corporate in Digital Innovation Awards

Netcare's innovative use of digital technology through the development and implementation of a primary healthcare electronic medical records system in Netcare Medicross facilities has earned the title of overall winner in the private sector category of the BCX Digital...

Oracle Functional Consultant – Gauteng Presas

Provide Oracle support and maintenance for a FSD Oracle division in support of Organisation: (Projects, Programmes, new Demands and Support)- Backfill Support the unit in fulling it's mandate of providing support for Oracle financial suite of modules throughout the...

Junior analyst at Financial Intelligence Centre

Collect basic tactical and operational intelligence or information as specified under guidance and generate operational intelligence products in support of the FIC mandate to inform decisions.• Collect basic evidence as specified under guidance and generate products,...

Front End Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Our Client in the Automotive Industry is seeking a highly skilled Frontend Developer to join their dynamic, innovation-driven team. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge digital projects that shape the future of mobility. The ideal candidate will...

Mid-Level Java Engineer (JHB Onsite)

ENVIRONMENT:BUILD and implement functional software products that serve user needs as the next Mid-Level Java Engineer wanted to join the team of a dynamic Software Specialist in Joburg. Working in collaboration with other Software Devs, you will help to analyse...

Junior analyst at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria

Collect basic tactical and operational intelligence or information as specified under guidance and generate operational intelligence products in support of the FIC mandate to inform decisions.• Collect basic evidence as specified under guidance and generate products,...

Front End Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria

Our Client in the Automotive Industry is seeking a highly skilled Frontend Developer to join their dynamic, innovation-driven team. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge digital projects that shape the future of mobility. The ideal candidate will...

Mid-Level Java Engineer (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Rosebank

ENVIRONMENT:BUILD and implement functional software products that serve user needs as the next Mid-Level Java Engineer wanted to join the team of a dynamic Software Specialist in Joburg. Working in collaboration with other Software Devs, you will help to analyse...

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