Smartphone sales for 2025 on track for 1,5% growth
Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 1,5% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 1,25-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This is an increase from 1% growth in prior forecast, primarily...
Shoppers used Black Friday 2025 to plan, not splurge
South Africans did not treat Black Friday as a spending free-for-all this year. Instead, they shopped with far more discipline, using flexible payment tools to manage cash flow and time purchases more deliberately. This is according to payments platform, PayJustNow,...
AI key to renewed ocean cleanup efforts
The Ocean Cleanup will collaborate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage AWS’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and cloud computing capabilities to enable and accelerate The Ocean Cleanup’s goal to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch...
MTN invests R300m in Gauteng infrastructure
MTN South Africa has announced a R300-million investment to upgrade its network infrastructure in Gauteng. This forms part of the company’s broader R4,5-billion national investment plan for 2025. Primary investment includes the acquisition and construction of several...
Smart retail set to hit $450,69bn by 2033
The global smart retail market size is estimated to reach $450,69-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 30,3% from 2025 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The growth is attributed to the increasing adoption of the latest technologies, such...
Ecentric, MoneyBadger expand Bitcoin retail payments
Payments service provider Ecentric, has announced a partnership with MoneyBadger, combining Ecentric’s payment infrastructure with MoneyBadger’s ability to bring Bitcoin payments into mainstream retail. Ecentric manages the card payments of two-thirds of South...
ASSAf updates code of best practice
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has published the Revised Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing, Editing, and Peer Review, a key milestone in advancing ethical, professional and trustworthy standards in scholarly publishing in South...
How to manage a growing robotic workforce
Eighty percent of humans will engage with smart robots on a daily basis, and one in 20 supply chain managers will manage robots, rather than humans, by 2030, according to Gartner. Organisations are placing greater emphasis on enhancing the capabilities of their...
Poor platform security leaves printers vulnerable
Many IT teams are overlooking platform security, leaving concerning security gaps. This is among the findings from an HP Wolf Security report, ‘Securing the Print Estate: A Proactive Lifecycle Approach to Cyber Resilience”, that highlights the challenges of securing...
IoT in retail set to take off
The global Internet of Things (ioT) in retail market size is estimated to reach $488,53-billion by 2033, registering to grow at a CAGR of 24,5% from 2025 to 2033 according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market growth is attributed to enhanced customer...
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Landmark judgment could overhaul maternity, paternity leave provisions
In a judgment with constitutional significance for the workplace, the High Court has ruled that all parents, irrespective of gender, should be entitled to four months of parental leave from their employers. By Deon Visagie, partner, Joani van Vuuren, senior associate,...
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Expanding cellular IoT applications in the SA energy sector
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Turn the browser into a security endpoint
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SAP adds GenAI developer tools
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Shift from hybrid by mistake to hybrid by design
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Mitigate fraud in business-to-business trade credit transactions
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Future-proof skills development
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The future of SoftPOS
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Vodacom offers access to personal loans
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Full Stack Developer – 1564 – Gauteng Pretoria
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Database Administrator – Gauteng Pretoria Region
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Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment
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Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
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BI/Reporting Specialist – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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