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...
Musk puts in bid for OpenAI
Elon Musk, together with a group of investors, has made an unsolicited bid to buy acquire the assets of OpenAI for $97,4-billion. OpenAI was formed as a non-profit organisation by Musk, chief executive Sam Altman and others in 2015, with the aim of making its...
Very few security leaders balance data security, business objectives
Only 14% of security and risk management (SRM) leaders can effectively secure organisational data assets while also enabling the use of data to achieve business objectives, according to a survey by Gartner. While 35% of survey respondents secure data assets and 21%...
Cloud a key driving force for TMT deal activity
Amidst the rising mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal activity in the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) sector, the cloud has emerged as one of the dominant themes. However, persistent inflation, relatively high interest rates, regulatory scrutiny and geopolitical...
Rising demand for crypto in Africa amid stricter compliance
As global regulations tighten and crypto fraud surges by 48%, African crypto platforms must brace for increasing user demand, stricter compliance and rising user expectations. This is according to the State of the Crypto Industry 2025 report from full-cycle...
AI-designed proteins take on deadly snake venom
AI-driven medicine could deliver life-saving snakebite treatments to the world’s most vulnerable. Every year, venomous snakes kill over 100 000 people and leave 300 000 more with devastating injuries — amputations, paralysis and permanent disabilities. The victims are...
How to spot red flags in digital relationships
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Kaspersky privacy experts are shedding light on the fine line between care and control in digital relationships. Kaspersky’s global research shows that nearly half of respondents (47%) expressed concerns about their partners violating their...
Take social engineering seriously this Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) urges South Africans to be cautious of the fact that social media and dating apps are a focus for fraudsters and scammers who are increasingly using romance scams and social...
Avoid Valentine’s Day scams, phishing, data privacy threats
Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love and connection, can also be a time of increased digital risks such as romance scams, fraud, identity theft, gender-based violence and human trafficking. This is the warning from Thenzie Stewart, chair of the Institute of...
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Datacentrix appointed as strategic GRGBanking partner
GRGBanking, a solutions provider founded in Guangzhou, China, has named Datacentrix as its new local partner for South Africa. GRGBanking provides holistic hardware and software products and solutions to the financial services market, including ATMs, VTMs (Virtual...
Forty under 40 awards coming to SA
The Forty under 40 South Africa Awards, by organiser Xodus Communications, aims to identify, honour and celebrate a cross-section of the nation's most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age of 40 from a wide range of industries. These are...
Huawei showcases innovation with Wi-Fi 7 product launch
Huawei’s recently launched, latest generation Wi-Fi 7 products, promise even faster and more reliable connectivity to users in South Africa. The launch, which took place at Huawei’s Woodmead Campus in Johannesburg, also acted as an innovation showcase for various...
Dell Technologies debuts new range of Latitude devices
By Pinnacle - In the aftermath of the pandemic, remote and hybrid work has become the new normal for organisations in every vertical. This has also seen vendors focus on creating devices that can cater to the needs of hybrid work. For hybrid work to be enabled,...
Overcoming data centre challenges in Africa
Africa needs 700 data centres totalling 1 000MW to enable the spread of digital services across the continent, according to the Africa Data Centres Association. "But data centre development on the continent comes with a number of unique challenges such as lack of...
Will SA legislate to protect citizens from phishing?
Trust is a critical component of democracy and vital to the relationship between the modern state and its citizens. In South Africa, millions of citizens depend on the state for social grants and a range of essential services they trust the government to provide. By...
Reversing the South African skills drain
Investing in young South African talent has become critical as skills slip out of the country - there has to be talent to fill the gaps of tomorrow by investing in the people of today, writes Christel Schoeman, technical engagement lead: data and analytics and talent...
Minimise business exposure to ransomware, cyber extortion
Ransomware still holds the line on the cyber attack frontier. According to the 2022 Data Protection Trends Report, only 24% of companies were not attacked by ransomware. The report also found that the most common entry points are malicious links, insecure websites and...
Quickloc8 a game changer for taxi industry
A real-time taxi fleet management application (app) that addresses a host of daily challenges faced by taxi owners, drivers as well as commuters, is experiencing rapid uptake among owners who want to maximise profit, ensure drivers behave in an appropriate manner and...
Netsurit joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
Netsurit is now a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA). MISA is a group of independent software vendors (ISVs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) that have partnered with Microsoft to provide integrated security solutions to...
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Software Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation
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Senior Python Developer
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Service Desk Analyst (L2) – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Service Desk Analyst (L2)Support Escalations and Troubleshooting for a Dynamic Global IT EnvironmentIT Support | Johannesburg, South Africa | Full-Time | Mon-Fri, 08:30-18:00 BST About Our ClientOur client is a fast-growing Managed Services Provider delivering expert...
Software Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation – Western Cape Cape Town
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Senior Python Developer – Remote Remote
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