Southern Africa faces ongoing DDoS attack onslaught
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to plague South African businesses, with a more than 60% jump in incidents tracked over the first half of 2025 when compared to the last six months of 2024. This is according to NetScout’s latest global threat...
This is when you are most vulnerable to digital fraud
The rate of suspected digital fraud was the highest in the consumer lifecycle at account login for South Africa, with 2,6% of those types of transaction attempts when the consumer was in the country being suspected of digital fraud in the first half (H1) of 2025. This...
Tech helps reunite users with unclaimed benefits
An estimated R90 billion in unclaimed assets lies dormant across South Africa, belonging to millions of individuals who remain unaware that these funds are rightfully theirs. Since the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) brought the issue to light in its 2022...
FNB scoops brand accolades
FNB has been recognised as the top performing financial institution across three categories at the 15th Brand Africa 100 South Africa’s Best Brands awards, being named the Most Admired Financial Services Brand, Most Admired Banking Brand and Most Admired African Brand...
Proba-3 mission creates artificial solar eclipse
The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission has unveiled its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard positioning technologies, have succeeded in...
Call to strengthen child online protection in Africa
The GSMA, in partnership with the mobile industry, is calling for strengthened collective action to protect children online across Africa. Building on insights from a high-level roundtable convened at the Ministerial Programme during MWC25 Barcelona, the GSMA has...
AMD unveils vision for an open AI ecosystem
AMD has delivered an end-to-end integrated AI platform vision and introduced its open, scalable rack-scale AI infrastructure built on industry standards at its 2025 Advancing AI event. AMD and its partners showcased: How they are building the open AI ecosystem with...
Goal of eliminating malaria by 2030 is in jeopardy
Africa could see 554 000 additional malaria deaths due to climate change, unless urgent action is taken. The goal of eliminating malaria by 2030 is in jeopardy, as climate change, population growth, and funding shortfalls converge to reverse hard-won gains over the...
Paratus Zimbabwe, Powertel sign long-distance fibre deal
Paratus Zimbabwe has signed a deal with PowerTel to launch a high-capacity national fibre network across Zimbabwe. PowerTel is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) and is licensed to operate an optic fibre backbone network. ...
Mixed results for hardcopy peripherals
The global HCP market grew year-over-year (YoY) for the third consecutive quarter in Q1 2025, recording a 2,7% growth to approximately 19,4-million units shipped. Shipment value, on the other hand, saw a YoY decrease of -3,2% to roughly $9-billion, according to...
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Tackle payment fraud head-on in mining and construction
As one of the top 10 mining countries in the world, South Africa's economy relies heavily on this industry as well as those closely related to it, such as construction. Yet this also makes these industries attractive targets for cyber criminals. The mining industry is...
Shift focus to delivering value to clients
Businesses today are too preoccupied with measuring workplace productivity by managing people's time and evaluating their performance. However, this fixation often detracts from understanding customer needs and delivering quality outcomes. Coach and trainer, Mike...
InterSystems provides guide for health IT leaders
To support and educate healthcare CIOs and IT leaders in addressing their industry-specific challenges, InterSystems has defined the pros and cons of traditional on-premises solutions versus cloud-based offerings. Packaged in an insightful decision-making tool,...
ESG helps drive business success and environmental stewardship
The current business landscape proves that harnessing the power of data is essential not only for driving success but also for promoting sustainable practices and positively impacting the planet. Dean Wolson, country manager: Lenovo Infrastructure Group South Africa...
Keep the lights on even in a total blackout
South Africa experienced a staggering 173 days of loadshedding between January and June 2023, testing the capacity of businesses and organisations to keep the lights on to the limits. By Bertrandt Delport, country host of BT South Africa The South African Reserve Bank...
Secure backup strategies imperative for business continuity
In the Middle East and Africa, only 14% of organisations experienced no ransomware attacks in 2022, according to the Veeam Data Protection Trends Report 2023. This is evidence that cybercrime is on the rise and businesses need to adjust how they manage their data to...
Plan to use AI? Get your data ready
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Embrace AI – but be aware of the data pitfalls
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Youth can harness 4IR for positive change
Welcome to 4IR, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an era of rapid progress in science and technology as well as a time of big socio-economic, and environmental challenges. With the current pace of innovation, it's vital for children and young people to seize the...
Game launches UGC merchandise on Roblox
Game has launched Season 2 of 'the Game game' on the Roblox platform, offering locally-inspired and -designed user generated content (UGC). By engaging with local designers to better understand what young South Africans are looking for from what is arguably the future...
Junior IT Support Technician (Workshop) – Sandton – Gauteng Rivonia
An established and reputable managed IT solutions partner, based in Sandton, is looking for a motivated and ambitious individual to join our team. We specialize in providing end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions and support for South African SMEs, ensuring our...
Back-end Java Software Engineer with focus on Operations – 0688 – Gauteng Pretoria
?? We're Hiring: Senior Java Developer (DevOps Focus)Ready to build and run world-class backend systems in the cloud? ??Must-have skills:?? Java 11+ & Spring Boot?? Docker & Kubernetes?? AWS (SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway)??...
Mid-Senior Level Desktop Support Engineer – Sandton
An established and reputable managed IT solutions partner, based in Sandton, is seeking a skilled and proactive Mid-Senior Level Desktop Support Engineer to join our team. We specialize in providing end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions and support for South African...
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Job Overview:We are seeking a talented and motivated Software Developer to join our dynamic development team based in Cape Town. You will play a key role in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining scalable software solutions that support business objectives....
Mid-Senior Level Desktop Support Engineer – Sandton – Gauteng Rivonia
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Software Developer – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
Job Overview:We are seeking a talented and motivated Software Developer to join our dynamic development team based in Cape Town. You will play a key role in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining scalable software solutions that support business objectives....
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IT Support Technician – Western Cape Cape Town
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Penetration Tester (Security Analyst) – Gauteng Johannesburg
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