Taxpayers win transparency battle against SARS
The Johannesburg High Court recently ordered the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to disclose all the information on which it based a decision. Nico Theron, founder of Unicus Tax Specialists SA says the ruling is a significant victory for taxpayers. “SARS can be...
Growing energy demand will limit ambitious climate goals
The global economy is on the cusp of a major shift where most of future global energy demand growth will come from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The new realities of meeting this demand alongside the need for energy security, resilience and...
Study underlines Africa’s unique cardiovascular conditions
A University of Cape Town (UCT) led study, the Sub-Saharan Africa Survey of Heart Failure (THESUS II), has found that the conditions of those most affected by heart failure in Africa haven’t changed much. Africans presenting with heart failure are still 10-20 years...
Companies urged to use the Export Block Exemption
The publication of the Block Exemption for Promotion of Exports enabling South African exporters to collaborate in pursuing international markets will not benefit them unless they make full use of the regulation. This is according to the Kwanele Mkhwanazi, director:...
SA students shine in Tashkent Olympiad
South Africa's national programming team has returned home with four awards from the 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The team brought home one Bronze medal and three Honourable Mention certificates, a strong showing...
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face in $12,9bn deal
Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,93-billion. “Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide,” says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a post announcing the...
GoTyme Bank completes app transition
GoTyme Bank, formerly TymeBank, will retire the old TymeBank app on 6 September 2026, completing the phased transition to the GoTyme Bank app launched early this year. The new GoTyme Bank app has already recorded more than 4,5-million downloads. Customers still using...
Transport costs keep millions away from work and education
As South Africans face sharply higher fuel prices from yesterday, new Ipsos research shows that transport affordability is already affecting access to work and education for a significant number of people. The nationally representative findings, from the Ipsos...
Scientists may have found dark matter
Global scientists have encountered an intriguing particle interaction in their search for dark matter, which might help pave the way for answering one of the biggest unresolved questions about our universe. The study, led by a University of Bristol astro-particle...
SA online retail to reach R159bn this year
South Africans are expected to spend about R159-billion online in 2026, as e-commerce grows by an estimated 22,5% and records its first full year at 10% of national retail turnover on a like-for-like nominal basis. These are the central findings of Online Retail in...
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The trans-Atlantic rift and SA’s new matrix of economic diplomacy
The retreat of global superpowers from multilateralism has fractured traditional alliances, opening a deep trans-Atlantic rift between Washington and Europe. In this fragmented landscape, traditional middle powers are actively charting new pathways of autonomous...
Acer Africa service centre delivers fast support
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Nokia, SAP, Microsoft advance cloud, AI transformation
Nokia has signed a new multi-year agreement with SAP to help accelerate its enterprise transformation using RISE with SAP Methodology, with its SAP S/4HANA software environment hosted on Microsoft Azure. The agreement, concluded at the end of 2025, marks a significant...
Inside the shockingly efficient business models of cyber cartels
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Passkeys are not the end of passwords – they’re the next evolution of trust
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Low-carbon energy now critical infrastructure for Africa’s digital future
Coverage expansion across the continent has given rise to the acceleration of data driven services which are shaping Africa’s digital future. These include fintech services driving financial inclusion, e-health improving access to healthcare and education platforms...
Banks urged to reuse fraud data to fix broken dispute processes, rebuild trust in digital banking
Fraud dispute resolution is often manual and can take weeks. Research shows 73% of customers say their loyalty is heavily influenced by how fraud is handled. While customer satisfaction and retention may largely lie in the ambit of the CMO, a large part of the...
Optimising energy reliability for African manufacturing
Sub-Saharan Africa's infrastructure challenge is gradually evolving, with the Africa Infrastructure Development Index (AIDI) score increasing by 50% from 2003 to 2025. It has been a slow, uphill challenge, impacted by funding, governance, and legacy issues, and its...
Your attackers may already be inside
Most companies still approach cyber security as if attackers are trying to “break in”. That thinking is outdated, writes John Mc Loughlin, CEO of J2. Modern cyber criminals are not smashing through firewalls wearing hoodies in dark rooms. They are logging in through...
The risk when investors treat African energy as one market
The El Niño-linked drought that parched Southern Africa in 2024 emptied one of the most important pieces of energy infrastructure on the continent. By Vuyo Mafrika, head of global markets: client solutions – Africa regional offices at Absa; Chewe Chumanya, bank...
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A company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale power generation and energy storage plants across the African continent is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer who will own the company's Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end - remote or hybrid...
Senior Software Engineer
To research, analyse and evaluate requirements for the existing or new software applications.JOB DESCRIPTION Prototyping and software development of the telescope operational software (all stages of the full software development life cycle will be encountered).Provide...
Desktop Support Technician
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A company that develops, owns, and operates utility-scale power generation and energy storage plants across the African continent is seeking a Senior DevOps / SRE Cloud Engineer who will own the company's Azure-based Kubernetes platform end-to-end - remote or hybrid...
Senior Software Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town
To research, analyse and evaluate requirements for the existing or new software applications.JOB DESCRIPTION Prototyping and software development of the telescope operational software (all stages of the full software development life cycle will be encountered).Provide...
Desktop Support Technician – Gauteng Braamfontein
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