New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

Visa gears up for the new phase in commerce

Recognising the dramatic shifts shaping the future of commerce, Visa has outlined a series of AI, stablecoin, and token capabilities designed to help clients across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA) region participate in this next...

A new fraud threat for insurers – AI-generated images

Insurance fraud, unfortunately, is inevitable - a certain amount of fraud is priced into the product. But the ultimate goal for insurers is to find the right balance – focusing on fraud prevention for the biggest cases without alienating trusted customers. Having said...

Study uncovers hidden human cost of online gambling

Nearly three quarters (72%) of South African online gamblers describe themselves as being in control of their gambling – but a new study indicates that the reality might be very different. A national study by Yazi reveals a more troubling reality beneath the...

Entry-level jobs for school-leavers

This Youth Month, online recruitment platform Pnet has released its Pnet Job Market Trends Report for June 2026, featuring a closer look at the top entry-level job opportunities in South Africa. Based on vacancies posted across the company’s platforms, this special...

SA again failing its women … now with breast cancer care

A new study by the Department of Surgery at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital has revealed deep systemic inequities in breast cancer care across South Africa - including critical shortages of surgical services, specialist staff, and diagnostic capacity which deny many...

Veeam streamlines African distribution

Kathy Gibson reports from the Veeam ProPartner Summit 2026 – Veeam has finalised the consolidation of its distribution landscape in Africa. As part of this updated model, Veeam has onboarded Mitsumi Distribution as a new distributor for East and West Africa, while...

SA’s Saucecode garners global awards

South African company Saucecode has been gathering global awards for its home-grown Roboteur automation platform, which is deployed in enterprises as varied as Nedbank, Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Cine Centre. CIOReview Magazine Europe recently awarded Saucecode...

Valued at $1,77trn, SpaceX goes public

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will start trading today on the  today (12 June 2026) Nasdaq Global Select Market and Nasdaq Texas. The company has confirmed the pricing of its initial public offering of 555 555 555 shares of its Class A common...

2026 Model Awards recognise tech excellence in financial services

Global advisory firm Celent has named the financial institutions demonstrating excellence in technology use across banking, buy side/sell side, insurance, risk management, and wealth management. Through the 2026 Model Awards, Celent analysts have identified real-world...

Novus warns of lower earnings

Novus Holdings has issued a trading statement, alerting shareholders to reduced earnings for the year ended 31 March 2026. The company cautions that earnings per share (EPS) is expected to be between 78.58 cents and 89.66 cents, reflecting a decrease of between 19,1%...

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Zero tolerance on corruption won’t work without procurement reform

South Africa's Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson is demanding greater accountability from public officials in a bid to rebuild trust in the country's institutions and ensure infrastructure delivery benefits communities rather than private...

Sustainable, liquid-cooled data centres for next-gen workloads

Today, single AI query uses roughly 10-times the electricity of a typical Internet search, and demand is climbing at lightning speed. By Steven Santini, secure power vice-president at Schneider Electric Sub-Saharan Africa In fact, projections suggest data centres...

How smartphones are remaking retail

Online commerce is no longer new to the South African market, with research from World Wide Worx indicating that e-commerce surpassed R130-billion in 2025 and captured close to 10% of total retail sales. Smartphone users are driving a significant portion of that...

Africa is showing how digital assets work

This year, the digital asset industry will no longer be divided by ideology, but by execution. By Lasbery Chioma Oludimu: vice-president of global operations and MD of Yellow Card Nigeria The question will not be whether digital assets belong in the financial system,...

Endeavor SA closes R230m Harvest Fund III

Endeavor South Africa has announced the close of Harvest Fund III at R230-million. This venture fund brings together both entrepreneurs and institutional investors focused on backing and scaling the next generation of high-growth technology businesses across South...

New CEO for Siemens Mobility

Siemens Mobility has announced the appointment of Florian Kellenberger as the new CEO of Siemens Mobility South Africa. With more than 23 years of experience at Siemens, Kellenberger previsouly served as head of operations for rail infrastructure at Siemens Mobility...

Rustenburg, Orbit TVET strengthen skills development partnership

Rustenburg Local Municipality and Orbit TVET College have strengthened their working relationship through a collaborative skills development programme aimed at upskilling municipal employees with accredited training. The initiative follows an internal skills...

Agricultural innovation can buffer global shocks from the Iran war

The war in the Persian Gulf is already being felt far beyond the region, reflected in rising fertilizer prices in rural India and in the shifting planting decisions of farmers across Africa and well beyond. By Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director General of the International...

Kelvin Nhlapo confirmed as GM of IITPSA

The board of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals (IITPSA) has announced that Kelvin Nhlapo has been appointed GM of the IITPSA with effect from 1 April 2026. Nhlapo joined the IITPSA as head of business development in 2019, and was appointed...

Oversight matters: Spotting payroll fraud in a digital world

South Africa's government has put payroll fraud in its crosshairs. In its latest Budget Review document, the National Treasury prioritises digital payroll systems for state entities, combatting what some outlets have reported as over R4-billion in annual losses...

SAP Functional Consultant (Senior) 2476 – Gauteng Pretoria

Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for functional and/or technical design document(s).Proactively propose solutions to improve the support of (new) business processes.Executing the required changes...

Technical/Systems Engineer

We are looking for a Technical/Systems Engineer who wll ve responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and support of server, desktop, network, and database infrastructure to ensure high system availability and optimal performance. Monitors and...

Junior Data Analyst

A leading sustainability and energy management solutions company is seeking a motivated and analytical Junior Data Analyst to join their team in Bellville, Cape Town. This role offers an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about data analysis,...

Web Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Code Your Way Into Something Epic! Web Developer (Permanent) | Pretoria / Somerset WestHey digital architect — ready to swap boring CRUD for code that actually matters?We're hunting for a passionate Web Developer who gets a kick out of building enterprise-grade web...

Technical/Systems Engineer – Western Cape Cape Town

We are looking for a Technical/Systems Engineer who wll ve responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and support of server, desktop, network, and database infrastructure to ensure high system availability and optimal performance. Monitors and...

Junior Data Analyst – Western Cape Bellville

A leading sustainability and energy management solutions company is seeking a motivated and analytical Junior Data Analyst to join their team in Bellville, Cape Town. This role offers an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about data analysis,...

Web Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria

Code Your Way Into Something Epic! Web Developer (Permanent) | Pretoria / Somerset WestHey digital architect — ready to swap boring CRUD for code that actually matters?We're hunting for a passionate Web Developer who gets a kick out of building enterprise-grade web...

C# Developer

C# Developer Responsibilities/Tasks:Support and develop new integration functionality and components.Collaborate with business analysts and cross-functional teams to refine and implement requirements.Refactor and improve code to ensure maintainability, scalability,...

Full Stack Developer (Advanced) 0627

Part of a Dev team responsible for the development and maintenance of the application (front-end and backend).Participate in all relevant Agile ceremonies.Meet with end users to understand Business requirements.Contribute to the refinement and sizing of user...

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