SA’s ransomware reckoning demands urgent action
South Africa is under siege - not by tanks or drones, but by ransomware. Brendan Widlake, regional director at Veeam Software South Africa From hospitals to banking to government departments, cyberattacks are exposing just how fragile our digital infrastructure really...
MacOS infostealer campaign abuses ChatGPT’s chat-sharing feature
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Report reveals hidden realities of family caregiving for the elderly
A new report released by the Family Caregiving Programme at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shed light on the lived realities of family caregiving for older persons in South Africa – a form of care often assumed, under-resourced and profoundly undervalued in...
Cloudflare lets site owners manage AI crawlers
Cloudflare has introduced new tools that let web site owners control whether AI bots are allowed to access their content for model training. First, customers can let Cloudflare create and manage a robots.txt file, creating the appropriate entries to let crawlers...
Say goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death
Users around the world know and dread seeing what is universally known as the Windows Blue Screen of Death. But it may soon be a thing of the past. Announcing new Windows resiliency features, Micsosoft says the familiar blue screen will be replaced with this...
Remote work drives up workplace isolation
For many of us, work involves a sea of video calls, shared docs and emoji reactions. It’s efficient but also strangely quiet. The rise of remote and hybrid work has brought flexibility, but it's also ushered in a quieter threat: workplace isolation. In South Africa,...
These are the top strategic trends in software engineering
Gartner has announced the top strategic trends in software engineering for 2025 and beyond. These trends enable organizations to accelerate innovation through AI-driven automation and adopt efficient, future-ready engineering practices. “AI-enabled tools and...
SA’s car sales continue to increase
Despite fuel price increases hitting South Africans’ mobility budgets, they aren’t being deterred from buying new cars. According to data from naamsa | the Automotive Business Council, June’s new vehicle market grew for the ninth consecutive month to 47 294 vehicles,...
Denmark to grant citizens copyright over their own features
As artificial intelligence (AI) makes deepfakes easier to create – and more believable – Denmark plans to give citizens property rights over their own features and voices. If it’s passed, the law would give people some protection from digital identity theft. If people...
Stanford sues Xerox over PARC neglect
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Nokia, Red Hat announce partnership
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Drive scalable growth through exceptional customer experience
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Managed services cater for evolving business needs
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Shift the business load during loadshedding
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SAP GRC Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
We are seeking a highly skilled SAP GRC Consultant to join our team and provide technical and functional support for SAP R/3 ECC6 EHP7 and SAP S/4 HANA systems. This role focuses on Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) – Access Control, with responsibilities...
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Salesforce Business Analyst
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SAP PPM Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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