The hidden cost of waste in the office
South Africa generates over 125-million tonnes of solid waste annually, with a significant portion ending up in landfills. Inadequate waste management services, especially in rural and informal areas, exacerbate this issue, leading to illegal dumping and environmental...
Brace for the coming workplace revolution
For the past decade it happened slowly, and then over the past two years, all at once: The trend of companies cutting back on staff, and teams getting leaner, has been accelerating as AI quietly infiltrated entire layers of junior and specialist roles that once...
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
Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) is the place where many of the most significant innovations of the 20th Century set the scene for modern computing. Among the many inventions that took place at the centre were the graphical user interface (GUI), Ethernet and...
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Telkom Business and YEP! add AI tools
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Bridging the chasm between education and employment
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Digital transformation is dependent on engaged leaders
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Is the annual performance review still relevant?
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How software-driven businesses attract and retain rare developer skills
It's a sellers' market for local software developers. The ongoing, critical technology skills shortage means there are still more jobs than developers to go around. This is forcing employers to consider skills retention more seriously than ever. According to...
Building communities with online gaming
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Age is really just a number in the multi-generational workforce
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RFID the invisible technology powering future retail stores
Building the retail store of the future requires a fundamental shift in perspective: the withdrawal of technology from the front and centre to the background. By Peter Ludi, MD: solutions at redPanda Software The key theme for the future retail environment is a pivot...
Principal Technician: Measurement Operations at City of Cape Town
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SAP CO Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Team Lead: IBM DB2 DBA / DB2 Engineer (contract) – Gauteng Johannesburg
Maintain and optimize DB2 databases to ensure high performance, availability, and security. Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to support critical business operations. Database Administration: Install, configure and upgrade DB2 database servers and...
Mid Automation Tester at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Join the Digital Revolution as a Mid Automation Tester!Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Hybrid Work Model) Are you ready to ignite your career and shape the future of Africa's digital landscape? We're a leading Pan-African telecommunications giant,...
Principal Technician: Measurement Operations at City of Cape Town – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
ENERGY - Electricity Generation AND Distribution - Measurement PRINCIPAL TECHNICIAN: MEASUREMENT OPERATIONS BASIC SALARY: R 588 221 PER ANNUM - REF NO: NRG 117/25 Requirements: National Diploma in EngineeringECSA Registered as a Professional Engineering...
SAP CO Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
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IBM DB2 Database Administrator/DB2 DBA/DB2 Engineer (contract)
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SAP ABAP Consultant at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Do you dream in ABAP? Do you get a thrill from making RICEFW objects behave exactly the way you want? Do you enjoy the challenge of migrating old-school ECC6 code into the sleek world of S/4 HANA? If so, we're looking for you!We need a SAP ABAP Developer who's ready...
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