Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest

The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...

MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Ampath confirms hack, but disputes theft of 80m patient records

Ampath, one of the country’s biggest pathology labs, has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack, but has issued a statement clarifying the claim by hackers that “80-million patient records” have been stolen. The company says it has contained the...

How will your career withstand the impact of AI?

New research from The TEFL Academy’s South African Career Resilience Report 2026 reveals that 57% of local respondents have questioned whether their chosen career or qualification will still be valuable because of artificial intelligence - while 84% say AI has already...

PC monitor shipments still strong

Well over a year after the emergence of Covid-19 and global lockdowns, PC monitor shipments continue to show strong growth as the pandemic has drastically altered a formerly staid market. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC...

Hybrid multi-cloud key to IT’s future

Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next – Covid has wreaked havoc on our lives, fundamentally changing the way we live and work – and cloud computing has a big role to play in how we operate going forward. Through the last 18 months, technology has kept us connected....

Blank sun heralds solar minimum

The sun has gone blank twice in June, with no sun spot activity recorded at all. According to Meteorologist Paul Dorian, the sun went spotless for the first time since 2011 from 4 June, for four days. Although sunspot regions then reappeared for the next few weeks on...

Startups are not creating jobs

Spotting an opportunity that sparks an entrepreneurial idea is a dominant driver of startup businesses in South Africa - but they are not creating jobs at the scale and rate South Africa so urgently needs. This is just one of the findings of South Africa’s largest...

Companies count the cost of data loss

Organisations are failing to appreciate the growing challenges of protecting their data and, as a result, are experiencing the economic impact of data loss. New findings from the EMC Global Data Protection Index 2016, an independent study by Vanson Bourne of...

Islamic terror attacks on the rise in Africa

The number of militant Islamist attacks in Africa rose dramatically between 2009 and 2015, according to new research released by IHS. In 2009, IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre recorded 171 militant Islamist attacks across Africa that caused 541 fatalities....

Tax incentive for R&D on the cards

The development of a simplified, streamlined process for accessing the R&D Tax Incentive by companies is one of the key recommendations of the government-industry task team established by the Minister of Science and Technology to recommend possible improvements to...

Strategic technologies for government in 2016

After nearly a decade of "doing more with less," government CIOs remain under pressure to further optimise IT and business costs while leading digital innovation in the public sector, according to Gartner. Government CIOs face organisational and cultural challenges...

R1,5bn fibre network to connect SA

Comsol Fibre Connect, South Africa’s first nationwide open access high-speed carrier grade data network, is set to connect enterprises in both major metros and small towns. The network has been launched by Comsol, backed by Convergence Partners, Nedbank Private Equity...

Health breakthroughs track rising costs

An immense wave of progress for patients is posing increasingly challenging questions for policymakers, payers and healthcare stakeholders in Western Europe. An IHS Life Sciences report, entitled Comparative Healthcare Financing Trends in Europe: A Retrospective and...

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