The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

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...

Massive growth in fake vaccine certificate market

There has been a global boom in the black market for fake vaccine certificates on Telegram, following US President Biden’s vaccine mandate announcements last week. This is according to Check Point Research (CPR), which also fins that the black market for fake vaccine...

Overall cloud spending to hit $1,3trn by 2025

Over the past decade, cloud computing has become the foundation for the delivery of mobile and content services as well as an alternative to traditional enterprise computing environments. As businesses pivot to a digital-first economy, cloud will continue to play an...

Drivers want their cars connected

At least one-third of US drivers want connected car features - but today's offerings are not meeting their expectations. This emerged from a Forrester analysis of the demand for connected cars and the features consumers are interested in having in their next vehicles....

Borrowing blame game fuels debt spiral

A "blame game" between borrowers and lenders in South Africa in which neither want to take responsibility for their borrowing and lending decisions is fuelling South African's escalating spiral into debt. South Africans are the biggest borrowers in the world, with 86%...

TechTrain grows skills, speeds fibre rollout

Since the inception of its fibre technician training programme in 2012, FibreCo has been steadily growing its commitment towards building capacity in the fibre sector. FibreCo is embarking on a new phase its TechTrain training programme which aims to build deeper...

Absa enables banking as a service

Absa Bank has become one of Africa's first banks to go live with an open application programming interface (API) platform. It will provide external parties with access to the bank's products and services, and will enable the bank to play a more proactive role in...

Microsoft’s S2B programme empowers graduates

Since 2008, a total of 8 500 students have been through Microsoft's Student2Business (S2B) internship programme. These students have accessed opportunities through Microsoft's partner network, which is made up of 186 companies across public and private sectors that...

Helping to move the youth forward …

South Africa is a country dominated by youth, with 52% of the population under the age of 25. Theory states that the country has a great future with abundance in labour reserves for our growing nation - a good position to be in when many developed countries face the...

Skills gap puts economy at risk

A majority of South Africans are concerned that the current matric syllabus is not preparing the youth for work. This is among the findings from City & Guilds Group's first Skills Confidence Report, an international study of 8 000 employees in South Africa, the...

SA employers haven’t changed hiring plans

South African employers report fair hiring prospects for the July-September time frame, with 12% expecting to increase staffing levels, 6% forecasting a decrease and 79% anticipating no change. According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS) for Q3 2016,...

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