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...

New fix for Apple zero-day vulnerability

A new zero-day vulnerability affecting iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch has been discovered. Users are urged to immediately update their devices with a new patch released by Apple. Apple states that iOS 14.8 for iPhones and iPads, as well as new updates for Apple...

Intensified scamming activity marks popular smartphone launch

Apple introduced its new iPhone 13 lineup yesterday, together with the newest Apple Watch and AirPods versions. But, as year-to-year shows, not only Apple fans are interested in such events - for several years now, Kaspersky experts have detected intensified scamming...

Hyperconvergence adds IT efficiency

Kathy Gibson reports from IDC Cloud and Data Centre Roadshow in Rosebank - IT is rapidly becoming the enabler for business in the age of digital transformation, and a wealth of technologies are coming to the fore that make these goals a reality. Christo Briedenhann,...

SA data centre investment on track

Kathy Gibson reports from IDC Cloud and Data Centre Roadshow in Rosebank - IT services remains the key contributor to IT spending in South Africa, and saw 4% growth in 2015, despite that year seeing a decline in hardware spending. That decline was largely from fewer...

SA shoppers take to e-commerce

South Africans have shown a growing confidence in e-commerce, with a notable 56% of respondents in a new survey indicating that they have shopped online between December 2015 and March 2016. The Effective Measure E-commerce Industry Report 2016, sponsored by Visa,...

How to make balanced cyber risk decisions

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, has announced a new framework designed for companies to inventory and prioritise cyber risks. The framework, issued in a report RSA prepared with support from Deloitte Advisory Cyber Risk Services, gives organisations a new way not...

The future for wearables, according to users

Safety- and security-related devices are at the top of consumers' wishlists when it comes to wearables. In the new Ericsson ConsumerLab report, "Wearable technology and the internet of things", six out of 10 smartphone users state that wearables have uses beyond...

Hurdles for insurers aiming to transform

Insurers around the world are facing obstacles in the race to stay competitive in the digital transformation (DX) era, including but not limited to: aging legacy systems, numerous manual processes, increased data protection and regulatory requirements, and more. IDC...

Why security matters when it comes to PoPI

The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act has been signed into law and will soon be implemented. For organisations that have to become PoPI compliant soon, PoPI is going to have huge implications not only for their policies but how they enable these processes...

Why would South Africans move jobs?

CareerJunction asked South Africans what matters to them when it comes to their jobs. Of the 10 500 participants in the survey, just over half said that they were satisfied in their jobs. However, the majority (86%), including those who are satisfied in their jobs,...

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Senior C# Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg North

Calling out all Senior C# Developers looking for an exciting new challenge. My client in the financial industry is looking for youWhat will you be doing?To maintain, upgrade and enhance websites, web services, C# Applications and API's/Integrations. What you need to...

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