AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

Falling launch costs set to boost VLEO satellite market

Global investment in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites will reach nearly $10-billion by 2031 – up from $5,2-billion in 2026 – according to a new study from Juniper Research. This growth of almost 100% will be driven by: Expanding commercial interest in launching...

Rogue AI agent hit at least four targets

The OpenAI agent that went rogue last week compromised the defenses of at least four systems, including the reported breach of Hugging Face’s production systems. This came to light in an updated statement from OpenAI, as the companies continue to investigate the...

Rethinking security for the age of AI

Microsoft has launched Project Perception, a new cybersecurity stack for the artificial intelligence (AI) era. Hayete Gallot, executive vice-president of Microsoft Security, unpacks why this is needed, and how Project Perception aims to deliver.   The physics of...

Governance-first approach needed to counter Shadow AI

Organisations should move beyond trying to eliminate Shadow AI and instead focus on governance, visibility and employee education to reduce cyber risk while enabling responsible AI adoption. This is according to experts from the Institute of Information Technology...

CFO research highlights SA’s AI value challenge

South African chief financial officers are being asked to deliver growth, improve productivity and fund business transformation at a time when economic growth is still challenging, operating costs continue to rise and capital remains constrained. While South Africa’s...

Taxpayers urged to be alert to fraud

Tax season is an important period for South Africans to meet their tax obligations, but it is also one of the busiest times of the year for fraudsters seeking to exploit unsuspecting taxpayers. As SARS continues to simplify filing through digital services and...

Beware scammers posing as telecoms operators

As the demand for communications and mobile Internet services rises sharply during the northern hemisphere tourist season, Kaspersky’s security experts have uncovered scams that target anyone purchasing mobile connections or SIM cards worldwide. Fraudsters create...

SA entrepreneurs invited to step on to the national stage

The search has officially begun for South Africa's most inspiring entrepreneurs as entries open for the 18th South African Small Business Awards. Whether a business has achieved exceptional growth, overcome significant challenges, introduced an innovative product or...

GoTyme Bank app migration logs 4m users

As it prepares to discontinue existing platforms, GoTyme Bank (formerly TymeBank) has clocked more than 4-million downloads of its new app. As more customers move to the new GoTyme Bank app, the bank is accelerating its phased migration away from its legacy digital...

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African cities need intelligence, not just smart city infrastructure 

I am less interested in whether a city can call itself smart than whether it can act intelligently when something goes wrong, writes Reshaad Sha, executive chairman of Sentiv. Too many smart city conversations still begin with the visible symbols of progress, for...

Connect security, privacy, AI governance to reduce information risk

Information security, privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) governance are often treated as separate disciplines. But, in practice, they are closely linked. By Ryan Boyes, senior security administrator at Galix AI systems rely on information, which often includes...

Threat detection is only useful when action is built in

In a Security Operations Centre (SOC), detection is measured by what happens after an alert appears on a screen. By Timothy Smith, director: sales at DigitalShield Many organisations now have tools that identify suspicious activity across endpoints, email, identity,...

What the TrendAI/Anthropic partnership means for SA

I've sat through a lot of cybersecurity announcements. Most of them follow the same script: Two vendors shake hands. A press release goes out. Yet very little on the ground changes. I understand why people tune out, writes Gareth Redelinghuys, country MD at TrendAI...

Your IT team doesn’t need another dashboard. It needs breathing room

I do not think most IT teams need another dashboard, writes Michael Currie, director at The Cloud Crew. Many mid-market IT teams already have enough places to look. The real pressure starts after the dashboard lights up. Someone still has to decide whether the alert...

Your cloud strategy may be weakening the business

The biggest mistake CIOs make about cloud is believing that adoption equals modernisation. By Helen Kruger, MD of Troye It does not, in many cases cloud has simply given them a more expensive, more fragmented and harder to manage version of the infrastructure problems...

(A)I rest my case: AI and the future of online dispute resolution

If there is one thing organisations know well, it is that disputes are expensive. By Garth Duncan, partner; Brittany Leroni, senior associate; and Razina Mahomed, candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel The expense extends beyond legal fees, to management time, damaged...

What it will take to secure the foundation of digital education?

If the future of South Africa is shaped by the opportunities we create for young people today, then the promise of a digital education and the opportunities it provides is one of our most important and urgent endeavours. So too is the digital security of Gen Alpha’s...

The youth unemployment crisis is also a digital skills crisis

South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis cannot be solved without closing a parallel, faster-moving gap- - digital and AI fluency. The country’s youth unemployment rate stood at 60,9% among 15 to 24 year-olds in the first quarter of 2026 - one of the highest rates in...

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About the CompanyOur client is a leading international engineering and industrial automation group specialising in warehouse storage systems, robotics and supply chain automation. With operations across Europe, North America and South Africa, the business delivers...

IT Support Engineer (Level 1) (CH1262) – Western Cape Plankenbrug

About the CompanyOur client is a leading international engineering and industrial automation group specialising in warehouse storage systems, robotics and supply chain automation. With operations across Europe, North America and South Africa, the business delivers...

Network Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

The primary objective of this role is to ensure zero missed service level agreement (SLA) conditions and is responsible for managing tickets of high complexity, conducts advanced and complicated tasks, and provides resolution to a diverse range of complex problems....

Senior Business Analyst (HR/Payroll) at Adapt IT

Introduction The purpose of the senior business analyst role is to lead, coordinate and oversee analysis and designs related to development projects which include analysing user requirements, designing and documenting the solution. Senior business analysts are...

Senior Business Analyst (HR/Payroll) at Adapt IT – Gauteng Midrand

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Senior L3 Hyper-V Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior L3 Hyper-V Engineer to join a Managed Services Operations team supporting a large-scale enterprise infrastructure environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing advanced technical support,...

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