Why don’t cancer medicines work the same for everyone?

By Susanna Ray - Cancer treatment has become more precise over time, as doctors first classified the disease by where it began in the body and, more recently, by the mutations found inside cancer cells to help find the right drugs to treat it. But why can two people...

Location data sharing raises privacy risks

Your mobile browsers could be sharing your location data. To understand the extent of location tracking in mobile browsers, cybersecurity firm Surfshark has analysed 15 popular applications and discovered that more than half of them gather location data. Four of them...

It’s official: ‘very strong’ El Nino now likely

NOAA’s National Weather Service has announced that El Nino has developed in the tropical Pacific, and issued an El Nino Advisory. El Nino, the warm phase of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), is predicted to intensify to a moderate or strong level this fall....

Study uncovers hidden human cost of online gambling

Nearly three quarters (72%) of South African online gamblers describe themselves as being in control of their gambling – but a new study indicates that the reality might be very different. A national study by Yazi reveals a more troubling reality beneath the...

Nvidia Vera CPU packs a punch

The shift to agentic AI creates a new CPU requirement for the AI factory: fast cores, massive memory bandwidth and the ability to sustain high performance when all cores are active. Initial benchmark results published by Phoronix  show that the Nvidia Vera CPU is...

Pick ‘n Pay customer data compromised

An early version of Pick n Pay’s on-demand app was been breach, with customer information compromised. Records from 2022 in the app previously known as Bottles and later as Pick n Pay asap! were leaked. The data includes names, contact details and birth dates,...

Invisible barriers are reshaping global trade

The May edition of the UN Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) Global Trade Update shows that, while tariffs rose sharply in 2025, they have not been the main obstacle to trade over the past decades. The biggest costs now come from non-tariff measures such as technical...

Industry leaders on the cusp of quantum AI

As the supply chain to support quantum hardware stabilises, many experts anticipate that this emerging technology will be popularised and production-ready by the early 2030s. Some assume that means benefitting from quantum now is out of the question, according to a...

Last-mile experience still missing for SA consumers

Kathy Gibson reports - Customer service in South African is in a unique space: although there’s high smartphone adoption, the last-mile experience is still missing. Julian Dawkins, principal product marketing manager at Infobip, believes the country – and the...

AI is not driving supply chain operating model transformation

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) face increased pressure to transform their operating models, while the adoption of AI-powered supply chain orchestration technologies is constrained by multiple latent challenges, according to Gartner. Gartner surveyed 140 senior...

New SilverFox campaign targets SA companies

Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) analysed several new waves of cyberattacks conducted by the SilverFox group, observed since December 2025. The campaign targeted companies in South Africa, India, Indonesia, and Russia across industrial,...

Old Mutual warns of investment scam

Old Mutual is again warning the public about sophisticated investment scams circulating on social media, messaging platforms and email, that impersonate senior executives in efforts to mislead potential victims. The latest scam falsely uses the company’s name as well...

$2m winners in AI and Manufacturing awards named

The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation have announced that BleagLee, a Cameroon-based AI-powered waste recycling company, is the $1-million grand prize winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing. The award is designed to recognize established...

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Employers swop salary hikes for smarter benefits

Organisations are increasingly recognising that retaining employees requires more than competitive pay alone. According to the South African Reward Association (SARA), successful retention strategies now integrate reward, development and engagement across the employee...

Solving for effortless transactions through tokenisation

Tokenised transactions are expected to double in value from $283-billion in 2025 to $574-billion in 2029. By Peter Ludi, business development executive at redPanda Software & Solutions The market’s growth is largely due to the rapid rise of mobile payments,...

National law enforcement agency modernises public engagement

A South African national law enforcement agency has overhauled its customer service operations through the implementation of a locally developed, cloud-based contact centre and customer relationship management (CRM) platform delivered by South African technology...

Strategic leadership appointments at Veeam

Veeam Software has announced a boost to its EMEA channel strategy with the appointment of three new leaders: Nick McAlister as channel director UKI; Charbel Zreiby as channel director EMEA East; and Roman Brandl as enterprise channel director EMEA. “Veeam is setting a...

Skills, entrepreneurship crucial to unlocking youth opportunity

South Africa’s labour market is expected to show only modest change when the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results are released tomorrow (17 February 2026) – and behind the headline numbers, many young people are still struggling to access work and...

How to spot and avoid cyber scams during the 2026 Winter Competitions

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are in full swing, captivating sports fans worldwide. However, the Games also serve as an opportunity for scammers to strike with different kinds of cyber fraud. Kaspersky has identified some of the key scams targeting fans right now –...

Warning signs that SA is facing a silent battery crisis

South Africa may be heading into a new energy crisis, one that has nothing to do with Eskom. According to Revov,  thousands of degraded batteries imported during the load shedding boom are now entering the market, and consumers are paying the price. During the height...

Digital innovations reshape the future of mining in Africa

Africa’s mining sector is stepping into a new era, driven by the accelerating pace of digital transformation. By Johan Coetzee, strategy and consulting lead for resources at Accenture, Africa From autonomous vehicles and robotics to AI-powered analytics and drone...

The AI workforce is here, but who is governing it? 

For every human employee in the average enterprise, there are now 82 machine identities - including AI agents, bots and automated systems - operating across the network. These “digital workers” never log off. They access data, trigger actions and make decisions at...

Senior Systems Engineer (Remote)

ENVIRONMENT:A growing provider of cutting-edge Custom Cloud Solutions seeks an ambitious Senior Systems Engineer to join its talented and dynamic team working with clients around the globe. The successful incumbent must have 5 years' work experience in the IT industry...

Geographic Information Systems GIS Administrator / GIS Specialist

Geographic Information Systems GIS Administrator / GIS Specialist (New Zealand Opportunity) We are recruiting on behalf of a New Zealand-based Council for an experienced GIS Administrator / GIS Specialist to join their Corporate Services division in a permanent...

Senior Systems Engineer (Remote) – Western Cape Cape Town

ENVIRONMENT:A growing provider of cutting-edge Custom Cloud Solutions seeks an ambitious Senior Systems Engineer to join its talented and dynamic team working with clients around the globe. The successful incumbent must have 5 years' work experience in the IT industry...

Project Manager (36 Months’ Contract – Wits Health Consortium)

Background:Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health SciencesWHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research...

Machine Learning Engineer

Intermediate MLOps / Platform Engineer Department: Data SolutionsEmployment Type: 12-Month ContractLocation: Northern Suburbs, Cape Town (Hybrid) We are a dynamic technology-driven organisation delivering innovative, value-focused IT and data solutions within a...

Machine Learning Engineer – Western Cape Bellville

Intermediate MLOps / Platform Engineer Department: Data SolutionsEmployment Type: 12-Month ContractLocation: Northern Suburbs, Cape Town (Hybrid) We are a dynamic technology-driven organisation delivering innovative, value-focused IT and data solutions within a...

IT Data Analysts at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

WE ARE HIRING!A leading organisation in the healthcare and manufacturing sector is looking to appoint a dynamic, passionate, confident, proactive, and meticulous Data Analyst to join a goal-oriented team.The successful candidate will play a key role in transforming...

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