Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking
A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...
AWS and Nvidia to deliver 2m more GPUs and AI infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nvidia have announced a major expansion of their strategic collaboration to meet surging global demand for AI infrastructure as demand continues to accelerate. Building on already-rapid customer adoption of Nvidia-accelerated compute on...
Huawei SA opens applications for the 2026 Women in Tech Digital Skills Training Programme
As South African small businesses accelerate AI adoption faster than many developed economies, Huawei South Africa has opened applications for the 2026 Women in Tech Digital Skills Training Programme. The programme will take place from 26 to 28 August in Johannesburg....
Another day, another rogue AI attack. This time from Meta
Meta has confirmed that its Muse Spark 1.1 AI model breached an external company's internal systems during cybersecurity testing. According to the company, independent testing company Irregular caused a misconfiguration that gave one of its AI models Internet access...
AI infrastructure boom shifts from chip race to supply-chain race
AI infrastructure spending has entered a new phase, says GlobalData, with demand outpacing semiconductors, memory, and power capacity despite record earnings across the technology ecosystem. This earnings season reveals that capital investment, geopolitics, and...
Vast majority of SA children are functionally illiterate
Nearly a million (914 000) South African Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning in any of the country's 11 official languages. With 81% of the cohort functionally illiterate, the country places last among the 57 countries and regions assessed in the most recent...
70% of South Africans have been hit by data breaches
South Africa was the 42nd most breached country in the world during the first half of the year, with 359 600 leaked accounts, according to the latest data from cybersecurity firm Surfshark. Globally, a total of 313,4-million accounts were breached, with the US ranking...
The Open Web is now the ‘Controlled Web’
Only 18,5% of the world's most-visited landing pages are operating without any technical barrier to automated access, according to a new study by Web data extraction specialist Zyte. This means that less than one in five of all the most-visited sites are fully open...
Cyberespionage a growing threat in META
While most cyberthreat categories declined over the past year in the META region, cyberespionage continues to intensify - with spyware attacks increasing by 40% in Africa and password stealer attacks growing by 31%, according to cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky. The...
Crypto shifts indicate ‘a legislature trying to keep up with financial times’
It’s no secret that crypto adoption and crypto regulation have not been keeping pace in South Africa, resulting in a complicated legal environment when it comes to how the digital asset is treated from a payment perspective and exchange control perspective. On 1 June,...
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Securing Africa’s future through a circular water economy
Africa Day (today, 25 May 2026) provides an opportunity to reflect on the continent’s shared future. In 2026, that future is increasingly being shaped by one issue that cuts across every sector of society and the economy: water. By Dr Harrison Pienaar, chairperson of...
Bridging Africa’s build divide with intelligent infrastructure
Africa has always found its own way around barriers, writes Andrew Bourne, regional head of Zoho South Africa. When fixed-line banking proved too slow and too exclusionary, Kenya did not wait for the infrastructure to catch up. It built M-Pesa instead, a mobile...
Why context determines digital success in Africa
As we mark Africa Day (today, 25 May 2026), there is renewed attention on the continent’s growth trajectory, its expanding digital economy and the pace at which organisations are investing in transformation. There is good reason for that optimism. Across sectors,...
Africa’s AI ambitions face critical infrastructure questions
As artificial intelligence (AI) investment accelerates globally, Africa is increasingly being viewed as the industry’s next major growth frontier. But according to Steven Santini, vice-president for secure power: SSA at Schneider Electric, the continent’s AI ambitions...
Are supply chains ready for Africa’s cyber-fraud surge?
Cyber risk is no longer a peripheral IT issue in African supply chains; it is becoming a core operational threat. According to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), 70% of organisations report experiencing fraud or economic crime, with...
Connectivity has become a board-level strategic issue
There was a time when connectivity was seen as infrastructure, or worse, as background noise for the IT department while business decision-makers focused on more important decisions. By Willem van Zyl, chief technology officer of Backspace Technologies Those days are...
When a school is offline, opportunity is not just delayed, it is denied
South Africa has approximately 23,000 public schools, yet around 17 000 remain completely offline. That means only about 6 000 have some form of internet connectivity, while roughly 74% of public schools have no access at all - not for teaching and learning, not for...
Most data strategies fail before they start
Most organisations do not have a data strategy problem, but one of visibility. Across industries, businesses continue to invest in platforms, tools, and skills to become more data-driven. Yet many of these strategies struggle to deliver sustained value. The reason is...
Your next best prompt engineer is a business analyst
In the rush to deploy AI, most organisations have been asking the wrong question. By Martin Pienaar, chief operations officer at Mindworx Academy The debate has centred on which platforms to use and how quickly engineering teams can ship. The harder question, and the...
Skills development must become one of corporate SA’s most powerful growth strategies
Skills development should never be reduced to a paperwork exercise or a narrow compliance obligation. Yes, it has a place on the B-BBEE scorecard. Yes, it contributes points. But if that is where the conversation begins and ends, we have missed the true power of what...
Senior Backend Developer (C# and SQL) – Gauteng Braamfontein
Are you a seasoned Backend Developer with a passion for building scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise solutions? Our company is looking for a Senior Backend Developer to play a key role in designing and developing the backend foundation of a critical...
ServiceNow Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Are you a ServiceNow expert with a passion for building solutions that make workplaces safer, smarter, and more compliant?We're looking for a Senior ServiceNow Technical Consultant / OHS Solution Developer to join a major Enterprise Health & Safety Transformation...
SAP Senior Consultant
Performs business and systems analysis, designs, implements, configures, supports and maintains SAP system. Plays a fundamental role in realisation of business benefits across multiple functional areas or modules in the SAP system. Also involved in solution design and...
SAP Senior Consultant – Gauteng Johannesburg
Performs business and systems analysis, designs, implements, configures, supports and maintains SAP system. Plays a fundamental role in realisation of business benefits across multiple functional areas or modules in the SAP system. Also involved in solution design and...
Data Migration & Oracle Application Specialist at Adapt IT
Introduction The Data Migration & Oracle Application Specialist is responsible for planning, managing, and executing complex data migration, data archiving, and Oracle database initiatives within the ITS ERP environment. The role focuses on ensuring data...
Data Migration & Oracle Application Specialist at Adapt IT – Gauteng Midrand
Introduction The Data Migration & Oracle Application Specialist is responsible for planning, managing, and executing complex data migration, data archiving, and Oracle database initiatives within the ITS ERP environment. The role focuses on ensuring data...
IT Support Technician
A leading project management and infrastructure consulting company is seeking a a proactive and technically skilled IT Support Technician professional to join their team in Stellenbosch. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing first-line IT support,...
IT Support Technician – Western Cape Stellenbosch
A leading project management and infrastructure consulting company is seeking a a proactive and technically skilled IT Support Technician professional to join their team in Stellenbosch. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing first-line IT support,...
Application Support Engineer
Key Responsibilities Include:This role is responsible for the ongoing Application Management Support (AMS) of the Workforce Software (WFS) solution as part of the client SAP AMS managed services model. The role operates within a unified AMS delivery team, supporting...
Application Support Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg
Key Responsibilities Include:This role is responsible for the ongoing Application Management Support (AMS) of the Workforce Software (WFS) solution as part of the client SAP AMS managed services model. The role operates within a unified AMS delivery team, supporting...
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