20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing
Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...
OpenAI discloses new agent issues, sets up reporting framework
OpenAI has revealed that six new incidents of unexpected or concerning AI model behaviour have come to light, prompting it to update its framework for reporting model misalignment. The best-known recent incident was an OpenAI agent acting autonomously to hack a...
Women urged to seize the AI opportunity
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) is more than an exciting new technology – it has the potential to be a game-changer for women entrepreneurs. Christina Naidoo, chief operating officer of Huawei SA, tells delegates at the Huawei Women in Tech...
AI dominates the corporate risk landscape
AI-enabled discovery of cyber vulnerabilities emerged as the most critical emerging risk facing organisations worldwide in the second quarter of 2026, according to Gartner. The Gartner Quarterly Emerging Risk Report series compiles insights and perspectives from...
Securing AI the next big growth market
The market for securing AI is growing rapidly, projected to reach almost $4,8-billion in 2027, a 68,7% increase over 2026, according to Gartner. By 2028, the market is forecast to reach almost $7,7-billion. "This surge is driven by the urgent need for enterprises to...
Telecomms sector under attack as fraud surges
South Africa’s telecommunications sector is facing a rapidly intensifying wave of fraud, cybercrime and interconnected operational threats, with subscription fraud cases surging 307% in a single year. This is according to the new Communications Risk and Information...
New dual-architecture chip marks milestone for enterprise computing
Marking the first processor milestone from its collaboration with Arm, IBM has announced the first dual-architecture mainframe processor - designed to enable enterprises to run operating systems and applications on both the IBM and Arm compute platforms in future IBM...
Intel outlines architectures for Agentic AI
At Hot Chip 2026, Intel is showcasing three architectures for Agentic AI and enterprise-scale workloads, combining the Diamond Rapids processor for high-performance orchestration, the Crescent Island GPU for efficient inference and the Wildcat Lake SoC for intelligent...
How flexible working unlocks part-time talent and reduces costs
New research from IWG says CFOs and senior business leaders are now realising that hybrid and flexible work models are becoming a strategic advantage in attracting and retaining part-time talent – while also supporting measurable productivity gains. A growing number...
Hygiene? We’ve heard of it …
On average, users take more actions to keep their mobile devices clean and updated than their PCs, according to new research from Kaspersky comparing the hygiene habits for smartphones and PCs. The global survey showed that smartphone users are noticeably more...
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Shadow AI is the new shadow IT – and financial institutes are sleepwalking into it
Someone at your institution is running a critical risk calculation from a laptop under a desk. You just don't know which one. That's not a hypothetical. At a major bank, compliance teams discovered approximately 36,000 systems operating across the business, many...
SA’s AI push is running ahead of its digital foundations
The returns from digital transformation will remain elusive until business leaders confront an uncomfortable truth: the problem isn't the AI, but everything underneath it. By Kgomotso Lebele, country MD at Accenture, South Africa Consider this: you lead a large retail...
Cyber governance central to effective enterprise risk management
Across many organisations, cyber governance is still treated as a parallel discipline to enterprise risk management rather than a core component of it. By Ryan Boyes, senior security administrator at Galix This separation is difficult to sustain, as information...
Meta Business Agent is AI for businesses of all sizes
Meta has introduced Meta Business Agent, AI that lets every business show up for every customer, in every moment, as if they had an infinite team behind them. More than 1-million businesses are already using a Meta Business Agent on WhatsApp and Messenger to respond...
Cisco unveils agentic platform for critical IT infrastructure
In an agentic AI world, organisations must act and defend at machine speed and scale. Cisco Cloud Control, unveiled at Cisco Live, is a unified platform built for humans and AI agents to manage, monitor and defend critical IT infrastructure — and the foundation for...
Vertiv debuts converged physical infrastructure digital twin for NVIDIA Omniverse DSX
Vertiv has announced progress on a production-grade digital twin capability for Vertiv SmartRun integrated in the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint, advancing its roadmap to make AI factory infrastructure more configurable, repeatable, and simulation-ready. As AI...
Absa and Salesforce expand strategic collaboration,
Absa has announced a significant renewal of its long-standing strategic collaboration with Salesforce, through a new three-year agreement that will support the bank’s growing focus on artificial intelligence, automation, and real-time data insights to create more...
SA’s AI future is being written on the factory floor, not in Pretoria
The irony was palpable when South Africa’s Draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy was abruptly withdrawn in April. A document designed to establish the country as an ethical leader in AI governance was found to be riddled with fictitious, AI-hallucinated...
From greylist to greyed out: The hidden risk in SA’s payment infrastructure
South Africa has been off the greylist for just over four months, and now we risk hitting a different, perhaps more worrying, kind of greyish trap: being "greyed out" of the global SWIFT payments network. By Marna Roos, senior client consultant at AfriGIS But the...
Human capital as a risk management strategy
In an increasingly complex risk landscape, businesses often focus on external threats like cybersecurity and supply chain vulnerabilities, writes Thembi Manyike, head of people experience at Santam. Yet some of the most dangerous risks facing South African...
Data Manager (24 Month Fixed Term Contract – Wits Health Consortium) – Gauteng Parktown
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...
Data Manager (24 Month Fixed Term 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...
Data Manager (24 Month Fixed Term Contract – Wits Health Consortium) – Gauteng Parktown
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...
Senior Full Stack Software Developer (C#, Python, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript & React/Vue.js) (Ir
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Senior Full Stack Software Developer (C#, Python, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript & React/Vue.js) (Ir – Gauteng Irene
ENVIRONMENT:YOUR strong problem-solving and system design capabilities are sought by a dynamic provider of Integrated Security Solutions seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Software Developer to work across Frontend & Backend systems. You must understand...
Full Stack Software Engineer (Python, C#, React) (JHB Onsite)
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of innovative Data & Analytics Solutions in Joburg, seeks the coding talents of Full Stack Software Engineer who will design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software applications, platforms, and integrations that...
Full Stack Software Engineer (Python, C#, React) (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Sandton
ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic provider of innovative Data & Analytics Solutions in Joburg, seeks the coding talents of Full Stack Software Engineer who will design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software applications, platforms, and integrations that...
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Exciting career opportunity within a manufacturing company for a Project Manager to manage various projects within the Engineering Solutions divisionMinimum Requirements:Minimum 5 years' project management experienceThorough understanding of the industrial and...
Project Manager – Gauteng Primrose
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Delivery Lead – Senior Full stack developer
Delivery Lead - Senior Full stack developer Duration: 6 months Location: Cape Town, Western CapeRole Overview The Delivery Lead - Senior Java Full Stack Developer will lead the technical execution and delivery of Java-based full-stack solutions. The role combines...
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