Visual prompt injection vulnerability bypasses AI guardrails
DeepKeep has discovered a new class of visual prompt injection vulnerability. Dubbed “InkJect” - a nod to the hidden “ink” within images used to inject malicious instructions – it affects leading visual language models (VLMs), including OpenAI's GPT-5.2, GPT-5.4 Mini...
June saw PMI decline
The seasonally adjusted PMI declined by 3.5 points to 47.3 in June, returning below the neutral 50-point mark after remaining in expansionary territory during April and May. The decline reflects softer demand conditions across the manufacturing sector, although easing...
Planting trees in savannas can do more harm than good
A new University of Cape Town (UCT)-led study has found that planting trees in African savannas may undermine biodiversity without delivering the expected gain in carbon storage. The study, led by Dr Heidi-Jayne Hawkins of UCT’s Department of Biological Sciences and...
CompTIA poll aims to better understand Africa’s training needs
In an age of constantly-changing technology innovations, CompTIA, the leading global provider of vendor-neutral training and certification products, is running a short survey to gauge how African organisations are tackling their training and certification...
Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey
ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...
Growth holds steady, but global pressure slows momentum
South Africa’s economy remains on a recovery path in 2026 but rising global pressures and cost dynamics are slowing momentum and reshaping the outlook for the months ahead. PwC’s latest mid-year economic update shows that while domestic conditions have improved...
Tech drives down baggage mishandling rates by 23%
SITA’s latest Baggage IT Insights Report shows mishandled baggage rates have fallen below pre-pandemic rates even as passenger volumes hit record highs – tumbling 23% - and a clear indication that digital transformation efforts are taking hold. The bigger story,...
IBM, Red Hat, Deloitte strengthen software supply chain trust
Deloitte, IBM and Red Hat have announced a collaboration to help protect the software supply chain against increasingly automated cyber threats. Deloitte joins the initiative as an integration collaborator for Lightwell, bringing its broader secured software supply...
The Gentlemen ransomware group expands operations
New Kaspersky GReAT (Global Research and Analysis Team) research into the rapidly growing ransomware group known as The Gentlemen has showed that the attackers have evolved their tactics through new custom-built tools – a backdoor designed to facilitate information...
Nvidia Vera Rubin delivers supercomputers for science
Nvidia today announced the Nvidia Vera Rubin platform, delivering supercomputers for science, combining native double-precision (FP64) performance, Nvidia CUDA-X libraries and the full-stack capabilities of the Nvidia AI platform. Bringing together Nvidia’s complete...
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Identity management must adapt to AI agents
AI agents are fast being deployed across organisations and within business units, often with unchecked access to sensitive systems and data. Businesses need to move quickly to enforce new identity strategies to mitigate the new risks this presents. Neil van Wyngaard,...
Nedbank uncovers data talent through national analytics challenge
The Nedbank N*ovation Data & Analytics Masters, a national programme designed to identify and fast-track South Africa’s top data and engineering practitioners into a real hiring pathway, has concluded. The challenge drew over 1 200 registrations, culminated in an...
Visa, FNB, RMB partner to launch Visa Commercial Pay
Visa, in partnership with First National Bank (FNB) and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), have announced the launch of Visa Commercial Pay (VCP) in South Africa. Visa Commercial Pay is a fully integrated business-to-business (B2B) payment solution designed to simplify how...
TrendAI named as OpenAI Daybreak Trusted Partner
TrendAI has joined the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Programme – gaining access to OpenAI's frontier AI capabilities purpose-built for cybersecurity. TrendAI managed security teams are already deploying agentic triage capabilities powered by OpenAI's frontier AI...
Is SA’s cybersecurity lagging AI adoption?
South Africa now features among the most targeted countries on the continent for cybercrime, with regional policing analyses warning of sustained growth in financially motivated attacks, including business email compromise and ransomware. The CSIR State of...
Why most AI projects fail after launch
South African businesses are under growing pressure to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), but according to digital transformation consultancy DY|DX, many organisations are focusing on the wrong part of the challenge. While much of the market conversation remains...
Micros SA is a new Oracle NetSuite reseller
Micros South Africa has been appointed as an official NetSuite reseller partner, expanding its cloud ERP offering for local businesses looking to modernise finance, inventory, order management, CRM and supply chain operations. The appointment enables Micros South...
SA set to experience first Amazon Prime Day
Prime Day, Amazon’s flagship annual global shopping event exclusive to Prime members, is taking place for the first time in South Africa from 23 to 29 June. Anyone can sign up to Amazon Prime for a 30-day free trial or join Prime billed monthly at R59/month or...
Xero unveils new AI-powered tools
Xero has released a set of new tools to help accountants and bookkeepers spend less time on admin and more time with clients. The updates reflect Xero’s vision in South Africa for the “elevated practice”: one with the structure to see real-time data and uncover...
SOTRU bridges the gap to stop supplier fraud
South African verification and secure communication platform SOTRU Identity and Communications aims to tackle a fraud problem that traditional KYC and KYB checks were never built to solve: impersonation and payment fraud that happens after a supplier has been...
Java Developer at MSP
Our client is looking for a motivated Java Developer with strong full-stack capability to contribute to the design and delivery of modern enterprise applications. This role involves working on both backend services and frontend components within a collaborative, agile...
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?? Calling All Front-End Developers! ??If your happy place is Angular, TypeScript, and turning pixel-perfect designs into real, working UI... keep reading.We're looking for a Senior Front-End Developer to join an Agile team building the digital sales tech used across...
Senior Project Manager at Datonomy Solutions
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Java Developer at MSP – Gauteng Johannesburg
Our client is looking for a motivated Java Developer with strong full-stack capability to contribute to the design and delivery of modern enterprise applications. This role involves working on both backend services and frontend components within a collaborative, agile...
Front-End Developer – 2846 – Gauteng Gauteng
?? Calling All Front-End Developers! ??If your happy place is Angular, TypeScript, and turning pixel-perfect designs into real, working UI... keep reading.We're looking for a Senior Front-End Developer to join an Agile team building the digital sales tech used across...
Senior Project Manager at Datonomy Solutions – Western Cape Cape Town
We're Hiring | Senior Project Manager – Enterprise Systems Integration Cape Town (Woodstock) | Hybrid | Onsite 9-Month ContractAre you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering large-scale enterprise systems implementations?We're...
Data Scientist at MSP
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Senior Business Analyst
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Software Developer – Node.js / Azure Kubernetes at Datonomy Solutions
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Data Scientist at MSP – Gauteng Johannesburg
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