As cost pressures mount, consumers shift spend to essentials

South African consumers are adjusting their financial behaviour in response to ongoing cost pressures, with TransUnion's Q1 2026 Consumer Pulse Study revealing meaningful shifts in how households spend, save and manage credit. While many households remain under...

Memory and SSD shortage set to impact SA

The memory and SSD crisis is real – and it’s broader and faster‑moving than many in the IT industry expect. This is the stark warning from Craig Nowitz, CEO of Syntech, who recently returned from the Hong Kong electronics shows and a week of factory visits in China....

Your next smartphone could be powered by a recycled toaster

For the past 20 years, the consumer electronics playbook has been simple: make it smaller, make it faster, and seal it shut. Manufacturers utilised industrial adhesives, proprietary screws, and integrated designs to create sleek devices that were virtually impossible...

SA family businesses outperform global peers

In a time of uncertainty and rapid change, South African family businesses are showing exceptional resilience and growth – with many reporting double-digit sales growth in 2025. PwC’s South African Family Business Survey reveals what truly sets top-performing family...

Strengthening recovery testing in SaaS is key to resilience

As software as a service (SaaS) becomes more prevalent, new research from Keepit shows that - based on a real‑world backup and restore activity - recovery practices remain a work in progress for many organisations. The report analyses aggregated and anonymised...

How to store and keep your sensitive data safe

Ahead of World Backup Day, Kaspersky research has revealed the most popular ways to store important data – 87% of South Africans prefer digital – and offers some tips on how to keep it safe. Global research shows that zoomers and millennials keep nearly everything...

‘Lazy’ AI-built attacks still breaching current defences

HP’s latest Threat Insights Report says that attackers are using AI to scale and accelerate campaigns – with many of them prioritising cost, effort, and efficiency over quality – but despite being formulaic and low-effort, these AI-assisted attacks are slipping past...

Intel ups the ante in edge computing

Intel has launched the Intel Core processor Series 2 with P-cores - an industrial-ready platform engineered for mission-critical edge applications – as well as its latest Edge AI suite for Health & Life Sciences, providing validated reference pipelines and...

The end of queueing at Home Affairs?

The Department of Home Affairs has officially launched its new Digital Partnership Model with nine branches of Capitec Bank and Standard Bank now offering Smart IDs under its Online Verification Service – with another eight branches slated to go live by the end of the...

Anthropic files lawsuits against the Pentagon

Anthropic has sued the US Department of Defense, challenging the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk. The company has filed two lawsuits, accusing the Pentagon of using the designation to punish the company on ideological grounds....

Hybrid working a win-win for women

New research from International Workplace Group (IWG) reveals that when businesses give women access to professional workspaces closer to home, they gain stronger collaboration, networking, and performance in return. Hybrid and more flexible ways of working are also...

B2B buyers prefer a rep-free experience

Buyers want to engage on their own terms as 67% of B2B buyers state that they prefer a rep‑free experience, according to new research from Gartner. A survey of 646 B2B buyers conducted from August through September 2025 found the shift is already underway - with 45%...

Command injection vulnerability in ExifTool targets macOS users

Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team, identified a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-3102) in ExifTool, a free, open-source tool used worldwide to read and edit metadata in images, videos and PDF files. The flaw, which affects macOS systems running...

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Concern grows over cyber and smart contract risks

Institutional investors and wealth managers are concerned about the cyber and smart contract risks of blockchain-based lending and are increasingly turning to third-party insurance. New global research from Brava Finance found that 20% of respondents believe...

Is AI making mistakes? Or are you just a bad AI manager?

In the rush to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for business efficiency, some users are pointing fingers at the technology when results fall short. But what if the real culprit isn't AI, but the user? AI integration specialist ET Artificial Intelligence...

IBM accelerates digital transformation for Toyota SA

IBM has successfully delivered two major SAP S/4HANA system upgrades for Toyota South Africa Motors, marking a significant milestone in the automotive leader’s enterprise-wide modernisation journey. The projects, executed by IBM in collaboration with SAP, underscore...

CIMA toolkit boosts public sector productivity

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has today released its Public Sector Productivity Toolkit, a new practical resource to help professionals, managers, and leaders across government departments and public service organisations strengthen...

Synthesis partners with Snowflake

Synthesis Software Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Snowflake. Snowflake’s unified data platform offers end-to-end data lifecycle support, from ingestion and storage to processing, governance, sharing, and advanced AI/ML analytics. Snowflake is...

How financial anxiety makes you click the scam link

The narrative of cybersecurity risk often revolves around sophisticated hacking tools or zero-day vulnerabilities. Yet, the most significant threat to South Africans isn't a technical flaw – it's an emotional vulnerability rooted in a national financial crisis. The...

Oni-Tel launches high-speed fibre backbone at DPA

Oni-Tel Fibre Networks has launched its Inter-Data Centre Fibre Network, with Digital Parks Africa (DPA) serving as the inaugural point of presence (PoP). The high-speed fibre backbone connects all major data centres across Gauteng, enabling seamless, low-latency...

Counting the carbon cost of SA’s digital ambitions

From the outside, a data centre appears almost lifeless. Yet within its walls, thousands of servers hum relentlessly, consuming vast amounts of power, writes Gerhard Fourie, channel aales manager for Sub-Saharan Africa and IOI at Nutanix. Every mobile transaction,...

Avoid the debt trap this Black Friday

As Black Friday and the festive season approach, South Africans are preparing for a time of celebration, generosity, and heightened spending. While the excitement of deals and holidays is contagious, it’s also a period where many fall into the trap of accumulating...

G20 was ultimately a triumph for SA and Africa

The recent G20 summit in Johannesburg, which included a final declaration, transcended the anticipated geopolitical storms. By Hugh Hacking, executive head of structured investments and annuities at Momentum Corporate Despite the highly publicised boycott by the US...

Senior Project Manager at Takora

Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor's Degree or a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering.Must be registered with SACPCMP or PMP as a Project Management Professional.Must have 7-10 years of experience in project engineering or...

Test Analyst (Expert) 2884

Required to understand the business processes for invoicing vehicles to client's Group customers and business partners as you will be responsible to support Business by analysing process issues along with business input to the resolution of system issues.As part of an...

BI Developer

An opportunity exists for a motivated BI Developer to design, develop, and maintain business intelligence solutions that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization. The role involves collaborating with data engineers, systems engineers, and business...

SAP Functional Consultant (Senior) 3231

Fair knowledge across all SAP modules.Initial focus on master data.Ability to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debugging.The following functional skills are essential:Documentation of as-is and to-be business...

SAP ABAP Developer (Expert) 1449

Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint document.ABAP debugging beneficial (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements).Setting up the organization structure of...

Senior Project Manager at Takora – Gauteng Johannesburg Region

Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have a Bachelor's Degree or a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering.Must be registered with SACPCMP or PMP as a Project Management Professional.Must have 7-10 years of experience in project engineering or...

Test Analyst (Expert) 2884 – Gauteng Pretoria

Required to understand the business processes for invoicing vehicles to client's Group customers and business partners as you will be responsible to support Business by analysing process issues along with business input to the resolution of system issues.As part of an...

BI Developer – Western Cape West Coast

An opportunity exists for a motivated BI Developer to design, develop, and maintain business intelligence solutions that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization. The role involves collaborating with data engineers, systems engineers, and business...

SAP Functional Consultant (Senior) 3231 – Gauteng Pretoria

Fair knowledge across all SAP modules.Initial focus on master data.Ability to assist with problem identification and possible solution by means of skills such as code debugging.The following functional skills are essential:Documentation of as-is and to-be business...

SAP ABAP Developer (Expert) 1449 – Gauteng Pretoria

Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint document.ABAP debugging beneficial (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements).Setting up the organization structure of...

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