Lower interest rates provide household relief
The results of the Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index (AFHRI) for the second quarter of 2025 were released today, confirming some relief for households during the first half of the year. Although the AFHRI showed a healthy year-on-year improvement of 2.3%, the...
Card spending rebounds ahead of holiday spending
The final quarter of the year is widely seen as a performance anchor for South African retailers, with elevated consumer spending expected to offset weaker months, boost profitability, and influence year-ahead strategies on inventory and pricing. Seasonal demand,...
How Cell C users can protect themselves after security breach
RansomHouse is claiming responsibility for a cybersecurity attack at Cell C, where some customer data may have been compromised. The latest attack follows a previously reported incident involving unauthorised access to unstructured data in some parts of our IT...
Civil unrest, protest activity a top risk in 2025
Businesses have ranked political risks and violence as a top 10 global risk for the past three years, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2025, demonstrating that it has become a key concern for companies of all sizes. According to a new report from Allianz...
University of Edinburgh installs largest CS-3 cluster in Europe
Operated by EPCC, the supercomputing centre at the University and part of the Edinburgh International Data Facility, a new cluster consists of four CS-3s using Cerebras’s latest 3rd generation of Wafer Scale Engine processors – the world’s largest AI chip ever built....
Unsettled regulatory, legal environment emerge as top risks
Concerns regarding the unsettled regulatory and legal environment moved into the top rank of emerging risks for the first quarter of 2025, according to a Gartner survey of enterprise risk leaders. The survey of 266 senior risk and assurance executives – taken in the...
PC market enters volatile 2025 on strong results
PC shipments during the first quarter of 2025 grew 4,9% from the prior year, with global volumes reaching 63,2-million shipments, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....
BETI sees marginal improvement in March
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), measuring the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica on a monthly basis at seasonally adjusted real prices, showed a slight recovery in March 2025. However, ongoing global uncertainty...
New Meta AI models available in SA
Meta’s new AI models, Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick, are now available in South Africa via WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and meta.ai. Built for high performance, the new models deliver faster, more factual and more conversational responses. South Africans can...
US legislation targets central Africa forex policy
On 25 March 2025, the proposed “Central African Exploitation and Manipulation of American Companies Act” was brought before US Congress, seeking to suspend US support for International Monetary Fund (IMF) actions involving member states of the Central African Economic...
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Workforce in successful diversification into investment clusters
Workforce Holdings, a human capital services company that operates through four focused investment clusters comprising Staffing and Outsourcing, Training and Education, Healthcare and Financial Services, has released results for the interim period ended 30 June 2022....
Culture is key for retaining, attracting talent
Despite mounting economic headwinds over the past two years, the Great Resignation trend shows no sign of abating. According to global research from McKinsey the share of workers planning to leave their jobs this year remains unchanged from 2021, at 40%. By Zuko...
Supa Quick, Disky offer license disk renewal
Fitment centre group Supa Quick has partnered with online platform Disky an to make it convenient and quick for motorists to renew their vehicle licenses using WhatsApp at any of the 190 Supa Quick stores across South Africa. "We are all pressed for time, and no one...
B-BBEE Commission releases 2021 national status and trends report
The B-BBEE Commission's latest report on empowerment trends shows a decrease in overall black ownership, as well as in black women ownership. By Safiyya Patel, partner and Tebogo Moloko, senior associate at Webber Wentzel The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment...
Telkom Business offers small businesses funding up to R5m
Telkom Business has launched Telkom Lend, to enable small businesses to apply online for funding and get an answer within 24 hours. An end-to-end digital process means no paperwork, no long queues and no waiting for a response from a financial institution. "Business...
Coding education a key focus of 2022 App of the Year roll-out
The MTN Business App Academy attracted more than 12 000 applications in April 2022. All successful candidates, upon completing their exams will receive their South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) NQF Level 3, NQF Level 5 and MICTSETA accredited qualifications....
SA artist launches generative NFT canvas art collection
South African artist Jan Hendrik Viljoen, aka "Portchie", has become what is believed to be South Africa's first artist to sell a collection of generative art through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). By using a randomised digital generator, a collection of only 1 000 NFTs...
Samsung debuts Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro. The Galaxy Watch5 enhances the features that consumers rely on every day, while the Galaxy Watch5 Pro - the newest addition to the Galaxy Watch line-up - is Samsung's most durable watch yet. "We're...
The digital warehouse of the future
Today's warehouses have evolved beyond purely being physical sites that are used to store products. They are now an integral part of the supply chain, as data is produced exponentially. By Heman Kassan, chief commercial officer of Technodyn Managing these warehouses...
Braintree acquires Xbox business from Vox, launches new rental model
Braintree has completed the acquisition of the Xbox business of Vox and has introduced a new flexible rental model as part of the company’s efforts to make consoles more widely accessible to the public. "The principle idea behind the transaction was to expand our...
Senior Project Manager – Western Cape Bellville
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join their team on a contract basis. IT / Finance Responsibilities Lead and deliver IT projects from planning to implementationManage project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources...
Senior Network Engineer
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Functional Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Senior Network Engineer – Gauteng Menlyn
PeopleSolved is currently recruiting for a CCNP Certified Network Operations Engineer, to join a leading financial services company in Pretoria. This 1-year CONTRACT opportunity is based in PRETORIA, and is HYBRID. What you'll do: Implement, monitor, and troubleshoot...
Functional Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Fontainebleau
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Senior .Net Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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Senior .Net Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Gauteng
This is a remote position.We are on the hunt for a looking for a veteran Senior .NET Developer to support an exciting client engagement. This is a fully remote, position for a hands-on expert with proven experience delivering complex backend systems in fast-paced,...
Business Analyst – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
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Data Engineer
Role Description: The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and efficient data pipelines and data warehousing solutions. This role is critical for ensuring high-quality data availability for trade evaluation, risk...
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