Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board
Venture capitalist Roelof Botha, a long-time ally of Elon Musk, has been appointed to the SpaceX board. Just days after SpaceX concluded its initial public offering, Botha has been appointed as an independent common stock director, effective 16 June 2026. He will also...
Why don’t cancer medicines work the same for everyone?
By Susanna Ray - Cancer treatment has become more precise over time, as doctors first classified the disease by where it began in the body and, more recently, by the mutations found inside cancer cells to help find the right drugs to treat it. But why can two people...
Supply chain planning threatened by AI hype and ‘agent washing’
Agentic AI is reshaping the supply chain planning landscape, but hype and “agent washing” are creating real risks for organisations under pressure to deliver results, according to Gartner. Supply chain planning (SCP) leaders who focus on proven use cases, strengthen...
The $600bn wake-up call on system downtime
The aggregate cost of unplanned downtime for Global 2000 companies has surged to $600-billion annually – a 50% increase in just two years – according to new research from Cisco subsidiary, Splunk. In partnership with Oxford Economics, the Splunk study – The Hidden...
Messi tops Ronaldo in 2026 World Cup password breach data
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup just weeks away, new research from Specops, an Outpost24 company, finds that Lionel Messi outranks Cristiano Ronaldo by a clear margin in one of the more unexpected matchups of the year: their frequency of appearance in breached password...
Africa’s digital and health planning shifts into high gear
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has shifted its new Digital and Health Action Pathways into a higher gear in order to accelerate the continent’s economic transformation by identifying and driving solutions to problems that slow progress. Convening on the...
How a potential rate hike could shift SA’s financial landscape
As the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) prepares for its upcoming announcement on Thursday around the repo rate, the domestic financial sector finds itself at a critical crossroads. While the early months of the year sparked optimism...
Minister responds to reports of UIF system glitch
Recent reports have pointed to issues with the UIF Online system, where an old version of the system is said to still be live, misleading users into believing their claims are being processed when they are not. Nomakhosazana Met, minister of employment and labour,...
How smart glasses are rewriting the rules of consent
EssilorLuxottica and Meta sold more than 7-million Ray-Ban and Oakley-branded smart glasses in 2025. The sales of these intelligent wearables increased almost threefold from 2023 and moved the category to mainstream. In 2023, global smart glasses shipments increased...
NFC relay attacks on smartphones surge 188%
There has been an 188% surge in the number of NFC-based attacks on Android smartphones in the first four months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, according to Kaspersky telemetry. From January to April this year, Kaspersky cybersecurity solutions blocked...
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Paul Whelpton appointed as JUMO CEO
JUMO has appointed Paul Whelpton as CEO, taking over from founder and chief executive Andrew Watkins-Ball. Watkins-Ball will support the business as chairman of the board He comments: “Paul grew up in banking and has built the brain of JUMO to deliver incredible...
Start of the year exposes the true cost of manual workflows
As organisations return to full operational pace after the December break, the early months of the year often reveal uncomfortable truths about how work gets done. Backlogs resurface, approvals stall, and employees spend the first weeks of the year chasing documents,...
When banking apps fail, customer trust is the casualty
South Africans have embraced digital banking as part of everyday life. From paying bills and sending instant payments to managing investments and applying for credit, the banking app has become the primary touchpoint between customer and institution. By Nitesh Singh,...
Practical steps to building a data foundation for business AI
As more South African organisations accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence, they are confronted by a familiar obstacle: the data simply isn’t ready. By Wayne Meisel, chief of staff and senior business manager at SAP Africa AI can only perform as well as...
AI is silently turning into your organisation’s biggest cyber threat
AI didn’t storm in with board approval or a security checklist, writes By John Mc Loughlin, CEO of J2. It crept in unnoticed, drafting emails faster than you can read them, generating code on the fly, automating workflows behind the scenes, and empowering support...
The challenge is data sovereignty
As geopolitical tensions rise and global data laws tighten, data sovereignty has moved from an IT consideration to a board-level imperative. Lee Syse, director of evoila Africa, previously Routed, says that for organisations operating in regulated industries and...
Vertiv expands IT management portfolio
Vertiv has introduced the Vertiv Avocent MergePoint Unity 2, a next-generation KVM switch platform for secure, centralised management of IT devices across enterprise data centre environments, distributed edge locations and branch office environments. Designed to help...
RS Group partners with SolarAid
RS Group has announced a new three-year partnership with international development charity SolarAid. Together, RS Group and SolarAid aim to deliver clean, safe solar lights to 150 000 people living in rural communities across Africa without access to electricity. By...
Developers step up in Huawei’s Code4Mzansi competition
The Huawei developer competition, Code4Mzanzi, has kicked off in partnership with the Department of Small Business Development and various academic institutions, including the University of Cape Town, the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, and the...
Unpacking Africa’s shifting landscape of data, cloud and sovereignty
Over the past few years, the data centre industry has undergone a profound digital transformation as organisations across various sectors continue to aggressively collect, store and analyse vast volumes of data, now called data modeling. By Wiaan Vermaak, group chief...
Senior IT Technician
About the RoleAn established Managed Services Provider (MSP) is seeking a hands-on Senior IT Technician to join its technical team. This role is ideal for an experienced IT professional who enjoys working across multiple client environments, solving complex technical...
Oracle PL/SQL Developer – Western Cape Parow Industrial
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for an Oracle PL/SQL Developer to join their team on a permanent basis. IT / FINANCE Qualifications & Experience Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software...
Senior IT Technician – Eastern Cape Gqebera
About the RoleAn established Managed Services Provider (MSP) is seeking a hands-on Senior IT Technician to join its technical team. This role is ideal for an experienced IT professional who enjoys working across multiple client environments, solving complex technical...
Senior Data Engineer (Java/Scala) (CPT Hybrid)
ENVIRONMENT:WORK on cutting-edge Data Engineering projects of a US-based growing premium Software Product and Consulting Services company seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong Java or Scala skills. You will be focused on executing critical enterprise data...
IT Security Engineer (Senior) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Roles & Responsibilities Support and maintain a global Active Directory environment with more than 100,000 user accounts and Entra ID services. Ensure high availability and state-of-the-art security across authentication platforms. Drive the implementation of the...
Senior Data Engineer (Java/Scala) (CPT Hybrid) – Western Cape Cape Town
ENVIRONMENT:WORK on cutting-edge Data Engineering projects of a US-based growing premium Software Product and Consulting Services company seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong Java or Scala skills. You will be focused on executing critical enterprise data...
IT Security Engineer (Senior) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
Roles & Responsibilities Support and maintain a global Active Directory environment with more than 100,000 user accounts and Entra ID services. Ensure high availability and state-of-the-art security across authentication platforms. Drive the implementation of the...
Scrum Master (CH1242)
Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, is seeking a Scrum Master who will be responsible for the facilitation of workflows within one or two software development teams to ensure that they deliver on their respective commitments and responsibilities in order...
Regulatory Reporting Analyst (Contract)
Job PurposeTo produce and supply regulatory reporting requirements for the CIB business unit contributing toward the bank and the group requirements to SARB-PA as well as internal stakeholders. To perform financial analysis on business data in order to influence and...
Scrum Master (CH1242) – Western Cape Kuils River
Our client, in the Payments and Lending industry, is seeking a Scrum Master who will be responsible for the facilitation of workflows within one or two software development teams to ensure that they deliver on their respective commitments and responsibilities in order...
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