Small banks lead in AI, but scale lags
As AI use proliferates in the SMB sector, small banks, credit unions and lenders have put banking on the AI leaderboard – ahead of similarly sized firms in insurance, government, healthcare, and life sciences – according to an AI readiness study by SAS, with research...
Avoid banking scams in the age of AI
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and SABRIC’s latest figures show South Africans lost R2,4-billion to digital banking crime in 2025 – much of it to messages built to make someone pay before they think. A prime example? “Hi Mom, my phone broke. This is my new...
CFOs must take a more disciplined approach to finance AI investment
As finance AI adoption moves beyond experimentation, CFOs must take a more disciplined approach to managing their portfolios, according to Gartner. Finance leaders are implementing this more disciplined approach by setting realistic time-to-value expectations,...
CHRO confidence remains positive, but inches down
CHRO Confidence among US chief human resource officers (CHROs) remained positive in Q3, but continued to edge down from its record high earlier this year, according to the latest survey by The Conference Board. The CHRO Confidence Index declined to 56 in Q3 from 58 in...
SA hits 1,5m domains
The ZA Registry Consortium (ZARC) has reached a milestone of 1,5-million domain registrations across South Africa’s commercial .ZA second-level domains. The milestone, spanning the .co.za, .org.za, .net.za and .web.za namespaces, reflects decades of sustained growth...
US taskforce aims to regulate renamed AI
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new taskforce focused on artificial intelligence (AI) – which he has renamed as Super Intelligence. The new taskforce will be led by Jay Clayton, the director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. Other members of the team...
Agentic AI boosts cloud opportunities for telcos
Telcos searching to expand sales avenues are discovering evolving channel opportunities in cloud marketplaces which align with their AI strategies to streamline delivery of network services to enterprises, according to GlobalData. Factors ranging from agentic...
Two-thirds of organisations lack mature 24/7 security operations
There is a widening gap between security ambition and operational readiness as organisations face increasingly sophisticated and AI-enabled threats, according to a new report from Logicalis - Closing the Security Maturity Gap. Despite significant investment in...
Almost one-fifth of retailers suffer permanent data loss from cyberattacks
A shocking 87% of retailers faced cyber incidents over the past 12 months, according to a new global study from Kaspersky, which gives insight into the risks and challenges the industry faces – and suggests ways to address them. Retail is moving into an AI‑driven and...
Risk reporting takes a new turn
Enterprise risk management (ERM) teams should make greater use of AI-generated risk insights, according to Gartner. They should also work to incrementally quantify and improve the timeliness of risk insights to make them more actionable and keep pace with today’s...
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Rectron opens Zebra experience centre
Rectron has launched a new Zebra Technologies experience centre at its Midrand headquarters, where channel partners and enterprise customers across Africa can experience Zebra Technologies’ technologies in action. The Rectron Experience Centre demonstrates how...
Scholarship opens 20 fully funded pathways to in-demand careers
HyperionDev has announced the Moola Motlomelo & Muslim Hands Scholarship 2026, offering 20 young people full tuition funding, mentorship and career support, with applications open from 21 September to 9 October 2026. The scholarship will award 20 full-tuition...
Agentic AI is becoming a new architectural layer in business
Agentic AI is becoming a new architectural layer within the business because it can sit between people, data, applications, and workflows. It can operate inside processes, reason across information, use approved tools, interact with enterprise systems, and take action...
Rethinking risk in an unpredictable yet interconnected world
The past several years has demonstrated just how quickly separate risks can combine and amplify one another. In relatively close succession, South African businesses have had to contend with a global health pandemic, periods of widespread socio-political unrest,...
The role of AI in democratising access to justice
The South African Constitution recognises access to justice as a fundamental human right. But in reality, most South Africans lack access to the legal advice they need to protect themselves and their loved ones, writes Michael Visser, head of services at My AI Lawyer....
Cloud security in the age of complexity: why the risk hasn’t disappeared
For years, cloud adoption was seen as a destination. Organisations moved workloads, updated applications, and welcomed the flexibility and scalability promised by cloud environments. By Kumar Vaibhav, lead senior solution architect L cybersecurity at In2IT Today, that...
AI risk is the next test of ESG maturity
Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from experiment to infrastructure. It is being built into customer service, credit processes, recruitment, operations, compliance, and strategy. By Prof Yudhvir Seetharam, chief analytics officer at FNB Business In many...
Why your employees are lying about using AI
Buried in KPMG's global AI research is a detail that gets skipped past too quickly: more than half of employees — 57% — admit they hide their AI use and pass the output off as their own work. By Gareth Redelinghuys, country MD at TrendAI Not "use AI without telling...
Why it’s important for AI to speak our language
When farmers take a photo of unfamiliar spots on a crop and ask a question on their phone, they’re not thinking about digital systems or models. They are looking for reassurance, guidance and something they can act on before the problem spreads. Moments like these are...
The end of cloud-only thinking in SA
For years, “cloud-first” has dominated enterprise technology strategy. But across South Africa, that conversation is beginning to shift. By Dean Wolson, GM: Infrastructure Solutions Group at Lenovo, Southern Africa Today, CIOs are grappling with a more complicated...
Senior Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
This is a senior Java seat on a live product, not a greenfield build. The system is already in production. New work has to fit what is there, and a change that looks fine in isolation can break something three modules away. You will know the domain, work with the...
Senior Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
This is a senior Java seat on a live product, not a greenfield build. The system is already in production. New work has to fit what is there, and a change that looks fine in isolation can break something three modules away. You will know the domain, work with the...
Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Are you a Java Developer who enjoys building things that actually make a difference We are looking for talented Intermediate and Senior Java Developers to join a dynamic IT and Data team. You will work on modern applications, APIs, microservices and cloud based...
Java Developer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Are you a Java Developer who enjoys building things that actually make a difference We are looking for talented Intermediate and Senior Java Developers to join a dynamic IT and Data team. You will work on modern applications, APIs, microservices and cloud based...
Technical Enterprise Architect
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Solution Architect to provide end-to-end architecture governance and technical leadership across complex enterprise environments.Key Requirements8+ years' experience in Solution or Enterprise ArchitectureStrong...
Senior Java Developer
Our client is looking for 2 x Senior Java Developer for a hybrid permanent roles based in Somerset West or Centurion.Responsibilities/tasks:Support existing and develop new functionality and componentsUnderstand existing product and domain elements and work with...
Technical Enterprise Architect – Gauteng Randjespark
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Solution Architect to provide end-to-end architecture governance and technical leadership across complex enterprise environments.Key Requirements8+ years' experience in Solution or Enterprise ArchitectureStrong...
Senior Java Developer – Gauteng Centurion
Our client is looking for 2 x Senior Java Developer for a hybrid permanent roles based in Somerset West or Centurion.Responsibilities/tasks:Support existing and develop new functionality and componentsUnderstand existing product and domain elements and work with...
Senior Data Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
The reporting is only as good as the pipeline underneath it. This role owns that layer: the ingestion, the transformations, the checks, and the support when a number downstream does not match. It is a permanent seat in Centurion, in a retail investments technology...
Business Systems Analyst at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Stop writing requirements that never get built. This seat sits between the business and the systems that actually run an investments operation. We are hiring a Business Systems Analyst to turn messy processes into solutions that get delivered. You will run the...
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