Shoppers go in-store for last-minute Father’s Day spending
South African consumers are expected to approach Father’s Day 2026 with a mix of forward planning and last-minute spending, as evolving shopping behaviours continue to reshape how families celebrate the occasion. Analysis from 2024 and 2025 spending patterns reveals a...
Small businesses look to digital tools for growth
South Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly demonstrating real digital sophistication in the way they do business. South African online payment acceptance of those surveyed is among the highest in the EEMEA region at 80%, and most businesses in...
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...
Fintech’s biggest shift isn’t AI, it’s deployment speed
Fintech is seeing a fundamental shift, and it has very little to do with new products, platforms, or even innovation. It’s far more structural than that, writes Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings. Across the industry, organisations are trying to compress software...
Call for action as violence against children persists
Child Protection Week cannot become another week of statements while children continue to experience violence, abuse and exploitation in the very places where they should be safest. This is the message from the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund as South Africa...
Platforms drive Altron profitability
Altron has reported a R1,2-billion operating profit for the year 28 February 2026, drive by its Platform segment. Overall the group had a 12,6% operating profit margin. It reported EBIDTA of R2-billion, with a 20,8% EBIDTA margin and R816-millionnet profit after tax....
AI spend grows 47% – and more is expected
Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,59-trillion in 2026 - a 47% increase year-over-year - according to Gartner. “Through the next several years, the need for capacity will make AI infrastructure - including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI...
Future-proofing Africa’s workforce through AI skills
On Africa Day (25 May 2026), conversations about the continent’s future are increasingly centred on one defining force: AI. From financial services and healthcare to education, agriculture and retail, AI is rapidly reshaping how businesses operate, how economies grow...
Moving Africa forward by reshaping mobility
As Africa Day (today, 25 May) shines a spotlight on the continent’s growth and future potential, one issue is increasingly shaping the trajectory of its cities - mobility. In rapidly expanding cities such as Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi, rising congestion, costs...
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WeThinkCode_ launches non-tech GenAI short course
The tuition-free tech academy WeThinkCode_ has launched its Generative AI Non-Technical Course. This hands-on, beginner-friendly programme is designed to upskill professionals across industries in practical AI literacy. The partnership aims to equip 12 000 young...
FNB extends digital services for stokvel banking
FNB has launched an enhancement to its Stokvel digital account offering, enabling members to open accounts entirely through the FNB app and online banking platform. This completes the bank's digital transformation journey for stokvels, effectively making the account...
Kyocera’s A4 portfolio earns BLI 2026 Line of the Year Award
Kyocera has won the BLI 2026 A4 Line of the Year Award from Keypoint Intelligence, following independent testing across its A4 printer and multifunction device portfolio. The award recognises performance across an entire A4 range, not a single flagship device....
SolarAfrica secures R1,5bn to deliver affordable power
SolarAfrica has secured financial close on R1,5-billion to build SunCentral 2, the next 114MW plant of its flagship utility-scale solar development in the Northern Cape. SunCentral 2 will follow SunCentral 1, which reached financial close at the end of 2024, also at...
Telkom Business deploys mobile network at Africa’s tallest bridge
Telkom Business has deployed new mobile connectivity infrastructure in a highly remote part of the Eastern Cape, adjacent to the construction site of the Mthentu Bridge near Lundini, which is set to become the tallest bridge in Africa. The LTE base station is already...
Huawei and National School of Government partner to boost public sector digital skills
Huawei South Africa and the National School of Government (NSG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen digital skills development within the public sector and accelerate government’s digital transformation journey. Under the two-year agreement, Huawei...
Cyber resilience moves from IT issue to board risk
Cybersecurity has shifted decisively from an IT concern to a core business risk, and South African organisations are feeling this change acutely. By Boland Lithebe, security lead for Accenture, South Africa The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026...
Paratus lights up East Africa fibre highway
Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group has switched on a major new fibre route in East Africa, directly connecting Mombasa on the Kenyan coast to Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through a protected terrestrial...
Cisco adds AI era solutions
Cisco has unveiled a series of solutions that together enable customers to raise their ambitions for secure and trusted Agentic AI. “AI innovation is moving faster than ever before and we’re delivering the critical infrastructure our customers need to move fast and...
In cybersecurity, the when is just now
Cyber-risk in South Africa is not an if anymore, it’s when the attackers get in and how equipped the company is to deal with it, writes Mohammed Pochee, product manager: security at Vox. A company can very easily find itself offline for more than a week. Attackers can...
Oracle PL/SQL Developer
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
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...
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