IT upgrades put Khoi-San traditional names on official documents
Khoi-San traditional names can now be used on official documents. Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber handed over the first smart ID produced by the Department of Home Affairs and Government Printing Works that records a Khoi-San traditional name, following the...
Embedded AI in cloud ERP set to speed financial close
Five emerging themes in cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) finance applications will shape the future of the finance function through AI and automation, according to Gartner. Based on these themes, Gartner predicts that finance organisations using cloud ERP...
Entrepreneurs drive retail growth
South African small businesses are experiencing an unprecedented boom, with more than 200 000 entrepreneurs processing 173-million transactions and driving over half a billion rand in measurable growth over the past year. This is according to Yoco's 2025 Exchange...
2025 set to break crypto crime records
With criminals stealing a record-breaking amount of money, this year is shaping up to be crypto's most dangerous yet - in just six months, their illicit activities have caused more financial damage than recorded during the entire years of 2023 or 2024. According to...
New chief executive for Openserve
Telkom has appointed Beauty Apleni as CEO of Openserve effective 1 July, saying she will drive the continuing growth and adoption of Openserve’s fibre network in pursuit of the group’s data-led strategy. Apleni has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry...
WeThinkCode_ secures $2m grant to scale AI training
South African tech academy WeThinkCode_ has been awarded $2-million in funding from Google.org. The grant will enable WeThinkCode_ to dramatically expand its artificial intelligence (AI) training programs, empowering 12 000 learners in South Africa and Kenya with...
Enterprises reopening their wallets for SASE spend
Global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) revenue rose 17% percent year-on-year to $2,6-billion in the first quarter of 2025 propelled by a 21% jump in single-vendor deployments as enterprises prioritised more straightforward purchasing, tighter policy management, and...
Gen Z’s favourite games feature in 19m attempted attacks
Over the course of a year, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, Kaspersky detected over 19-million attempts to download malicious or unwanted files disguised as popular Gen Z games. With GTA, Minecraft and Call of Duty among the most exploited, it's clear that...
IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap
IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...
IBM key to Pinnacle’s enterprise goals
Kathy Gibson reports – Pinnacle is marking two months as an IBM partner, having won the distribution rights on 9 March. The distributor expects IBM to make a big contribution to Pinnacle’s goal of growing its enterprise stack to 60% of the company’s revenue. “We have...
More News Today
Security best practices to maintain integrity at the edge
Industry 4.0, IIoT, smart manufacturing; all buzzwords that we’ve been talking about for years. Many of us have had visions of factory floors run by futuristic robots and drones reminiscent of SciFi movies like iRobot. By George Senzere, solution architect: secure...
Just going digital isn’t enough for selling insurance to younger customers
Digital transformation may be the latest buzzword driving digital adoption. And adopting direct-to-consumer digital channels is critical. But for insurers, just going digital isn’t enough to get the attention of Millennial and Gen Z consumers. By Louw Hopley,...
RS Components partners with HMS Networks
RS Components has partnered with HMS Networks, a leader in industrial information and communication technology, to significantly expand its industrial equipment networking solutions offering. HMS’ products and solutions enable value creation from data, and support its...
Upcoming Rapid Payments Programme (RPP) is good news for merchants and consumers
The highly anticipated modernisation of the country’s inter-banking payment system will not only boost financial inclusion but make it much easier, and cheaper, for consumers to pay both merchants and fellow consumers whilst boosting e-commerce sales says Andrew...
Commvault appoints GTI as North African distributor
Commvault has appointed GTI Software and Networking as its distributor for the 27 French-speaking countries in Africa. Based in Morocco, GTI is a well-known value added distributor in Northern and French-speaking African countries, and the appointment comes at a time...
A bumpy road ahead for skills development?
In the ever-evolving Education and Training landscape, Skills Development in South Africa is gearing up for some major changes as the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) moves toward implementing a single National Quality Assurance system for accredited...
HMI optimises people, processes and technology
When embarking on an industrial digitisation project, it’s important to consider how people, processes and technology will work together. These three considerations are integrated in a somewhat symbiotic manner, which is why each should function optimally and...
How open source is changing the world
The future of software lies in open source. Open source operating system Linux has grown exponentially to become the foundation for much of the global public cloud workload, smartphone operating systems, the world’s fastest supercomputers, and more. By Johan...
Digital innovations enabling better customer journeys
Driven by the engine of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), digitisation was already gaining significant traction before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it accelerated faster in two years than it had in almost a decade. By Leon Jacobs, CIO of RCS The...
The role of technology in driving equality
We live in a world beset by inequalities. Whether they’re related to income, gender, race, or background, you don’t have to look far to find them. By Andrew Bourne, regional manager of Zoho South Africa, for example, has the highest level of wealth inequality in the...
Azure Cloud Developer (AWS Bonus) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
Are you passionate about cloud technologies and infrastructure automation? We're seeking a Cloud Developer with hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure (and ideally AWS) to join our dynamic and fast-growing team. You'll play a key role in architecting, building, and...
Project Manager – Western Cape Cape Town
Our esteemed client based in Cape Town is looking for a Project Manager to oversee property projects from concept to completion, this will involve identifying opportunities, conducting feasibility studies, securing approvals and financing, managing consultants and...
Junior Project Manager
We are seeking a proactive and organized Junior Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and delivery of projects. The ideal candidate must have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate tasks and timelines under the...
Software Engineer (UI/UX, C#.NET, React.js)
ENVIRONMENT:A fast-paced global provider of Managed Service and Cloud Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer with a focus on User Experience (UX) and Frontend design excellence. In this hands-on role, you will tackle creative, complex and...
Ingres Database Administrator (E2) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Ingres Database Administrator (E2) to join our infrastructure team. This is a hands-on technical role that demands deep expertise in Ingres RDBMS administration, performance tuning, and database migration. You will...
L2 Server Technician
We are looking for a highly skilled OT Infrastructure Specialist to manage and support our operational technology (OT) environment at the Mototolo site. This pivotal role requires a hands-on expert who can oversee the entire server infrastructure, from daily support...
Junior Project Manager – Gauteng Roodepoort
We are seeking a proactive and organized Junior Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and delivery of projects. The ideal candidate must have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate tasks and timelines under the...
Software Engineer (UI/UX, C#.NET, React.js) – Western Cape Woodstock
ENVIRONMENT:A fast-paced global provider of Managed Service and Cloud Solutions seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer with a focus on User Experience (UX) and Frontend design excellence. In this hands-on role, you will tackle creative, complex and...
Ingres Database Administrator (E2) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Ingres Database Administrator (E2) to join our infrastructure team. This is a hands-on technical role that demands deep expertise in Ingres RDBMS administration, performance tuning, and database migration. You will...
L2 Server Technician – North West Rustenburg
We are looking for a highly skilled OT Infrastructure Specialist to manage and support our operational technology (OT) environment at the Mototolo site. This pivotal role requires a hands-on expert who can oversee the entire server infrastructure, from daily support...
View more career listings on our Careers Section