SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future
South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...
Credit risk and policy gaps still hinder intra-African trade
Preliminary results from the 2026 PAFTRAC Africa CEO Trade Survey - presented at the WTO Public Forum in Geneva - reveals that 81,3% of senior executives expect their cross-border activity to expand over the next 12 months. Intra-African commerce has overtaken China,...
Labour disputes emerge as SA’s top legal concern
Labour matters rank highest among the everyday legal questions that South Africans are asking. This is according to data aggregated by My AI Lawyer, which found that more than a third (37%) of the queries processed on My AI Lawyer in the first six months of 2026 is...
Global dialogue shapes unified digital policy priorities
Representatives of governments, industry, academia, civil society and the technical community at the World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum 2026 (WTPF-26) this weekend adopted a set of Opinions on critical issues shaping the digital future. ITU – the UN agency for...
Key metros still up in the air ahead of November elections
Two months before South Africans head to the polls to elect new local governments, Ipsos research suggests that electoral outcomes remain far from settled, with significant numbers of registered voters still available to be persuaded. The political landscape remains...
In the age of agentic AI, who is actually doing the shopping?
Venture money is flooding into AI shopping agents. Payment networks, browser makers and AI labs are racing to define how autonomous agents will shop, compare and buy. However, the infrastructure behind that race isn't keeping pace with the capital says Joshua Harvey,...
Nvidia and CrowdStrike strengthen agentic cybersecurity frontier
Attacks are now automated. Defense has to be, too. This is the word from Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, telling the CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026 conference last week that the IT industry is at an inflection point in cybersecurity. Huang joined CrowdStrike CEO and...
Incubator aims to test AI EdTech tools
Injini has launched its AI for Education Venture Builder and Incubation Program. Supported by philanthropic funder Coefficient Giving, the eight-month initiative takes pre-formed teams from the ideation stage to launching market-ready, impactful EdTech startups. The...
Scan to Pay now live in Samsung Wallet
EFT Corporation has partnered with Samsung to bring its Scan to Pay QR payment technology into Samsung Wallet, giving Galaxy device users in South Africa a fast, secure way to pay at thousands of merchant locations nationwide. Galaxy users can now open the Wallet,...
Ford SA partners with TUT for Sasol Solar Challenge
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will sponsor the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) SunChaser IV team in the 2026 Sasol Solar Challenge. On 10 September, TUT’s student-built solar car will cross the start line in Sasolburg, beginning an eight-day public-road...
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The case for treating cybersecurity as a corporate sustainability metric
ESG discussions in South African boards generally default to carbon, community impact and governance process. While those remain essential, they don’t tell the full story of organisational sustainability, writes Richard Ford, group chief technology officer of...
Data and AI can enable a proactive government
For decades, public service delivery has largely followed a reactive model: citizens identify a need, submit an application, and wait for a response. By Ntsako Baloyi, data and AI lead, and Varaidzo Mureriwa, MD in the health and public service business at Accenture,...
AI, global uncertainty to top talks at Southern Africa’s leading cyber security event
Geopolitical uncertainty and AI’s impact on the security landscape are expected to top the agenda when over 1,000 cyber security stakeholders gather for the annual ITWeb Security Summit in Johannesburg next month. The ITWeb Security Summit, renowned as the must-attend...
Discovery Bank rolls out AI-powered services
Discovery Bank has announced a major expansion of its AI-powered banking capabilities, alongside new security and servicing enhancements, as well as a rewards partnership with DStv. Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, says: “We are entering the next phase in...
Future-proof your career with transferable skills
Having a relevant qualification and experience in your profession can help you to land an interview for your dream job. But showing that you have the skills and qualities to thrive in a fast-changing working environment can often be the factor that gets you the offer...
From the spaza to the cloud: closing the digital divide
There is a story South Africa has been telling itself about the digital divide, and it is only half true. The dominant narrative frames the problem as one of connectivity: lay the fibre, lower data prices, extend mobile coverage, and the informal economy will follow....
Your company is already breached, you just don’t know it yet
Attackers are no longer relying on sophisticated exploits to break in. Instead, they are systematically targeting weak credentials, misconfigured systems, and exposed devices, writes J2 Software sales director Roy Alves. In fact, multiple industry reports now show...
Liquid adds cloud, security services in Botswana
Liquid Intelligent Technologies is celebrating a decade of operations in Botswana, and has offered a new range of cloud and cybersecurity services. At the centre of the new offering is Secure360, the company’s integrated security framework that enables organisations...
SAS Customer Intelligence 360 expands agentic AI
SAS has announced the expansion of agentic AI capabilities within SAS Customer Intelligence 360 with specialised AI agents designed to work alongside marketers. This new generation of purpose-built AI agents will collaborate with users, operate within defined...
Red Hat debuts sovereign and private cloud capabilities
Red Hat has announced the expansion of its sovereign and private cloud capabilities, empowering global organisations with greater control over their technology and data. As operational independence becomes both a regulatory directive and strategic mandate, Red Hat is...
IT Service Desk Analyst – Western Cape Bellville
My client based in Tygerfalls, Cape Town is currently looking for an IT Service Desk Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Receive, log, categorise and manage incidents and service requests via phone, email and ITSM...
Principal Software Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
Ready to code the future — while still getting your hands dirty in the present?We're hunting for a rare breed: a battle-tested software engineer with 20+ years of scars and wins who still gets a genuine rush from writing elegant code… and who's already deep in the...
RPG Developer
Qualifications Minimum 6 to 8+ years of hands-on RPG development experience on IBM i platforms. Expert-level experience with RPG IV (ILE), SQLRPGLE, Free-Format RPG and CL (Control Language). Advanced experience with DB2 for i and writing complex, high-performance SQL...
IT Support Technician, Bloemfontein
Position: IT Support Technician Location: Ehrlich Park, BloemfonteinEmployment Type: Contract / Fixed-Term 3 YearsPosition OverviewOur client is seeking an experienced End User Technical Support Technician to provide dedicated onsite technical support.The successful...
RPG Developer – Gauteng Sandton
Qualifications Minimum 6 to 8+ years of hands-on RPG development experience on IBM i platforms. Expert-level experience with RPG IV (ILE), SQLRPGLE, Free-Format RPG and CL (Control Language). Advanced experience with DB2 for i and writing complex, high-performance SQL...
IT Support Technician, Bloemfontein – Free State Bloemfontein
Position: IT Support Technician Location: Ehrlich Park, BloemfonteinEmployment Type: Contract / Fixed-Term 3 YearsPosition OverviewOur client is seeking an experienced End User Technical Support Technician to provide dedicated onsite technical support.The successful...
Business Analyst at QE Services
My client based in Centurion, Gauteng is currently looking for a Junior Business Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather, analyse and validate business requirements.Identify...
Principal Software Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
Ready to code the future—while still getting your hands dirty in the present?We're hunting for a rare breed: a battle-tested Software Engineer with 20+ years of scars and wins, who still gets a genuine rush from writing elegant code… and who's already deep in the...
Business Analyst at QE Services – Gauteng Country View
My client based in Centurion, Gauteng is currently looking for a Junior Business Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis. IT / FINANCE Responsibilities Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather, analyse and validate business requirements.Identify...
Principal Software Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Rivonia
Ready to code the future—while still getting your hands dirty in the present?We're hunting for a rare breed: a battle-tested Software Engineer with 20+ years of scars and wins, who still gets a genuine rush from writing elegant code… and who's already deep in the...
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