20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Mitsumi to distribute Samsung’s mobile products in SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Samsung has appointed Mitsumi as a distributor for its mobile products in South Africa. The two companies have an existing partnership in the rest of Africa and the Middle East, but this is Mitsumi’s first foray into the South African market...

OpenAI discloses new agent issues, sets up reporting framework

OpenAI has revealed that six new incidents of unexpected or concerning AI model behaviour have come to light, prompting it to update its framework for reporting model misalignment. The best-known recent incident was an OpenAI agent acting autonomously to hack a...

How to beat the runaway cost of AI tokens

Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Sandton - For much of the 20th century, oil was the currency that drove the economy. As we entered the 21st century, businesses started to refer to data as the “new oil”. Today, organisations are realising that data is only...

SA consumers comfortable with AI making financial decisions

Consumers are ready to take the next step in their relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) with four in 10 South African consumers comfortable with AI agents applying for credit, according to new research from Experian. The study – AI in Risk: The Rise of...

Trustworthy practices boost companies’ ROI in AI

A new SAS report with research insights by IDC uncovers what’s powering the organisations winning the race to profit from their AI investments: embracing trustworthy AI measures. Organisations applying trustworthy AI practices were 15 times more likely to report...

The stark state of SA’s infrastructure and the hidden business risk

South Africa loses nearly half (47,3%) of all municipal water supplied through leaks, infrastructure failures, and other non-revenue losses, while copper theft is estimated to cost the economy more than R45-billion a year, and road maintenance backlogs exceed...

Inflation expectations cause for optimism

The Bureau of Economic Research at Stellenbosch University has released its third-quarter survey on inflation expectations and, writes Johann Els, chief economist at PSG Financial Services, it was quite encouraging. First, the overall survey results showed unchanged...

Building more agile and productive organisations

More flexible ways of working could unlock billions of rands in productivity gains by helping businesses attract and retain talent, and protect critical knowledge, according to new economic modelling from Arup and International Workplace Group (IWG). As businesses...

Trailblazing SA schools urged to apply for $1-million prize

Applications for the second annual $1-million Global Schools Prize are now open and South African schools which are reimagining education for the future are being encouraged to apply. Founded by renowned education pioneer and philanthropist Sunny Varkey, the Global...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

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By Claude Opus 4.8, with Barry Buck - An anime Barry watched this week open inside a clock. The camera crawls through gears and coils, an intensity of brass and toil, and then pulls back to reveal a small cuckoo announcing the hour — and pulls back again to the...

Cisco enhances Splunk to deliver trusted AI at scale

As AI agents take on more of the work inside the enterprise, the biggest barrier to adoption isn’t capability – it's confidence. Customers need to trust that AI is secure, governed, and worth the cost before they let it run at scale. Today, Cisco closes that gap...

Vox achieves Sophos Platinum Partner status

Vox has attained Sophos' Platinum Partner Status. As a preferred partner, Vox can provide cost-effective cybersecurity for South Africa's enterprises and SMEs. “Being recognised as a Sophos Platinum Partner is not just about a badge. Beyond validating Vox's...

PartServe takes after sales support 24/7 with WhatsApp

Technology customers no longer expect after sales support to switch off when the working day ends, and PartServe is responding by making its repair, spare-parts and product support accessible through WhatsApp around the clock. The technology after sales specialist has...

The real test of agentic AI is accountability, not autonomy

When businesses talk to me about agentic AI, the conversation usually starts with efficiency. They want to know whether an agent can take enough repetitive work off an overstretched team to justify the investment, and how soon that value will show. By Nicol...

Cyber insurance is forcing organisations to take compliance seriously

Cyber insurance has typically been a grudge purchase, but it is rapidly becoming something businesses cannot operate without. By Ryan Boyes, senior security administrator at Galix While it is not a legal requirement in South Africa, organisations are now expected to...

The CFO case for document automation

Companies often hand document automation to IT too early. Poor document processes quickly become finance problems. Contracts, invoices, approvals, supplier records and compliance evidence affect reporting, cash flow, controls and risk. When information is scattered...

Salesforce expands Missionforce with purpose-built AI

Salesforce has announced new Missionforce capabilities that give government agencies greater control over how they develop, customize, and deploy AI while streamlining policy execution, enhancing operations, and improving citizen support. Salesforce also announced a...

Salesforce expands Agentforce with portfolio of AI agents

Salesforce has introduced a new portfolio of job-ready agents built to take on high-value work across sales, service, commerce, employee experience, and the back office. Connected to Customer 360, these agents can work with the customer context and business processes...

Technical debt is now a boardroom metric, not an IT one

For years, technical debt was treated as an IT problem. Ageing systems, brittle integrations and hard-to-change applications created cost and complexity, but as long as the business kept operating, those problems stayed largely contained within the technology...

On-Site Technical Support Technician

Position: Junior Support Technician (On-Site) Location: Montana, Pretoria Permanent RoleAbout the RoleWe are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Junior Technical Support Technician to start a career in telecommunications and technology.The successful candidate...

On-Site Technical Support Technician – Gauteng Gauteng

Position: Junior Support Technician (On-Site) Location: Montana, Pretoria Permanent RoleAbout the RoleWe are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Junior Technical Support Technician to start a career in telecommunications and technology.The successful candidate...

Project Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Ready to lead projects that transform customer experiences?We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to drive the delivery of complex Call Centre, Contact Centre and Telephony transformation projects from initiation through to successful deployment and...

Project Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg

Ready to lead projects that transform customer experiences?We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to drive the delivery of complex Call Centre, Contact Centre and Telephony transformation projects from initiation through to successful deployment and...

DevOps Engineer

Our client is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing technology environment. This intermediate-to-senior opportunity is ideal for a technically versatile professional with strong cloud, CI/CD, infrastructure automation and operational support...

Service Desk Analyst (Windows 7, ITSM, HEAT) (KZN Onsite)

ENVIRONMENT:A dynamic Internet Service & Network Specialist is seeking a meticulous & strong technical Service Desk Analyst to join its team at its KwaZulu-Natal division. Your core role will focus on extracting/analysing raw data to create reports and present...

DevOps Engineer – Gauteng Johannesburg

Our client is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing technology environment. This intermediate-to-senior opportunity is ideal for a technically versatile professional with strong cloud, CI/CD, infrastructure automation and operational support...

Native iOS Developer

Our client is looking for an experienced Native iOS Developer to take ownership of high-quality mobile features from concept through to production. This opportunity is suited to a technically strong developer who is passionate about Swift, modern iOS development,...

SAP BW Developer at Datonomy Solutions

We are seeking a SAP BW Developer to join our team based in Cape Town. This is an initial 12-month ongoing contract, onsite. Be part of building a future fit, centralised Data & Analytics division to support better decision making, scale self-service analytics and...

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