AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

What the fastest-growing resellers do differently

Kathy Gibson reports from Sage Future for Partners in Amsterdam –  Resellers that are winning in the AI age are those that use the technology to make their service proposition more compelling for customers. Jordaan Burger, MD of Sage South Africa, believes that a...

Economic activity strained in October 2026, but worst may be over 

South Africa's economic activity remained under pressure in October 2026, as rising fuel prices continued to weigh on businesses and households. However, easing international oil prices could bring some much-needed relief towards year-end, according to the latest...

SA SMEs go digital, but barrier to growth is operational support

Among the urban, digitally active South African SMMEs surveyed for Amazon’s Small Business Digital Adoption Report,  99,6% use the Internet for business and 86% generate online sales. However, only 32% of active online sellers use a major marketplace, highlighting a...

Sage extends payroll, embraces HR transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from Sage Future for Partners in Amsterdam – The African market is the leading region for Sage’s human resources (HR) and payroll solutions. Sage has more than 65 000 HR and payroll customers in Africa and the Middle East, and is represented in 44...

New AI agent platform from IBM and Microsoft

IBM and Microsoft have announced Imagine Enterprise, an agentic platform designed to help enterprises build, run, and govern AI agents that help people execute industry-specific processes. IBM Consulting and Microsoft have combined their technologies and expertise...

AMD expands leadership at the foundation of AI

AMD says that 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now powering the host infrastructure for Google Cloud TPU 8tx - the first cloud Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) system to deliver hardware-enforced confidential computing. The expanded collaboration between the companies...

Small increase in unemployment for Q3

The official unemployment rate was 33,7% in the third quarter of 2026, according to the quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter of 2026. There was an increase of 101 000 in the number of employed persons to 16,8-million, and the number of unemployed...

Partnering adds value in an AI-first world

Kathy Gibson reports from Sage Future for Partners in Amsterdam – ERP software partners are under immense pressure to change the way they do business. “We are at an inflexion point in the mid-market,” says Pieter Bensch, MD and executive vice-president: UK, Ireland...

Sage outlines blueprint for partner growth

Kathy Gibson reports from Sage Future for Partners in Amsterdam – Mid-market customers are under pressure to modernise their businesses using technologies like cloud and AI. This is driving Sage to reimagine what it can be and should be for its customers and partners,...

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For years, the sales pitch for a battery was done by Eskom. Power goes off, your home or business stays on. It was compelling. By Lance Dickerson, MD of REVOV The grid is behaving very differently today, thanks to improvements at Eskom and the thousands of privately...

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Cloud technology has fundamentally changed how organisations operate, delivering unprecedented flexibility, scalability, and speed. Yet despite years of cloud adoption and growing familiarity with cloud environments, security remains one of the most significant...

Consistent experiences are the key to frictionless customer journeys

Consumers trust payment systems that work in a familiar way, irrespective of gateway, payment method, or digital wallet, writes Rahul Jain, CEO and co-founder of Peach Payments. The recently released Online Retail in South Africa 2026 study found that card declines...

AI and the explosive impact on shopping and payments

Everyone will remember the hype before the pandemic about the so-called fourth industrial revolution. 4IR was everywhere. By Wayne Steppe, enterprise architect at Ecentric Payment Systems  While we were distracted by a global shutdown, the 4IR has not gone anywhere....

Should you trust AI with high-stakes decisions in your day-to-day life?

If you have asked an app like ChatGPT or Claude for a recipe recommendation, travel tips or tech support lately, you are not alone. Around seven in ten adults in South Africa have used an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, with many of us relying on the technology...

When a youth employment incentive becomes a tax risk

South Africa has, for more than a decade, used a combination of tax and policy measures to encourage employers to create opportunities for young people. By Joon Chong, partner at Webber Wentzel The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), the Youth Employment Service (YES),...

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