On a busy afternoon in Cape Town, a customer taps her crypto card at a café counter. The transaction clears in seconds. The barista hands over the receipt and moves on to the next order. What makes the exchange different is not visible to anyone in the queue. The payment was made using crypto. Until […]

Synthetic identities are becoming a quick and easy way to establish trust, bypassing business processes by exploiting those who hold the keys, says Antonios Christodoulou, founder and CEO of Cyber Dexterity.

Eighty-two percent of local companies invest more in preventing attacks than in preparing to recover from them, says Musa Masungwini, data protector and cyber defender at Dell Technologies SA.

While edtech solutions promise to address long-standing challenges in the education system, a lack of contextual awareness and support means that many fail to deliver.

Rapid7 and Trinexia empower South African organisations to turn cybersecurity visibility into decisive action.

The 2026 cohort for the MTN Foundation-Helios Towers ICT learnership begins 12-month on-the-job training.

The university’s Centre for Automotive and Electric Vehicle Innovation turns academic research into road‑ready electric mobility solutions.

The Gates Foundation said the decision was made to “ensure the focus remains on the summit’s key priorities”.

AI is reshaping consulting’s business models, pricing structures and hiring practices – and South Africa is no exception.

  OMODA & JAECOO South Africa has reached 20,857 total sales since launching locally in 2023. January 2026 delivered 1,418 sales, marking the strongest month on record for the brand. Plug-in hybrid momentum is accelerating, with 590 SHS units sold to date, including strong performance from the J7 SHS and C9 SHS. OMODA & JAECOO […]

Bateleur and IMTF will address key trends in financial crime and global best practice in compliance at the forum in Johannesburg next month.

At the ITWeb Security Summit 2026, KnowBe4 will showcase Prevent, a smart DLP solution powered by behavioural AI.

Government is planning responsible gambling awareness across universities and TVET colleges to fight the scourge.

AI readiness is about understanding the critical role of data, people and processes to enable AI-driven strategic differentiation.

Static public IPs over satellite and LTE are now a reality, unlocking enterprise-grade security and remote access for Africa’s wireless networks, says Teresa Huysamen, wireless BU executive at Duxbury Networking.

A resilient network is a key to driving inclusion and building what Telkom describes as a backbone for SA’s digital future, says Lebo Masalesa, managing executive: Mobile Networks at Telkom.

For organisations running SAP at scale, the question is no longer whether orchestration matters, but whether the current approach is fit for what comes next, says Harry Nicholson, senior product manager automation and process management at Blue Turtle.

Meta Platforms reportedly plans to release its first smartwatch this year, and it will have a built-in AI assistant.

Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample and science correspondent Nicola Davis to discuss three eye-catching stories, including the impact of a powerful psychedelic on depression, answers on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and an explanation to the mystery of why humans have chins

Single dose of potent psychedelic drug could help treat depression, trial...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences

What was I thinking? This is not as easy or straightforward a question as I would have thought. As soon as you try to record and categorise the contents of your consciousness – the sense impressions, feelings, words, images, daydreams, mind-​wanderings, ruminations, deliberations,...