Rising unemployment, growing labour underutilisation and deepening skills mismatches are exposing a widening disconnect between available jobs and available workplace-ready talent in South Africa. Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), released last week, sparked significant discussion across […]
Africa Automation Indaba (AAI) 2026 has concluded with a clear signal that Africa’s automation conversation is moving beyond technology showcases and into the more complex questions of implementation, skills, policy, ethics, and industrial competitiveness. Held at the Radisson Collection Hotel,
The Lobito Corridor project, the multibillion-dollar, 1 300km railway development connecting Angola’s Atlantic port of Lobito to the mineral-rich DRC and Zambia, has highlighted the urgent need for South Africa to ramp up its status as a value-added industrial hub.
Lobito Corridor further weakens South Africa’s logistics value. Read More »
On-premises virtual desktop infrastructure was once the only serious option for companies needing a centralised and managed desktop environment. That’s no longer true, says Chris Badenhorst, Head of Azure Core Services at Braintree. Companies running a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
When did your virtual desktop last earn its keep? Read More »
The world of robotics is home to not only the stereotypical personified robot with humanistic qualities, but increasingly independent autonomous vehicles utilizing radar and other sensing capabilities to think for themselves. Market intelligence firm IDTechEx’s portfolio of Robotics & Autonomy
Robotics Making Moves Across Production, Farming, and Driving Read More »
Exporters Western Cape (EWC) has secured a major engagement opportunity for the region’s export community, with Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy set to address members and stakeholders on 2 June at the Nedbank Auditorium, Clocktower Precinct, V&A Waterfront in Cape
Payfast by Network, in collaboration with technology and messaging platform TsogaPay, have launched an integrated WhatsApp-based payment solution that improves accessibility and convenience for municipal billing services in South Africa. The solution, which was launched as a pilot project in
Spend enough time around CEOs and founders, and a pattern emerges. No matter the industry, whether professional services, property, manufacturing or retail, the same question surfaces, often framed differently: “How are we really doing?” It is usually asked in a
Your business is always talking to you. Are you listening? Read More »
For many years, data loss prevention was treated as a control that could be applied to known systems, users, and routes. Sensitive information could be identified through patterns, rules, classifications, or fingerprints, and policies could be applied to prevent it
Data loss prevention needs a rethink in the age of AI Read More »
Cybersecurity Summit 2026 highlighted the need for stronger data governance, continuous monitoring, human risk awareness, and more disciplined security operations. South African businesses need to focus more deliberately on cyber resilience as AI adoption, cloud complexity, human risk, and limited
