SA electric trucks begin 4 000km test (opens on the publisher’s site)
Two electric trucks tackle a 4 000km South African freight route to test heavy EVs and expose critical charging infrastructure gaps.
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The AI will see you now (opens on the publisher’s site)
AI is rewriting the HR rulebook, changing everything from recruitment through to exit. But this innovation is not without its risks.
PICS: ITWeb visits Vivo’s headquarters in China (opens on the publisher’s site)
The newly-opened office bridges traditional and modern, while showcasing Vivo’s technological innovations over the years.
Audit-ready EUC: Embedding accountability into asset workflows (opens on the publisher’s site)
Audit readiness shouldn’t require reconstructing the past. Good asset workflows create the evidence as events happen, says Vickash Bheem, head of technology at Nkgwete IT Solutions.
Your SOC cannot outrun AI (opens on the publisher’s site)
If attackers can automate the attack, defenders need to automate the response, says Kurt Goodall, technical director of Troye.
Secure doesn't always mean compliant (opens on the publisher’s site)
Most organisations can defend their systems, but can they prove to an examiner that those defences were designed, tested and reviewed?
Four descriptive gTLDs worth a look when the .co.za you wanted is gone (opens on the publisher’s site)
Consider using generic top-level domains like .GURU, .PRO, .EXPERT and .NINJA.
Did you just train your replacement? (opens on the publisher’s site)
If your job now includes teaching an AI agent how you think, you should know what you are handing over, and what South African law says you keep.
Boomi Appoints Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer (opens on the publisher’s site)
Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced the appointment of Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer.
HeadFirst Global Becomes Vertage, Uniting 11 Businesses in a Single Work Orchestration Platform (opens on the publisher’s site)
HeadFirst Global, a leader in work orchestration, today announced it will become Vertage, as it builds a global technology platform that dynamically curates the right mix of expert talent and AI agents to deliver the work outcomes enterprises need.
Dryad Wins International XPRIZE Wildfire Award for Autonomous Wildfire Detection and Suppression (opens on the publisher’s site)
Dryad Networks, a leader in ultra-early wildfire detection, today announced it has been awarded $800,000 in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition for its performance in the Autonomous Wildfire Response finals in Alaska.
R101m UCT project brings AI microscopy to Africa (opens on the publisher’s site)
UCT leads an initiative using machine learning and open-source imaging to study infectious diseases at the cellular level.
The new security environment needs SASE (opens on the publisher’s site)
Fortinet Unified SASE simplifies operations through a converged architecture that brings networking, security, visibility and AI-powered intelligence together in a single platform.
Altron flags sharp rise in H1 earnings (opens on the publisher’s site)
The tech group says HEPS is expected to come in between 105c and 110c, compared with 87c in the corresponding period last year.
Bank Zero reaches break-even after nearly five years (opens on the publisher’s site)
The digital bank reaches its first monthly break-even point as deposits more than double and business accounts grow.
Cloud security is not measured by what you have deployed. It is measured at 2am (opens on the publisher’s site)
Governance tells you who owns the risk, but only detection discipline tells you whether anyone is watching it, says Hendrik Kruger, CTO and CISO at Cloud On Demand.
UN chief warns about ‘killer robots’ amid AI debate (opens on the publisher’s site)
The risks posed by artificial intelligence are becoming more difficult to ignore as its capabilities expand, says United Nations secretary-general António Guterres.
Sovereignty at the forefront of govt digital transformation strategy (opens on the publisher’s site)
SITA and the Digital Services Unit in the Presidency delve into the challenges and opportunities linked to digital sovereignty at GovTech 2026.
Online gambling boom prompts tighter ad monitoring (opens on the publisher’s site)
Gambling and advertising regulators join forces to monitor online gambling ads, social media promotions and influencer marketing.
SA in line for Vivo’s next flagship handsets (opens on the publisher’s site)
The Chinese smartphone maker adds the X500 and X500 Pro Max to its growing devices portfolio in the South African market.
The most critical AI choices may not be about AI (opens on the publisher’s site)
Whether AI narrows existing divides or deepens them may depend less on the technology itself than on the systems surrounding it.
Future-proof label printing from Argox and Kemtek (opens on the publisher’s site)
Label printers are becoming data-sharing business tools as customers weigh integration and total cost of ownership over purchase price.
How Africa’s ‘hidden’ resources can change the energy equation (opens on the publisher’s site)
Energy efficiency is Africa’s most overlooked power source, unlocking growth while expanding access, says Ayman Essam, chief officer: external affairs at Vodacom Group.
Bridging SA’s security technology divide (opens on the publisher’s site)
By integrating advanced networking, cloud-based platforms and secure digital ecosystems, BNI helps organisations modernise how they safeguard people, assets and critical services.