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AVEVA to Spotlight Industrial Intelligence at AVEVA Day South Africa 2026

South Africa 2026 on April 22, 2026 at the Johannesburg Marriott Hotel, Melrose Arch. With the central theme, “Accelerating Africa's Industrial Future: Harnessing AI, Digital Twins and Data-Driven Operations...

Making Smarter Energy Choices: Why supplier vetting is critical to delivering South Africa’s energy infrastructure

As South Africa accelerates the rollout of new energy infrastructure, the conversation is increasingly shifting from project approvals and funding announcements to a more pressing reality: delivery. While capital,...

Middle East war puts SA’s networks on alert

Fuel shocks, crime and digital risks converge The Communications Risk Information Centre (COMRiC) is warning that the war in the Middle East is fast becoming a South African communications risk...

How residential demand management could reshape South Africa’s energy system

Balwin Properties and Plentify tackle South Africa’s ‘hidden’ energy distribution crisis As South Africa navigates ongoing energy constraints and rising electricity costs, attention is increasingly turning to a less visible...

Why unified IT is the future of enterprise operations

For years, enterprises have solved IT problems by adding tools. A new security gap? Deploy another platform. A monitoring blind spot? Install another dashboard. A collaboration challenge? Introduce another...

Behind South Africa’s research system: the skills shaping academic credibility

The specialist skills behind peer review, research governance and evaluation often operate behind the scenes – yet they are central to maintaining credible research systems as South Africa’s research landscape develops. A...

The Agentic AI Era demands new entry-level roles. Are SA companies creating them?

With all the speculation about AI eliminating entry-level jobs, it is no wonder young South Africans are anxious about launching their careers. This anxiety is entirely understandable. According to the...

AI Fraud Industrialises as INTERPOL Warns of Global Crime Networks, South African Businesses Urged to Rethink Detection

Certified AI Access and Reality Defender position real-time detection as critical infrastructure as deepfake-enabled fraud becomes a scalable business model Fraud has entered a new phase. What was once opportunistic...

TransUnion Africa Appoints Annemie Botha to Lead Legal, Risk and Compliance

TransUnion Africa, a global information and insights company, announced the appointment of Annemie Botha as General Counsel, effective 1 February 2026. In her role, Botha will lead TransUnion Africa’s Legal,...

South Africa’s AI moment will be shaped by the strength of its networks

Trying to scale AI on outdated digital foundations is like playing Jenga on a wobbly table: early wins stack up quickly, but as ambition grows, every underlying weakness is...

The CFO’s New Mandate for AI Assurance

Artificial intelligence (AI) influences forecasts, accelerating reconciliations, shaping decisions made on working capital and generating real-time insights. What began as a simple way to automate tasks quickly evolved into...

New SA platform takes on AI’s biggest classroom problem – students getting answers without understanding them

South Africa’s newest AI tutoring platform is designed to help students think, understand, and grow – rather than simply find answers. Ask any South African teacher about their biggest concern around...
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AI: solution to close South Africa’s higher education access gap or threat to deepen it?

The past two years have seen artificial intelligence move from the margins to the centre of South Africa’s higher education strategy conversations. Vice-chancellors, registrars,...

Trusted relationship and exploits in public-facing applications strengthen position as the main attack vectors

Although the main initial vectors in 2025 remain similar to 2024, their combined share has grown to over 80%. Public-facing applications account for 43.7%,...

SAS advances its AI-ready data management foundation for industry agents and automation, with governance built-in

Integrated analytics and AI-driven automation help enterprises prepare, govern and activate data for trusted AI at scale. As enterprises race to operationalise AI, many are...

Cyber governance is central to effective enterprise risk management

Across many organisations, cyber governance is still treated as a parallel discipline to enterprise risk management rather than a core component of it. This separation...

Kaspersky spots rising scam activity around the 2026 World Cup, from bogus tickets to $500,000 “grant” emails

Millions of football fans around the world are gearing up for the World Cup, and cybercriminals are seizing the moment to exploit the heightened...
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