For two decades, GovTech has been the room where South Africa’s digital government story gets written. This year, that story reaches a milestone worth pausing on. GovTech 2026 runs from 21 to 23 September in Durban, marking the platform’s 20th anniversary. Organised by the State Information Technology Agency, it remains the country’s largest gathering of…
Latin superstar Juan Esteban, known as Juanes, has won 29 Grammys and sold out venues across the world. He joined Lilia Luciano to discuss his career, new work and giving back to his home country of Colombia in a time of great need.
Pieter Nel, regional head for SADC at Sophos in South Africa. (Image: Supplied) South African organisations continue to fall victim to ransomware, with compromised credentials the most common technical root cause of attacks, a lack of protection the leading operational cause and user devices the most common entry point. This is according to the latest…
Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied access to White House after Trump calls news outlets ‘fake news’. Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been barred from entering the White House and have had their press credentials deactivated or confiscated, as United States President Donald Trump’s ban on the three news…
For most of the last decade, Microsoft made it inexpensive to wait. Each time a SQL Server version reached the end of its extended support – 2008, 2012, 2014 – the same escape hatch was available. Move the workload onto an Azure virtual machine and the Extended Security Updates came free. SQL Server 2014 still…
Journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday, one day after President Donald Trump said he is banning the three outlets over their coverage of him. White House reporter Akayla Gardner said MS NOW journalists were blocked from the grounds for the first time Saturday morning. “Yesterday our…
Waymo has announced plans to expand its autonomous ride-hailing footprint into Singapore, marking its second major market deployment in Asia outside the United States. Over the coming months, the company will deploy an initial fleet of Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles across the island nation to begin preliminary operational setup. Read: Sony expands audio lineup with…
MS NOW said Saturday that its journalists have been denied access to the White House grounds, a day after President Donald Trump said on a social media he had banned the news outlet alongside CNN and Politico over what he called their “constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS.” “The White House belongs to the American people and…
Complete the 2026 CIO Survey and submit your nominations for the CIO of the Year Awards. If you are a CIO or the most senior IT executive in a sizeable South African organisation, share your perspective by completing The ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Survey 2026. Conducted in partnership with MTN Business, this research project is now…
A rare catch-and-kill order has been issued for a great white shark off the coast of Western Australia, after a man was killed while on a morning swim at a popular beach on Friday. His body has still not been found. Authorities have said that beaches along the state’s coast, including in the capital Perth,…
