Tando Luyaba, CIO at the Information Regulator, scooped the IITPSA President’s Award for IT Personality. (Photgraph by Lesley Moyo) Tando Luyaba, chief information officer (CIO) at the Information Regulator, was announced the winner of the 2026 Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) President’s Award for IT Personality. Luyaba received the coveted award in…
Published On 31 Oct 202631 Oct 2026 The United Nations has closed its political mission in Somalia, ending more than three decades of efforts to help the country rebuild after civil war. The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) ceased operations on Saturday after completing a two-year transition requested by the Somali government,…
Dis-Chem doubled its spending on X, bigly labs, its in-house technology and innovation unit, in the six months to August. The pharmacy group’s earnings fell again, even though revenue grew 8%. Headline earnings per share dropped 12.8% to 64.3c, Dis-Chem said in its interim results published after markets closed on Thursday. Revenue rose 8% to…
Chevron does not report a comparable, standalone refining-margin figure, but it reported Friday that its downstream earnings more than quadrupled from a year earlier to $4.9 billion, with the company citing higher margins on refined-product sales. That’s amid tight supplies of refined fuels and pressure on refinery output globally, despite oil firms reporting this week…
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs attributes the $6.3bn Binance hack to North Korean hackers. Hackers have stolen an estimated $6.3 billion in crypto-currency from Binance, the world’s largest crypto-currency exchange, in what blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs describes as the biggest crypto theft on record. According to a statement published by the crypto firm, the…
Days before they are set to headline a rally in Detroit, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., traded critical messages in statements released Friday, escalating tensions between the two in the final stretch of El-Sayed’s campaign for Senate. Stevens said that she expected El-Sayed, the progressive candidate who defeated her in a bitter Democratic…
One of the earliest uses of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code – computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser and everything else. Code is structured, which makes it easier for AI tools to generate. So, could they help to make fancy software…
Crucially, at one point a controller instructed a stalled train to restart, clearing it to advance at up to 160km/h (100 mph) even though a second train was stuck on the line up ahead. The impending collision was clear from audio calls and on big screens in the control centre in Madrid. “They worked. We…
After the United Nations adopted a resolution in September 2026 endorsing a map that more fairly represents the size of Earth’s landmasses, author and journalist Moky Makura of Africa No Filter – a main sponsor of the Correct the Map initiative – asked: “What else about Africa is the world underestimating that’s also hidden in…
South African pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has deployed R240 million into replatforming its digital infrastructure and operational environment through its innovation division, X, Bigly Labs, established in late 2025. Read: Apple unveils 2026 iMac with M6 and upgraded AI architecture Details disclosed in the group’s interim results for the six months ending August 2026 highlight that…
