Devon Remmington, Director at Brilliant Cloud. For South African retailers, Black Friday and the December holiday season offer a chance to cash in on a countrywide shopping spree that is expected to generate over R150 billion in sales over Black Friday weekend alone this year. However, without effective ERP to streamline fulfilment, a seasonal bonanza…
Communications regulator Icasa this week issued a notice in the Government Gazette signalling its intention to review the process of telecommunications licensing in South Africa. This follows a policy directive from communications minister Solly Malatsi in August to this effect. The directive asked Icasa to launch an inquiry into the process for granting individual electronic…
Hakware launches official certification programme. Hakware, the all-in-one cyber security platform designed to simplify security operations, today announced the launch of its official certification programme: Certified Hakware Admin. The programme will be available globally starting January 2026. The Certified Hakware Admin designation is designed for IT administrators, cyber security professionals and security engineers who want…
The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has received approval from energy regulator Nersa for its market operator licence. The licence allows the NTCSA to operate and administer a new electricity market platform in accordance with the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act. It said this marks the next step in establishing a “fair and competitive” electricity…
Riaz Moola, CEO and founder, HyperionDev SA. SA’s skills crisis is evolving: a hiring shortage is not the biggest problem for employers, it’s that too many new hires take too long to become productive. This is according to research presented by online education provider HyperionDev. Reflecting on the findings of the company’s Graduate Impact Report…
Users were struggling to access the FNB app and website on Friday as Black Friday coincided with pay day for many South Africans. A presumed surge in online activity from Black Friday shopping coinciding with usual pay day activity appears to have toppled FNB’s banking app, with FNB-related complaints on incident monitoring website Downdetector spiking…
FNB is investigating glitches on its mobile app. Big-four bank FNB is suffering glitches on its mobile application on Black Friday. According to Downdetector, a site that monitors website outages, South Africans started reporting issues with access to the FNB app from 9am. When trying to log in to the app, earlier this morning, FNB…
Cell C’s share price moved sharply higher on its second day of trade on the JSE on Friday, closing 12.7% up at R31, as investors continued to digest the mobile operator’s long-awaited listing. Cell C Holdings listed on the JSE’s main board on Thursday under the share code “CCD” following a secondary share sale by…
Eshmael Mpabanga, country head and SVP at Intellect Design. SA-India co-operation is shifting from diplomacy to delivery, with the recent G20 Leaders’ Summit pushing both countries into a more action-driven partnership. This is according to Eshmael Mpabanga, country head and SVP at Intellect Design, who adds that both countries now recognise that real progress lies in practical…
Payment service provider Peach Payments late Friday said it has tracked a Black Friday-linked transaction worth R1.09-million, which it said was spent in the travel and tourism sector. “Peach Payments has been tracking Black Friday digital transactions data in real time throughout the day on its dashboard and has already experienced more than 80% growth…
