Telecommunications infrastructure theft and power outages continue to hold back connectivity in South Africa, with the cost burden on mobile and fibre operators more than doubling in a year. According to communications regulator Icasa’s latest State of the ICT Sector report, published last week, the rate of telecoms equipment theft grew significantly between 2024 and…
The Department of Home Affairs has over 340 million paper records and will prioritise the digitisation of records relating to birth, marriage, death and amendments. (Image source: 123RF) A pre-long weekend rush makes for an interesting round-up from National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, with a mix of requests from national departments, metro municipalities and state-owned entities….
Maidar Secure, a provider of managed security services and security operations centre (SOC) solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Strike48, developer of what it describes as the industry’s only truly agentic security operations platform, allowing organisations to detect and respond to threats at machine speed. “This partnership represents a bold step forward in redefining…
Tiny town: A digital twin is a gamified, 3D, virtual representation of a company’s asset. Around 30 years ago, the video game publisher, Maxis, released SimCity. As the name implies, the goal was to create and run a virtual city. From building roads to power plants, adding different housing zones and even constructing an underground…
Eugene Perumal, founder and principal of Valutivity. South African technology leaders are facing the same reckoning playing out in boardrooms globally: the CFO is now in the AI conversation. AI initiatives that were technology-led are failing. Those that are business-led − anchored to defined outcomes, measured returns and value that a board can verify −…
Justin Mackenzie, managing director of VO Connect. There is a familiar moment in almost every connectivity procurement process. The technical discussions have taken place, coverage has been confirmed, and service levels have been outlined. Then the spreadsheet comes out, and the conversation narrows to a single question: can it be done for less? Price matters….
Conceptual Diagram of the project. Under this Space Strategy Fund initiative, spectrometers will be newly developed and demonstrated in orbit. In the future, the project envisions the establishment of a satellite constellation capable of observations at different times of the day. Axelspace Corporation, Meisei Electric Co., Ltd., ANA HOLDINGS INC., and JIJ Inc. are pleased…
Patrick Devine, data and identity security business development, Solid8 Technologies. In today’s hyperconnected, fast-paced world, organisations increasingly need to collaborate and draw insights from rich, rapidly-growing data streams − structured and unstructured alike − without sacrificing privacy or security. A recent article in the Daily Maverick brought this challenge to the surface for South Africa’s…
The number of pay-TV subscribers in South Africa fell below seven million for the first time in at least five years, dropping 9.6% from 7.4 million to 6.7 million in the year to September 2025, according to communications regulator Icasa’s latest State of the ICT Sector report. The decline adds hard regulatory data to the…
Boomi Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide API Management 2026 Boomi™, the data activation company, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment, which evaluates vendors based on their capabilities and strategies for delivering API management solutions (APIM) in an increasingly AI-driven, hybrid…
