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Recognising IT excellence: New award nominations open
Nominations are now open for the inaugural ICITP/ Chartered CIO IT Industry Recognition Awards. The Institute of Chartered IT Professionals (ICITP) and Chartered CIO Council have opened their 2026 IT Industry Recognition Awards and call on the ICT community to nominate candidates for consideration. The awards have been created to celebrate excellence in building digitally-competent…
Former US Marine pilot loses appeal against extradition from Australia
Daniel Duggan was arrested in 2022 over claims he illegally trained the Chinese military in South Africa.
South Africa ‘too dependent’ on US, China
South Africa’s draft AI policy document – gazetted last week by the department of communications & digital technologies – contains a candid acknowledgement that the country’s reliance on US and Chinese hardware poses a strategic vulnerability that the intensifying rivalry between the two powers makes increasingly difficult to manage. “Reliance on foreign infrastructure compromises the…
Eighth grade student kills 9 people, wounds 13 in Turkey’s 2nd school shooting in 2 days
A 14-year-old armed with five guns opened fire at a Turkish school on Wednesday, killing nine people, wounding 13 and sparking scenes of mayhem as students jumped out of windows to escape. The attack in the southern province of Kahramanmaras province was Turkey’s second such incident in as many days, shocking a country where school…
Cape Town’s AI Diagnostics secures R85 million to scale AI TB screening
AI Diagnostics, a Cape Town-based medtech startup, has successfully raised R85-million in a pre-Series-A funding round. The investment is earmarked for the regional and international expansion of its flagship innovation: an AI-integrated digital stethoscope designed to detect tuberculosis (TB) at the point of care through lung-sound analysis. Read: SportyTV secures exclusive rights for FIFA World…
Brazil’s police open a probe into presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro | Courts News
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered a probe into whether right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro issued defamatory statements about his election rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. On Wednesday, a decision from Justice Alexandre de Moraes was published, allowing the Federal Police to proceed with an investigation into posts Bolsonaro published in January. Recommended Stories…
InfoReg calms payroll fears after Sage 360 switch
The Information Regulator migrated its payroll system from Persal to Sage 360 with effect from 1 April. (Image source: 123RF) The Information Regulator has reassured employees that salaries due on 15 April have been paid on time, following a payroll system migration from Persal to Sage 360 that triggered concern from organised labour. The clarification…
Africa: Quintet Joint Statement On the Third International Sudan Conference
The Quintet (African Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, League of Arab States, European Union, and the United Nations), remains committed to facilitating an inclusive Sudanese-owned inter-Sudanese political dialogue aimed at ending the war and laying the foundations for a peaceful political transition. In advance of the Third International Sudan Conference in Berlin on 15 April…
Iran war damaged as much as $58 billion of energy infrastructure: Rystad
The Iran war has damaged as much as $58 billion worth of energy infrastructure, according to an estimate published by consulting firm Rystad Energy on Wednesday. Iran has attacked the oil and gas infrastructure of its Gulf Arab neighbors including production facilities, refineries and pipelines among other targets. Israel has bombed natural gas and petrochemical…