Recruiters embrace new sourcing channels

Recruiters embrace new sourcing channels

Rising applications and AI-powered recruitment tools reduce reliance on proactive CV searches. (Image source: iStock) South African recruiters are searching online CV databases significantly less than a year ago, despite signs of a modest recovery in hiring activity. This suggests the way employers source talent is changing as jobseekers increasingly apply directly for vacancies. This…

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DStv chops channels as Canal+ leans harder on sport

DStv chops channels as Canal+ leans harder on sport

MultiChoice will close four DStv channels next month, three of them carrying local content, while adding four SuperSport channels. The move comes despite local content commitments Canal+ made to get its takeover of the pay-TV operator approved. M-Net Movies 1, KykNet Lekker, Mzansi Bioskop and Mzansi Music stop broadcasting on 16 September, MultiChoice said in…

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Security by design is the channel’s strongest pitch

Security by design is the channel’s strongest pitch

Othelo Vieira Security has long been the budget line nobody wants to defend until the moment everyone has to: something to provision, quietly budget for and hope never demands a reckoning. That framing is shifting, and for resellers and channel partners, the shift matters. South Africa’s threat environment is no longer theoretical. Interpol estimates that…

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Top ICT tenders: Postbank looks to digital channels

Top ICT tenders: Postbank looks to digital channels

Postbank wants to modernise its digital banking capability. The post-budget dip continues this week with little on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal to excite the ICT industry. However, activity is likely to climb again towards the end of the month as national and provincial departments prepare to take advantage of new financial allocations available to them…

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