Unathi Thosago, new CIO of Parliament. Unathi Thosago has been appointed as the new chief information officer (CIO) for Parliament, effective early January. The appointment process was conducted by recruitment firm Revolution Human Capital. In a statement, the recruiter says Thosago’s appointment is testament to the critical role of strategic executive search in building a…
Galeboe Mogotsi joins the Free State’s Central University of Technology as CIO. [Photograph by Strike a Pose] The Central University of Technology (CUT) in the Free State has appointed Galeboe Mogotsi as its chief information officer (CIO), effective 5 January. In a statement, CUT says Mogotsi joins at a “defining moment” in its institutional trajectory,…
Welcome to season 2 of Meet the CIO, TechCentral’s podcast series that dives into the minds of South Africa’s top technology leaders. After a highly successful first season featuring CIOs from across the corporate landscape, we’re kicking off season 2 with a conversation with Khaya Mbanga, chief information and digital officer (CIDO) at BDO South…
The Information Regulator’s Tando Luyaba (left) and Standard Bank’s Khomotso Molabe (right) won top honours at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2025. Winners of the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2025 were announced last night in Johannesburg, during a CIO banquet. Khomotso Molabe from Standard Bank and Tando Luyaba from the office of the Information Regulator…
Pandelani Munyai, Transnet, and Kutlwano Chaba, South Africa Local Government Association. ITWeb Brainstorm is proud to announce the shortlist of finalists for the Public Sector CIO award for 2025. The award, run in partnership with MTN Business, has been launched this year for the first time, and celebrates the key role that the public sector…
The deadline to submit nominations for the newly established Brainstorm CIO Awards is fast approaching – all entries must be in by 11:59pm on Sunday, 28 September. As part of its mission to recognise the achievements of the local CIO community, ITWeb Brainstorm, in partnership with MTN Business, has introduced two CIO awards for 2025:…
Winners of the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Decade of Service awards in 2024: AfriSam’s Louise van der Bank and the University of the Witwatersrand’s Dr Stanley Mpofu. To honour the outstanding contributions of South Africa’s CIOs over the past year, ITWeb Brainstorm, in partnership with MTN Business, is introducing two new CIO awards for 2025. The…
Adrian Hinchcliffe, editor-in-chief at ITWeb; Nomonde White-Ndlovu, CIO at Bidvest Bank – winner of the Visionary CIO Award 2024; and Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga, founder and CEO of TGR Global Enterprises. (Photo: IITPSA) Nominations are now open for this year’s Institute of IT Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) President’s Awards, which include the Visionary CIO Award. Established nearly…
Faith Burn, chief technology and operations officer of the Land Bank. Technology executive Faith Burn has been appointed as chief technology and operations officer (CTOO) of the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank). Established in 1912 and reconstituted in 2002, the Land Bank is a wholly government-owned agricultural development finance institution,…
When Nedbank realised early last year that its mammoth core banking overhaul and modernisation programme was going awry, it turned to Marijke Guest for help. Guest, CIO of Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) and payments, and a veteran of the financial services group, tells TechCentral’s Meet the CIO about how the bank realised it…
