South African organisations are experiencing a data breach every three hours. The Information Regulator recorded 2 374 formally reported incidents in the 2024/2025 financial year – and the figure has risen a further 40% since. In the financial sector, the average cost of a single breach has reached R70.2-million. Security budgets are increasing, awareness is…
A body representing South Africa’s largest telecommunications operators has warned that Icasa’s proposed national infrastructure database could create national security risks and has accused the ICT sector regulator of failing to tackle the municipal wayleave bottleneck that has long throttled broadband roll-out. In preliminary feedback to TechCentral on the draft rapid deployment regulations gazetted on…
Communications regulator Icasa has published draft regulations that will compel every licensed network operator in South Africa to submit detailed data on their fibre, towers, ducts, poles and planned roll-outs to the regulator on a bi-annual basis. The draft regulations on the rapid deployment of electronic communications networks and facilities, gazetted on Friday — read…
An analysis of 2 207 procurement bundles revealed serious procurement fraud at Tembisa Hospital. (Image Source: Tembisa Hospital Facebook) Coordinated syndicates allegedly bypassed the National Treasury’s Central Supplier Database (CSD) in an elaborate scheme that saw R2 billion siphoned from Tembisa Hospital. This is according to the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim report on the…
The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and Madagascar has been included in the massive online database, with about 200 new species added every year. Cyrille Chatelain is a curator at the Geneva…
Tyme Group CEO Coenraad Jonker Pressure is mounting on the minister of home affairs over a decision to impose huge increases in the fees for companies wanting to run checks against a national database for client verification. The move, which has already drawn fire from the telecommunications industry, has now been harshly criticised by Coen…
Oracle chairman Larry Ellison Oracle investors find themselves at a pivotal crossroads. Either heed the warning from a growing list of indicators that suggest the stock has run up too far, too fast — or continue to chase another rally that’s been supercharged by lofty artificial intelligence expectations. Shares of the software maker, co-founded by…
The Association of Comms & Technology (ACT) has challenged a move by the department of home affairs to increase the price businesses pay to access the national identity system for verifications by 150% – allegedly without proper consultation. The Home Affairs National Information System (Hanis) and its replacement, the Automated Biometric Identity System (Abis), are…
