The convergence of AI, evolving regulation, cyber risk, digital sovereignty and sustainability is redefining enterprise governance. (Image source: iStock) Global GRC software platform Archer and its industry partner dotnext, a South African information security company, have confirmed their sponsorship of the ITWeb Governance, Risk and Compliance 2026 event, to be held on 12 November at…
Discovery has moved cybercrime to the top of its risk register, warning that advanced AI models are speeding up attacks to the point where they could outpace its defences. In its integrated annual report for the year to 30 June 2026, the financial services group ranks “cybercrime and cybersecurity” first among its top 10 risks,…
Decades before Siri or Alexa or ChatGPT, there was a real person, almost always a woman, at the center of the information world. She was so vital, most long-distance communication could not happen without her. She was the telephone switch operator, and at one time she was part of the single largest occupation for white,…
Private renewable energy producers that wheel power – selling it directly to data centres and other large users and delivering it over the grid – have no regulated compensation if the grid operator switches them off because of oversupply. That gap has not cost them yet: as far as the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association…
A recent Umbraco project exposed an uncomfortable truth about digital architecture: adding a fashionable front end can create more complexity than value. The build had been costed. A Next.js baseline was already in place. On paper, a headless Umbraco architecture looked like the progressive and defensible choice. Then the project team tested the proposed architecture…
Shoprite Group CEO Pieter Engelbrecht Shoprite has graded the controls protecting it against cyberattacks and data breaches as only “partially effective”, the weakest rating it gives any of its six core business risks. Its own figures show data breaches rising for a second year in a row. The disclosure is in the retailer’s 2026 integrated…
South African employees are adopting AI at work faster than their organisations can respond, according to Oliver Wyman research. Short-term risks linked to AI and cyber security have increased significantly, according to Marsh Africa, which this week presented research showing South Africans are adopting AI faster than institutions can respond. Marsh Africa is part of…
The FBI fears the alleged Chinese agent arrested at LAX on Sunday may try to flee the country if released after her court hearing on Wednesday, law enforcement sources told CBS News. Investigators claim California realtor Wanying Zhang owned a business in China, regularly has money deposited in a Chinese bank account and has parents,…
African businesses are increasingly looking to expand across the continent, but high financing costs, limited access to trade finance and gaps in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are threatening to constrain regional commerce. This is contained in preliminary findings of the 2026 PAFTRAC Africa CEO Trade Survey presented at the…
Science, technology and innovation minister professor Blade Nzimande. The US funding cuts to the national system of innovation have exposed South Africa’s over-reliance on foreignresearch funding and limitations to its science, tech and innovation (STI) funding model. This, as nearly R2.5 billion in research activities and more than 2 000 research positions remain at risk,…
