124 A company can easily find itself offline for more than a week. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities to penetrate the network and the encrypted backups, effectively negating the value of its nightly…
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VAT zero-rated basket unchanged in almost a decade
96 Several organisations have expressed their utter dismay with the unchanged zero-rated value-added tax (VAT) basket, despite promises by government, and in particular President Cyril Ramaphosa, to reduce poverty and tackle the…
MTN’s Iran problem: can’t stay, can’t leave
95 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita said the pan-African telecommunications giant would exit Iran if given the opportunity. Speaking at the group’s annual results presentation for the year ended 31 December 2025…
SA banks race to scale AI and cloud as challenger threat intensifies
106  South Africa’s six largest banks are spending above inflation on technology — with cloud migration, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity the primary cost drivers — as they race to modernise core…
How 12 hour days, bucket toilets, and R27.58 are breaking the women who feed us
86 ‘I gave my life to that farm, and now we have nothing,’ said a woman farmer from the 2025 CGE report. For South African women in the agricultural sector, an hourly…
AI won’t kill SaaS – but it will reshape it, software CEOs say
102 Oracle’s Mike Sicilia is the latest software CEO to wade in to the debate on whether AI tools that heavily automate human tasks will mean the demise of his industry. His…
Nvidia targets $1-trillion in AI chip sales as inference demand surges
92 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Fred Greaves/Reuters Nvidia said the revenue opportunity for its AI chips may reach at least US$1-trillion through to 2027, as the company outlined a strategy to compete…
When CTEM, AI and a unified attack surface meet
98 Every organisation that has suffered a significant breach shares one uncomfortable truth in hindsight: the path the attacker took was there all along. The misconfigured account, the unpatched service, the employee…
Fraud complaints at the banking ombud nearly double in a year as digital scams surge
142 Notes the increase has been observed across the banking industry as a whole and not in relation to any single institution. South African bank customers are losing money to sophisticated digital…
Meta planning layoffs that could hit 20% of workforce
110 Meta Platforms is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter have said, as Meta seeks to offset costly AI infrastructure…