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Case Study: Behind Hungry Lion’s always-on digital network across Africa

Technology

Case Study: Behind Hungry Lion’s always-on digital network across Africa

10 Mar 2026

Source: Pexels.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Johannesburg's reservoirs back in action post-maintenance shutdown

12 Jan 2026

Black Friday faces threat from a surge in cyber attacks on supply chains

Supply Chain

Black Friday faces threat from a surge in cyber attacks on supply chains

Doros Hadjizenonos 20 Nov 2025

Update: Internet chaos as Cloudflare outage takes down major platforms - internal error confirmed

Internet

Update: Internet chaos as Cloudflare outage takes down major platforms - internal error confirmed

18 Nov 2025

The digital circuit breaker: Why marketing can no longer outsource resilience to IT

Digital

The digital circuit breaker: Why marketing can no longer outsource resilience to IT

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 23 Oct 2025

Source: Supplied. Eshmael Mpabanga, Country Head: Intellect Design Arena South Africa.

Fintech

#EXCLUSIVE: Why SA's core financial infrastructure needs a foundational redesign

Eshmael Mpabanga 20 Oct 2025

Major AWS outage hits websites and apps, SA among affected

Cloud

Major AWS outage hits websites and apps, SA among affected

20 Oct 2025

Image credit: Eskom

Energy

Eskom refutes "flying blind" claims with Koeberg safety confirmation

25 Sep 2025

Reliable connections: The secret to thriving small businesses

SMEs

Reliable connections: The secret to thriving small businesses

Yakoob Ahmed, Issued by XLink 21 Aug 2025

Source: Makhanda Tourism.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Steve Kretzmann 30 Jul 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

Limpopo villagers block road to protest three-month water outage

Judas Sekwela 23 Jul 2025

Crisis-proof your event with these 6 tips

Exhibitions & Events

Crisis-proof your event with these 6 tips

17 Jun 2025

Why the internet's backbone needs urgent protection

Internet

Why the internet's backbone needs urgent protection

Alpheus Mangale, Issued by Stone 28 Feb 2025

Medtech

Network restored at Western Cape healthcare facilities

Katja Hamilton 6 Jan 2025

Tourism

How smart technology can drive hotel profits this festive season

27 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: ICT

Technology

#BestofBiz 2024: ICT

17 Dec 2024

The imperative of cyber resilience in an era of escalating threats

Cybersecurity

The imperative of cyber resilience in an era of escalating threats

Kevin Moodley CA(SA) and Cézanne Krieg, Issued by SAICA 10 Dec 2024

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz Results for Q3 2024

Research

Consumer insights agency, KLA, reveals the Quarterly Buzz Results for Q3 2024

Issued by KLA 19 Nov 2024

Essential but elusive: Unlocking growth with CIO expertise in budget-conscious businesses

SMEs

Essential but elusive: Unlocking growth with CIO expertise in budget-conscious businesses

Issued by Altron Digital Business 30 Sep 2024

Building tomorrow's cities today

Technology

Building tomorrow's cities today

Brian Civin, Issued by AfriGIS 18 Sep 2024

Global air passenger demand up 8% in July, Africa sees 7.4% growth

Travel

Global air passenger demand up 8% in July, Africa sees 7.4% growth

30 Aug 2024

Compcom has given the regional greenlight for the Darktrace acquisition.

Cybersecurity

Thoma Bravo’s Bidco gets Compcom approval for $5.3bn Darktrace deal

Lindsey Schutters 24 Aug 2024

IBM is closing the AI gap in cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Cyberattacks drain R41m from SA businesses

Lindsey Schutters 8 Aug 2024

Aviation disruptions threaten SA’s economic recovery

Travel

Aviation disruptions threaten SA’s economic recovery

1 Aug 2024

Power restored at Cape Town International Airport after outage

Travel

Power restored at Cape Town International Airport after outage

29 Jul 2024

The global Microsoft outage was caused by a CrowdStrike update glitch. Source: NASA/Unsplash

Cybersecurity

CrowdStrike CEO gives assurances after outage

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jul 2024

Source: LinkedIn.

Banking

CrowdStrike disruption: Clients' personal data secure, Capitec reports

Katja Hamilton 22 Jul 2024

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Technology

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

Koeberg will join a growing list of nuclear power stations that are extending their lifespan beyond 40 years

Nuclear Power

Nuclear power is back on the table for South Africa

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jul 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater website still down after cyberattack

Markets & Investment

Sibanye-Stillwater website still down after cyberattack

15 Jul 2024

Source: Ben Selier, vice president of Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.

Healthcare

Data centres: Vital components of critical healthcare systems

3 Jul 2024

#SAelections24: No load shedding on voting day

Energy

#SAelections24: No load shedding on voting day

29 May 2024

The power of place in modern marketing

Marketing

The power of place in modern marketing

Christen Werth & Paul Stemmet, Issued by Dentsu 23 May 2024

Undersea cables connecting East Africa to the internet have experienced multiple incidents in 2024.

Telecoms & Networks

East Africa internet disrupted by another major undersea cable cut

Lindsey Schutters 12 May 2024

Image: Mohale Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project - David Love, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Food, Water & Energy Security

Lesotho Highlands Tunnel closure will not affect water availability

26 Apr 2024

Creature comforts take priority during economic strain

Sales

Creature comforts take priority during economic strain

Laurian Venter 17 Apr 2024

Hospital Groups

EC health department to start new financial year with R4.8bn in unpaid bills

Estelle Ellis 28 Mar 2024

Sungrow introduces advanced three-phase inverter for tailored energy solutions in South Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Sungrow introduces advanced three-phase inverter for tailored energy solutions in South Africa

Issued by Sungrow 18 Mar 2024

Africa is served by a network of undersea internet cables

Internet

Seacom and Liquid maintain service during cable outages, highlight need for ISP redundancy

Lindsey Schutters 15 Mar 2024

Source: Unsplash/Markus Spitke

Telecoms & Networks

Mutiple undersea cable faults affect internet in Africa

Anait Miridzhanian and Ngouda Dione 15 Mar 2024

A tough day at the office for internet users in South Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Mzansi in the dark: Microsoft acknowledges EMEA outage, but reports suggest wider issues [updated]

Lindsey Schutters 14 Mar 2024

The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity briefed the media on the Energy Action Plan

Energy

Electricity Minister: ‘South Africa is making strides in addressing energy crisis’

Lindsey Schutters 11 Mar 2024

Seacom Red Sea cable repair in permitting phase, work beginning soon

Telecoms & Networks

Seacom Red Sea cable repair in permitting phase, work beginning soon

8 Mar 2024

Damage is suspected to have occurred in the Red Sea

Telecoms & Networks

Seacom subsea cable outage disrupts service in east and southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

Interrupted supply chain infrastructure: Global supply risk or opportunity?

Supply Chain

Interrupted supply chain infrastructure: Global supply risk or opportunity?

Jason Griessel 15 Feb 2024

Deon Geyser, CEO, Liquid Intelligent Technologies SA

Telecoms & Networks

South Africa’s digital revolution will transform our economy

Deon Geyser 6 Feb 2024