South Africa is working to reset US relations that have been under assault by Donald Trump since his return to the White House. Pretoria is preparing a bilateral trade agreement as a backstop in case it loses access to a preferential accord, according to the deputy trade minister. And it’s shoring up its diplomatic presence in Washington following the expulsion of the country’s ambassador this month. As part of the multi-pronged strategy, a South African business delegation also visited New York this week for talks with some of the 600 US companies who operate in the country on how to…
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Tony Christodoulou, Founder, CIO/CISO at Cyber Dexterity and Adjunct Faculty for GIBS Business School. (Image: Supplied) At a time when cyber threats are evolving in sophistication, approach and frequency, many organisations have been driven to take swift action to improve their security posture. However, much of the focus has been on meeting compliance standards, ticking boxes and implementing rigid processes that look good in theory and on paper, but often miss the mark when it comes to creating a truly secure environment or is thrown to the waste side when dealing with a real breach. While compliance is undeniably important…
MultiChoice Group warned on Friday that shareholders in its Phuthuma Nathi black economic empowerment scheme should expect a big cut t0 their dividend as the broadcaster struggles to retain customers in a difficult economy. In a voluntary operational update published on Friday, MultiChoice – which is the subject of a takeover bid from France’s Groupe Canal+ – warned shareholders that market conditions have not improved since it reported disappointing interim results last November. It said its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2025, which it will publish in the coming months, will show a group under severe pressure…
Rameez Edros, account director, CASA Software. Applications form the framework of modern business functions. In today’s digital world, businesses are as good as the apps they develop and get to market.This applies to everything from back-end apps handling financial and compliance processes, to front-end software empowering employee operations and helping businesses to connect with customers.In practice, this means there’s no significant difference between the experiences people have with applications and the experiences they have with a company, as this BizTech report notes.The downside of the coin is the management of these apps − this is proving to be a growing…
A company with its headquarters in Pretoria has designed and built an advanced drone that can attain speeds of 250km/h, reach altitudes of up to 9 000m and travel more than 4 000km before having to return to its base. The company, Milkor, is a South African defence equipment and cybersecurity specialist that was founded all the way back in 1981. Its newly developed Milkor 380 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – in essence, a giant drone – has a cruising altitude of 10 000ft, a wingspan of 18m and a maximum payload of 220kg. Watch the podcast The drone has a flight time of…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Sibahle Malinga chats to Shaun Fuchs, CEO and founder of Centennial Schools, about the challenges facing SA’s education system and plans to take its tech-enhanced teaching model to the Western Cape, and beyond.Sandton-based Centennial Schools will soon offer pupils in the Western Cape the opportunity to enrol for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum, as part of its national expansion plan.Centennial Schools has a strategy of digital learning and teaching, aligned with the needs of organisations in the digital era.The high school says it is preparing its pupils for a digital economy though…
After months of delay, the Competition Tribunal has finally completed the reasons document in which it explains, in detail, its controversial decision to block Vodacom’s acquisition of a co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv. However, only those party to the merger are entitled to read the full document, for now, because of concerns over confidentiality. The reasons document – which runs to more than 350 pages and which comes five months after the regulator announced it would uphold a recommendation by the Competition Commission that the transaction be prohibited – comes as the merging parties gear up to fight the…
Jason Oehley, regional sales manager, Arctic Wolf Networks. Multinational cyber security firm Arctic Wolf will leverage its acquisition of Cylance endpoint security assets to strengthen its presence in the high-growth endpoint security space.In February, Arctic Wolf concluded the $160 million deal to buy Cylance’s suite of endpoint security capabilities and AI functionality from BlackBerry. The cyber security firm says the global endpoint security space is ripe for disruption, and represents a $17 billion total addressable market, which has a forecast compound annual growth rate of 14%.By integrating Cylance’s AI capabilities into its Aurora platform, Arctic Wolf is seeking to grow…
Ford’s manufacturing plant in Silverton outside Pretoria Motoring industry body Naamsa is investigating the impact of US President Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement that all foreign-made vehicles and car parts will now be subjected to a 25% tariff. This is has raised serious questions about the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), which affords South African goods duty-free access to the US. Agoa is set to expire in September, with a possibility for extension. The US is the second largest market for South African vehicle exports after Germany. But rising political tensions between South Africa and the US have made the…
MTN SA chief technology officer Rami Farah and Lynk Global chief commercial officer Dan Dooley. Mobile operator MTN SA and Lynk Global yesterday successfully completed a technical trial of what they describe as “Africa’s first satellite-to-mobile device phone call”. US-based Lynk Global is a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite firm that provides satellite-direct-to-device solutions. According to a statement, the companies conducted a phone call in the North West’s Vryburg, an agricultural town that is home to about 21 000 people.“The call in Vryburg enabled MTN and Lynk Global to test voice call quality and SMS capabilities over a LEO satellite connection,” says…
