Author: Chris Anu

The Department of Transport’s IT infrastructure – including server storage and network – requires replacement. Activity on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal has returned to normal levels, with the public sector beginning to issue tender advertisements that will come into play next year. The ICT industry fares well, with a wide range of requests to cover all sectors. The Department of Transport (DOT) takes the top spot with its intention to appoint a service provider for the procurement of hyperconverged infrastructure and implementation services. In the tender documentation, the department reveals its IT infrastructure – including server storage and network –…

Huawei’s Lucas Lu At OTF Africa 2025, Lucas Lu, director of Huawei ICT assurance and managed services department, delivered a keynote speech titled “Accelerate service-centric intelligent operations transformation”. He emphasised that the transition to intelligent O&M is a gradual process, driven by solid operations and management (O&M) expertise and emerging technologies. Key drivers: solid expertise and emerging technologies There is wide recognition in the industry of the transformative potential of large artificial intelligence models in enhancing O&M efficiency. However, the ultimate success of this intelligent transformation hinges on the in-depth integration of O&M experience and emerging technologies. The former serves as…

One80 Technology Group has been awarded HPE Aruba Gold Partner status. One80 Technology Group is proud to announce that it has been awarded HPE Aruba Gold Partner status, a major milestone that recognises the company’s depth of expertise in designing, deploying and managing modern, secure networks.Backed by more than two decades of experience in network infrastructure, fibre, wireless and security solutions across Africa and the UK, this new accreditation strengthens an already close collaboration between One80 and HPE Aruba Networking.What this means for One80’s customersMost importantly, One80 customers stand to gain the most from its HPE Aruba Gold Partner status.Assured…

Walmart opened its first store in South Africa on Saturday, marking the US retail giant’s debut on the African continent as it seeks a stake in a competitive market. More than 100 shoppers queued for hours outside the store to take advantage of Walmart’s “Everyday Low Prices” and shop international products that are not easily available in South Africa such as designer countertop air fryers by Drew Barrymore, Labubu dolls and Dr Pepper sodas. “I’m actually here for a specific product that you can’t really get in South Africa … it’s a children’s toy, Labubu,” shopper Refilwe Mabale said. Opening…

ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. Take it from someone who has tried (and often failed) to sell various newspapers and magazines: South Africa doesn’t have enough readers.Depending on how you slice the data, something like a tenth of the population is illiterate by a formal definition. Functional literacy is a far bigger problem – you’ve no doubt seen the “can’t read for meaning” numbers out of primary – and aliteracy is far bigger still; a great many people simply won’t engage with anything more complex than a street sign.There are two reasons we don’t really talk about that under the…

Rob Godlonton IT services company iqbusiness, part of the JSE-listed Reunert stable, has appointed Rob Godlonton as its new CEO. Godlonton replaces long-time chief executive Adam Craker, who has led iqbusiness for 15 years and steered it through some of the most significant shifts in its history – including its 2023 acquisition by Reunert and the 2024 merger with fast-growing systems integrator +OneX. TechCentral has previously reported extensively on the +OneX deal, which brought together iqbusiness’s consulting heritage with +OneX’s engineering-led digital capabilities. The merger created a scaled platform housing brands including gigantiq, iqx and midnight, and positioned the combined…

Cell C is set to list on the JSE on 27 November. (Photograph by Nicola Mawson) Cell C is on track to debut on the JSE – which ITWeb understands will be next Thursday – as planned, despite a legal challenge of a 2024 approval of a change in majority ownership.The network operator’s former empowerment partner, CellSAf, wants the High Court to review the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA’s) 2024 decision to transfer control of Cell C to Blu Label Unlimited’ s subsidiary, The Prepaid Company (TPC).Blu Label Unlimited – previously known as Blue Label Telecoms – confirmed…

Anchored in the 30-year Altron-UKG partnership, this timely webinar – led by Riyaat Phillips, senior manager for pre-sales in workforce management at Altron Digital Business, and John Rowzee, principal solution consultant, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at UKG – boiled workforce management down to three moves that turn complexity into impact: Agile scheduling: converting demand signals into capacity in minutes, via an exception-first flow that flags only what needs human judgement. One-pane visibility: a real-time, single source of truth across people, cost and compliance. Governance by design: labour law, union rules, safety and Popia (Protection of Personal Information Act)…

Sir Keir Starmer, prime minister of the UK. (Image supplied by the British High Commission, Pretoria) The UK has partnered with the JSE and Telkom to accelerate the growth of South Africa’s tech ventures.The UK government made the announcement today after prime minister Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Johannesburg this morning ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit.South Africa is set to host a historic G20 Leaders’ Summit – the first on African soil – in Johannesburg on 22 and 23 November. See also The G20 (Group of Twenty) is an international forum that brings together the world’s major advanced and…

Google was set to make its final plea to avoid a breakup of its advertising technology business in a US court on Friday, as the department of justice’s antitrust case drew to a close. Google has so far come away largely unscathed from a bipartisan government legal crackdown on the dominance of Big Tech – a push that began during the first term of US President Donald Trump. But that could change, depending on what US district court judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia decides. The US still has antitrust cases pending against Meta Platforms, Amazon and Apple Brinkema ruled…