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            <description><![CDATA[Cyber-risk has surged to the top of the business agenda, with 40% of business leaders saying cyber is the top risk they are unprepared for, which is up from 23% in 2025, says accounting and business advisory firm BDO. Cyber-risk had jumped because organisations struggle to keep pace with the scale and speed of digital and AI-driven change, the BDO 'Global Risk Landscape 2026' report, which is based on a survey of 500 global C-suite executives in South Africa and globally, states.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a survey of 11 749 workers across 14 markets and a range of industries, 72% of respondents, including white-collar frontline and managerial employees, said AI has already considerably changed skills expectations in their roles, says management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG). AI adoption by frontline employees increased to 74% now being regular users, which is up by more than 20 percentage points over the previous two years, the BCG 'AI at Work 2026' report shows.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The recent withdrawal of South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy presents an important opportunity to strengthen the country’s approach to AI governance through greater transparency, scientific rigour, expert oversight and public trust. This is the view of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), which said on Tuesday that while the withdrawal has raised concerns regarding the integrity, transparency and reliability of policy development processes, it also creates an opportunity to build a more robust, consultative and evidence-informed framework for AI governance.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Telkom on Tuesday posted a double-digit increase in earnings from continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Headline earnings a share increased 21.5% to 708.5c, while basic earnings a share rose 5.5% to 719.5c, during the year under review.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Core enterprise systems have become economic infrastructure across various sectors, including financial services, telecommunications, retail and manufacturing, with enterprise resource planning, database and virtualisation platforms no longer sitting at the edge of the business, but rather being central to finance, supply chain, billing, human resources and regulatory reporting. Demand for third-party support companies in South Africa had, therefore, increased among local enterprises, allowing for greater flexibility in terms of vendor support.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Microsoft launch mobile digital lab in North West</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Microsoft and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) have teamed up to launch a solar-powered mobile digital lab at the Royal Bafokeng Institute, in Phokeng, in the North West. The lab, designed to ensure reliable, sustainable access to technology and learning, even in areas where infrastructure has traditionally been a barrier, aims to prepare participants for careers in the digital economy.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Gauteng Department of e-Government on Wednesday reported an improved performance during the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, as it achieved 32 of its 38 planned targets, representing an overall performance rate of 84%. This is a significant improvement on the 63% performance rate achieved in the corresponding quarter in the 2024/25 financial year.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Telkom on Wednesday said it expects to report a double-digit increase in earnings from its continuing operations for the year ended March 31. Basic earnings per share (BEPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) from continuing operations are expected to be in the range of 679.2c and 735.8c and between 677.9c and 724.6c, respectively.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
            <category>TRADING UPDATE</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE- and Nasdaq-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has successfully restarted the first 18 stages, comprising segments one and two, of its Silicon-28 (Si-28) enrichment facility, in Pretoria, South Africa. It expects to make initial commercial shipments of enriched Si-28 in the third quarter of this year.]]></description>
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            <category>ENRICHED SILICON-28</category>
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            <title>South Africa targets January 2027 for revised AI policy after earlier withdrawal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's communications minister established an independent panel of experts to review a draft national policy on artificial intelligence, after an earlier version was withdrawn when it was found to contain fictitious and potentially AI-generated references. Solly Malatsi briefed a parliamentary committee on Tuesday after pulling the earlier draft. The target publication date for public comment is January 2027, according to Jeanette Morwane, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies acting deputy director-general. The policy, released in April for public comment, sought to position South Africa as a continental leader in AI innovation while addressing ethical and economic concerns.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned broadcast signal distributor and technology solutions provider Sentech has officially appointed Flenk Mnisi as COO, effective May 18. Mnisi was acting COO prior to his official appointment and has held several key leadership positions across the organisation since joining Sentech in 2006 as technical manager.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Altron ended the 2026 financial year on a strong note, setting the tone for the next year and marking the successful conclusion of its 'Accelerated Growth' phase and the start of its 'Transformative Growth' phase. During the year ended February 28, the company posted a 34% increase in headline earnings a share to 239c apiece, with earnings a share rising 35% to 210c.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>South African company takes home first prize at AVEVA World 2026</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Specialist South African packaged wastewater treatment plant service provider Calcamite was crowned the winner of industrial software company AVEVA’s Sustainable Impact Award 2026.   The announcement was made on May 21, the final day of AVEVA World 2026, held in Milan, Italy.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Reunert delivers mixed results in H1, resilience ensured through diverse portfolio</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Reunert posted a 23% decrease in operating profit to R453-million during the six months to March 31, 2026. The group’s operating profit was adversely affected by non-cash IFRS 2 share-based payment remeasurements linked to the group’s employee incentive schemes.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>Reunert, CSG establish independent electronic fuze manufacturing capability in Slovakia</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Reunert has concluded an agreement with CSG, formerly known as the Czechoslovak Group, to establish a strategic European electronic fuze manufacturing capability for large calibre ammunition in Slovakia. The business, to be named Fuchs Electronics Europe, will be owned 51% by Reunert and 49% by CSG.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s education system has no shortage of policy ambition. It has strategies, data systems, institutional mandates, and a growing national agenda for digital transformation. Much of the system, however, is still fragmented, writes Mark Burke in this latest opinion article. Learner records sit in different databases. Schools, colleges, universities, funding agencies, and qualification authorities collect overlapping information through separate processes. Provinces work with uneven capacity and uneven systems. Some digital tools are improving, but mostly within institutional silos. That is the setting in which Digital Public Infrastructure, or DPI, becomes relevant. The question is whether South Africa can use the current push for digital identity, data exchange, and digital payments to make education services more coherent from school entry to post-school transitions and into work.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the world of software-as-a-service, the pace at which industrial software company AVEVA is innovating and upgrading its portfolio has increased dramatically, chief product officer Rob McGreevy said during the May 20 keynote session of AVEVA World 2026, which is being held this week in Milan, Italy. AVEVA is pursuing a range of product innovation in its industrial software portfolio. The keynote explored innovative new technologies AVEVA sees emerging and how these will impact on the company's customers and the verticals it serves.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Landis+Gyr EMEA launches electricity smart meter at Enlit Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Multinational electronics company Landis+Gyr Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) unveiled its latest electricity smart metering innovation, the E480 DIN-Rail meter, at the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference and Exhibition, in Cape Town, on May 20. The E480 is a solution designed to help utilities and consumers better manage electricity use amid South Africa’s ongoing energy challenges.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa has the foundation to benefit from the growing global data centre ecosystem, delegates heard during law firm Bowmans seminar, titled Data centres and Africa’s digital opportunity: Business, legal and policy perspectives, held on Wednesday. However, to leverage the vast opportunity, the continent needs to tap into its people and capabilities and develop sufficient infrastructure and power solutions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a volatile world, with multiple paradigm shifts and transitions unfolding, unprecedented levels of technology growth offer many opportunities that can be leveraged. Industrial software company AVEVA is aiming to capitalise on these opportunities by providing software that is integrated, intelligent and intuitive, to create scale, optimise performance and empower the workforce, AVEVA CEO Caspar Herzberg said at the group's global conference AVEVA World 2026, which is being held this week in Milan, Italy. To fulfil these ambitions, the company will this year accelerate foundational innovation work it started in 2024, when it laid out its multiyear technology strategy.]]></description>
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            <author>Shannon de Ryhove</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[During the first quarter of this year, worldwide AI use increased by 1.5 percentage points to 17.8% of the world’s working age population, up from 16.3% in the second half of 2025, information technology firm Microsoft reports. Intensity of use among economies with the highest rates of AI diffusion also increased, with 26 economies now exceeding 30% of the working age population using AI, shows the Microsoft AI Economy Institute's 'Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026 Trends and Insights' report.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A plan by US-listed Equinix to build two data centres in Cape Town should not be approved without full disclosure of its water, power and environmental impact, a formal objection lodged with city planners and seen by Reuters showed. The Housing Assembly (HA), a social movement representing more than 20 communities in the Western Cape of South Africa, and UK non-profit Foxglove say the application cannot be approved without the key information needed for officials to assess the project.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This opinion article by Mark Burke looks at where South Africa's data is physically hosted and who owns and controls the infrastructure that stores citizens' data across public and private sector systems.  The Informational Travels of Citizen X]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/icasas-approval-of-licence-transfer-application-of-herotel-paves-the-way-for-national-fibre-expansion-2026-05-15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The approval by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) of Herotel’s licence transfer application marked a definitive step forward in strengthening South Africa’s fibre ecosystem and accelerating the collective mission of building connected lives, communities and societies, Vumatel parent company Maziv said on Friday. This follows the approval of Vumatel’s acquisition of Herotel by the Competition Tribunal in December last year.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>Refurbished hardware bypasses constraints</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Refurbished hardware offers a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to buying new hardware while bypassing constrained chip availability and supply chain disruptions, says refurbished information technology (IT) hardware provider Qrent managing executive Kwirirai Rukowo. “The fastest and most reliable way to respond to constrained chip availability is not to be more cutthroat in competing for new supply, but to unlock the value already embedded in existing technology.”]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[While organisations are increasingly adopting technologies to improve workplace health, safety and security, employers and qualified professionals remain responsible for ensuring compliance with safety standards. This was a topic of discussion during Creamer Media’s ‘Health and Safety’ webinar, held on May 13.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>HEALTH AND SAFETY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>New subsea cable to strengthen the connectivity between Europe, Africa launched</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has kicked off the initiation of the Via Africa submarine cable project, a major new Europe–Africa submarine cable project that will connect Europe to Africa along the Atlantic coast. Through a robust and proven consortium model, bringing together leading industry players including Canalink, Guilab, International Mauritania Telecom, Orange Group, Orange Côte d’Ivoire, Sonatel, Silverlinks, the new subsea system aims to connect Europe to South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed MTN Group on Tuesday reported a strong first quarter performance as the group executes on its Ambition 2030 strategy. During the three months to March 31, MTN Group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased by 27.9%, outpacing revenue growth owing to a continued focus on expense efficiencies.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Vodacom starts Vision 2030 strong as double-digit earnings reported for year</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Vodacom Group on Monday said it has had a strong start to its Vision 2030 strategy, after delivering double-digit earnings growth for the year ended March 31. During the year under review, the group’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased 14.2% on a normalised basis, and 12.8% on a reported basis, to R62.63-billion, with its Ebitda margin increasing 0.9 percentage points to 37.4%.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
            <category>FINANCIAL RESULTS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has emerged as the dominant framework through which states pursue digital transformation, Mark Burke notes in this opinion article. Proponents describe it as a "societal operating system", functioning through a set of shared, interoperable digital systems built on open standards that enable population-scale service delivery across health, finance, and social protection. The architecture is presented as an "architecture of opportunity" - as open, inclusive, ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed information and communications technology company Datatec expects to report headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between $0.38 and $0.40 for the financial year ended February 28. That represents a 51% to 58.8% year-on-year increase in HEPS, Datatec notes in a trading statement.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have developed a curated multilingual dataset, MzansiText, covering the 11 official written languages, as well as a language model, called MzansiLM, trained on this dataset. MzansiLM is believed to be the first publicly available, decoder-only language model designed to support all 11 official written languages in a single system, the UCT team says.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest challenges in South Africa’s emerging digital identity system is fragmentation. In this opinion article, Mark Burke notes that this means that the policies, laws, institutions, and technologies involved have grown in disconnected ways over time. This fragmentation has a real impact on ordinary people, because it affects how well they can control how their personal information is collected, shared, and used. This essay examines fragmentation across policy, law, institutions, and technology. It argues that South Africa’s current regulatory and institutional landscape, characterised by disconnected policy frameworks, overlapping legal mandates, uncoordinated institutional oversight, and technically incompatible legacy systems, systematically and structurally undermines the possibility of genuine citizen control over data in digital identity systems.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Organisations deploying AI strategically are achieving significant advantages, and 77% of organisations already use AI in their cyber operations, global organisation the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) 'AI and Cyber: Empowering Defenders' report shows. AI is rapidly reshaping cybersecurity and is the biggest driver of change in the field, and the report highlights measurable gains in cost reduction, response speed and resilience.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Telecommunications company Vodacom Group on Tuesday expects double-digit increases in earnings for the year ended March 31. In a trading update, the group said that the strong results are expected to be consistent with Vodacom's Vision 2030 double-digit earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation growth ambition.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has launched an augmented reality platform for visitors to the Melville Koppies Nature Reserve and heritage site to use their smartphones to view digital reconstructions of structures at the 500-year-old African smelting site. The aim of the project, launched in collaboration with the Melville Koppies Management Committee, is to show the labour, craftsmanship and advanced metallurgical knowledge of the pre-colonial ancestors of Sesotho and Setswana-speaking communities.]]></description>
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