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Johannesburg, 17 Apr 2026 Sizwe Africa IT Group Hikvision Even Flow Team. This week’s official launch of the Gert Sibande TVET College 4IR Lab and Centre of Specialisation represents a major milestone in advancing the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) vision for modern, digitally enabled TVET institutions that respond to the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

By Nkhensani Nkhwashu, ITWeb portals journalist. Johannesburg, 17 Apr 2026 The 2026 winners of the Wired4Women Awards. South Africa’s female technology change-makers were celebrated last night at the third annual Wired4Women Awards, where trailblazers, innovators and rising stars were recognised for their contribution to shaping the country’s digital future.

The 2026 winners of the Wired4Women Awards. South Africa’s female technology change-makers were celebrated last night at the third annual Wired4Women Awards, where trailblazers, innovators and rising stars were recognised for their contribution to shaping the country’s digital future.

Business Wire via ITWeb, LUXEMBOURG, 17 Apr 2026 The new Sisvel Point of Sale (POS) patent pool, announced on 1 April, has added three new licensors in the last two weeks. BlackBerry, JVCKENWOOD and SK Telecom have joined founding licensors Huawei, LG Electronics and Nokia in making their patents available for license through the programme. Sisvel POS covers 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G technologies.

Government officials and Vuma executives with communications minister Solly Malatsi. South African fibre network operator Vuma has connected 1 000 schools across South Africa to date, extending broadband access to an estimated 860 000 learners and 40 000 teachers. The milestone was commemorated at Molamo Primary School in Limpopo this week, where government officials, educators and industry stakeholders gathered to reflect on the role of connectivity in shaping the future of education.

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Michael Brink, Chief Technology Officer, CASA Software. The supply chain has possibly never been more topical in the midst of hostilities in the Middle East and reports of a standoff between the US Department of Defence and an AI software development company because the latter is refusing to allow government unfettered access to its AI software.

Standard Bank has provided an update on its data breach. Hackers have publicly released data stolen from Standard Bank, escalating what appears to be a serious cyber security breach and raising urgent concerns over customer privacy and the bank’s digital defences. The big-four bank this week provided an update on the data breach that it disclosed last month. On 23 March, Standard Bank of South Africa communicated that it had identified an incident involving unauthorised access to select data.

The frequency of breaches is rising. (Image source: 123RF) At the pace recorded in the most recent reporting period, South African organisations are experiencing a data breach every three hours. The Information Regulator recorded 2 374 formally reported incidents in the 2024/25 financial year – and the figure rose a further 40% in the months that followed. In the financial sector alone, the average cost of a single breach has reached R70.2 million.

Addressing the AI‑readiness gap in high school. (Image source: 123RF) AI has moved from the exclusive realm of IT into tools your students will use every day: e-mail, office suites, customer service platforms, diagnostics and more. Yet most high school graduation requirements, and many “college and career readiness” pathways, still reflect a pre‑AI world, leaving secondary education leaders to bridge a growing gap between formal standards and everyday reality.