Category: <span>Voices</span>

Every year, Cannes Lions provides a useful snapshot of where the marketing and advertising industry believes it is headed. The conversations taking place on the Croisette rarely predict the future perfectly, but they often reveal where priorities are shifting, where budgets are moving, and which ideas are gaining traction among brands, agencies, publishers, platforms, and...

A collective perspective from e4’s technology and business leaders The technology sector has inadvertently made its own talent pool smaller by defining “technology careers” too narrowly. Behind every successful digital product are people who understand the customer, manage the finances, shape the product, communicate its value and help people use it. For several of e4’s...

For many South Africans, local government elections rarely inspire the same excitement as national elections. There are no grand presidential races, no massive rallies dominating headlines, and often, very little belief that anything will meaningfully change. That growing frustration is real. A recent survey revealed increasing dissatisfaction with democracy itself, alongside a decline in the...

Hyperclear Tech Group’s ICT manager, Al-Ridhaa Khan, says the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident shows that responsible AI must govern not only what a model says, but also what it can see, reach and do. “At first glance, the OpenAI and Hugging Face security incident reads like a story about how capable artificial intelligence has...

“Within days of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry hearing evidence that suspended Crime Intelligence Major-General Feroz Khan addressed then-IDAC head Advocate Andrea Johnson as “you gorgeous” in WhatsApp messages spanning several years, government moved. Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andy Mothibi announced a six-month “reset” of the Investigating Directorate...

WATCH | Democracy Unplugged In this episode we bring together political leaders and commentators for an unfiltered discussion on one of South Africa’s most pressing and divisive issues; illegal immigration and its ripple effect on governance, crime, economic growth, and the future of the country. Following the events surrounding the March and March protests on...

Every mission eventually becomes whatever it repeatedly practices. If a person, movement or organization is built on creating value, solving problems and improving the lives of others, those habits become stronger over time. However, when a mission is built on hatred, resentment or destruction, it eventually runs into a very different problem because, once the...

More than 82% of global enterprises adopted at least one Everything as a Service (XaaS) model in 2024, driven by accelerated digital transformation across industries. Seen as the natural evolution of cloud computing, XaaS now touches almost every business capability. Yet some organisations still hesitate to embrace it, doubting its value. According to Wayne Yan, CTO at...

South Africa’s technology leaders are navigating one of the most demanding periods in recent memory. Boards are demanding AI capability. Regulators are tightening compliance requirements. Operational costs are rising. And technology budgets, already stretched by rand depreciation and global economic uncertainty, are expected to deliver more than ever before. For CIOs, CTOs, and CFOs trying...

Confidence is not evidence: why backup strategy needs a reality check Nicolas Blank of NBConsult, a division of Cyberlogic, argues that a backup only counts once it has been proven to restore under pressure. Backup, disaster recovery and operational resilience are often used interchangeably in boardroom conversations, but they are three distinct disciplines that each...