Auditor-General of South Africa chief technology officer Phila Ndarana has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards.

CIO South Africa recently caught up with Vinoliah Martin, chief technology officer at PwC South African Technology and Innovation Centre (SATIC), and here is what she shared about her role.

CIO South Africa recently caught up with Mahendra Beharie, an IT executive at DHL Express, and here is what he shared about his role.

Gauteng’s top IT executives have revealed that their leadership roles in the Fifth Industrial Revolution demand significantly more agility than it did three years ago.

Development Bank of Southern Africa CTO Kholeka Tsotsotso has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards.

Dr Eugene Wessels turned a school floppy disc into a prosperous career. Today, as group chief technology officer of King Price Insurance, he is navigating the most disruptive technological moment of his career, while still making Sunday-night toasted sandwiches for his family.

Following the grand opening of the Nutun AI Operations Centre on 18 June in Sandton, group CTIO Hans Zachar unpacks the gruelling two-year backend modernisation journey required to bring an agentic AI debt collector to life.

JobJack chief technology officer Gerhard De Wet has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards.

For Youth Day, CIO South Africa posed two questions to IT executives. In response, technology executive Vinoliah Martin, Multichoice / Canal Plus group executive for information and digital technology Maggie Matsie and W&R SETA CIO Barnabas Masekwameng look back at their younger selves and share their advice for the post-digital generation.

CIO South Africa recently caught up with Multichoice Africa / Canal Plus group executive for information and digital technology Maggie Matsie, who unpacks mum guilt, Enneagram 8 leadership, and why you should never delegate what you haven’t mastered.

Dr Bongani Andy Mabaso has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards for his role as group CTO at Altron.

The SABC has announced the permanent appointment of Dr Vuyo Nyembezi as group executive for technology.

Sne Dlamini has stepped into the role of group chief information and digital officer at Sasol, bringing a 20-year track record of leading large-scale transformations to the organisation.

With more than two decades of IT and delivery leadership across banking, insurance and financial services, Zakiyya Cassimjee steps into a new role as IT executive at Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa.

During the recent CIO Day held in Johannesburg, IT executives identified the real “agility imperative” as more human, reflective and structurally adaptive leadership.

In addition to agility in the age of AI, industry leaders at the recent 2026 CIO Day in Johannesburg explored the partnership between tech and finance chiefs.

South Africa's top IT chiefs and tech gurus gathered in Johannesburg at the 2026 CIO Day to unpack how AI, governance and evolving C‑suite partnerships are reshaping leadership, risk, and digital transformation across South African enterprises.

IT leaders shared blunt assessments about their experiences with AI at the 2026 CIO Day, calling for a more deliberate approach to AI in software development and using the technology as a “power tool for skilled engineers” rather than a crutch for inexperience.

On 15 April, some of South Africa’s most influential technology leaders gathered at 180 Lounger where rooftop views set the scene for candid conversations about how CIOs are embedding purpose, trust and human impact directly into their technology decisions.