ITWeb Honours SA’s Top CIOs of 2026 | ITWeb Tech Headlines, 19 - 24 October 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Transnet group CIO Pandelani Munyai and Absa's Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms, were named the top public and private sector CIOs at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2026, with Sanlam's Theo Mabaso receiving an honourable mention.
The ICT services firm says Transnet’s appeal has no merit, insisting the court’s scathing judgement confirms Transnet’s lack of readiness.
The court finds that Transnet launched its application prematurely and without having met its own contractual obligations with Gijima.
Recognising excellence in the public sector, the handpicked candidates for Brainstorm’s award have been announced.
The company completes a private cloud data centre in Durban and a colocation facility in partnership with Vodacom.
The company migrates from ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA, modernising its core systems to boost efficiency amid mounting port delays and backlogs.
Six companies submit bids for the SA Connect tender, but Telkom is notably absent from the bidding process.