
CIO South Africa will kick off the community’s 2026 calendar at the Sandton Hotel with a gathering designed to inspire IT leaders and set the tone for the year ahead. The Johannesburg CIO Summit will explore how data, AI, cloud, networks and people are coming together to deliver business value.
The 2025 Johannesburg CIO Summit focused on transformative trends. This year, on 12 February at the Sandton Hotel, the focus shifts to how technology leaders can integrate emerging technologies with the human element under the theme Connected Intelligence.
The summit will spark practical but thought provoking discussions on how AI, data, networks and cloud are shaping…
Film Industry: The South African film industry has gained international recognition,
with films like “Tsotsi” and “The Gods Must Be Crazy” receiving critical acclaim.

Slacker Cat
A South African, an Australian and an Englishman are all having a drink
The Englishman and South African both drink from Pint Glasses, the Australian from a bottle.
The South African, upon draining his glass, drops in back down on the bar, pulls out a pistol, and shoots the glass.
\”In South Africa, there is so much sand that I never drink from the same glass twice!\”
The Australian, having drained his bottle, sets it down upon the bar and, upon seizing the South African\’s pistol, shoots his bottle.
\”In Australia, there is so much booze that I never drink from the same brand twice!\”
The Englishman, likewise having drained his glass, sets his glass upon the table, seizes the pistol the pistol from the Australian, and shoots the South African and the Australian, quite dead.
\”In England, there are so many of you bastards that I never drink with the same two twice!\”
shady lady
Saudi Arabia: You have two cows. Because they are not allowed to be around bulls.