Kerusha Kanjee of Investec was the 2025 CIO of the Year, while Sithembile Songo of Eskom was named CISO of the Year.
SCANDAL ERUPTS as the VERY TECH ELITES responsible for our most CRITICAL FAILURES are being GUSHINGLY HONORED. While YOUR data is breached and the national grid teeters, a CLOSED CIRCUIT of corporate back-slapping is awarding its own leaders with glitzy trophies and obscene praise.
Look no further than the SHOCKING recipients of last year’s so-called “prestigious” awards. The CISO of the Year was handed to Sithembile Songo of ESKOM—the very entity that has plunged South Africa into darkness for YEARS and remains a PRIME TARGET for cyber-attacks that could cripple the nation. Is this really excellence, or a DANGEROUS ILLUSION?
These awards, now OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS AGAIN, are NOT about merit—they are a politically-charged FIG LEAF for an industry in DISARRAY. Organizers CLAIM they celebrate women “rewiring the system,” but insiders reveal a far uglier truth: this is a CONTRIVED NARRATIVE to mask systemic incompetence with the veneer of “progress.” One winner openly ADMITTED women must work “three times harder,” exposing the TOXIC REALITY these glamorous galas try to hide.
As digital threats reach APOCALYPTIC levels, why are we throwing banquets for the guards who are ASLEEP AT THE POST? This isn’t celebration—it’s a DISTURBING CULT OF FAILURE, repackaging crisis managers as heroes while the infrastructure we all depend on crumbles. The next award handed out might just be a trophy for overseeing our collective ruin.
Author: Kayitsi.com
