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A record 98.31% of Grade 12 learners passed the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations administered by the Independent Examinations Board

IEB records 98.31% pass rate in 2025 matric exams

Nearly nine in 10 of Grade 12 learners who wrote examinations administered by the Independent Examinations Board qualified to study for a university degree

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) wants the Competition Commission to impose an unassailable obligation on Google, Meta and X to give more prominence to trustworthy news content on their platforms. (Photo Illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Reporters Without Borders wants big techs to give more prominence to trustworthy news content on platforms

The media freedom group said a provisional report by the Competition Commission in February ‘clearly recognises journalism’s value in the content circulating on online platforms’

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Louise Coetzer’s work autoplay — Africa’s first AI opera — explores the intersection between human creativity and machine learning and where it could lead, with a soundscape featuring Inge Beckmann.

Dancing with the machine: autoplay and the future of AI-driven art

Louise Coetzer flirted with the enemy to create experimental dance-opera autoplay. But her message is one of resistance

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Zuko Mdwaba, Salesforce area vice president – Africa and South Africa

To realise the promise of AI in Africa, we need to make AI work for workers

The AI-powered future of work isn’t just about efficiency, it’s about employee experience

4 min read
South African law needs to develop and quickly catch up with the risks that generative AI poses so that we can safely exploit the far-reaching benefits and opportunities it offers.

Digital replicas: The double-edged sword of generative AI

South African law needs to deal with the dangers of generative AI so we can safely take advantage of its benefits

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
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South African AI group files complaint against LinkedIn for data use without consent

The SA Artificial Intelligence Association said that LinkedIn may be breaching the Protection of Personal Information Act by collecting local user data for training of AI models

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
The Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (Satnac) concluded its 26th edition with a call to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to drive inclusive growth across the continent.

AI must be harnessed to drive inclusive growth across Africa, conference hears

Industry experts at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference called for a ‘human-centred’ approach to digital transformation

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read

AI and the synergy between established corporate entities and start-ups

Everyone can benefit from using artificial intelligence, if we are not intimidated by it

  • Derek Davey
2 min read