🔴 #SocialMediaSummit4Gov 🔴 "You can't digitise incompetence" ~ Dr Sandile Mbatha NationalCoGTA 🇿🇦

The team from @youknow_digital are sharing great insights on why Government should proactively monitor social media keywords . X is dominating the News category #SocialMediaSummit4Gov

The IOL News Editor in Chief Lance Witten at #SocialMediaSummit4Gov: “Be where audiences are. WhatsApp users and most engaged. Create content specifically tailored to AI crawlers, because Search engines are now Answer Engines.”

Day 1 Breakaway — Civic Tech (hosted by Futurelect ) This session focused on how digital tools can make it easier for citizens to connect with the government and be heard. What civic tech solutions today show promise for meaningful engagement, not just fancy apps, but tools

To every comms professional who made the 3rd annual #SocialMediaSummit4Gov - THANK YOU! 🙏🏾 Your passion, insights & commitment to meaningful citizen engagement inspire us all. Grateful to our partners, sponsors & co-hosts, Uni. of Johannesburg. Let’s keep driving real change!

Give this man money Spotify don’t play games. No enca. No DSTV. The man has a PhD from Oxford and is cooking on the microphone.

Will AI wipe out programmer jobs in SA? Not so simple. On POWER987News with Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, I discussed why AI tools can help, but local context, language & problem-solving still need people. We need to build African AI, not just fear change. Listen: omny.fm/shows/powertal…

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We gathered in Kigali 🌍 for the 2025 Deep Learning Indaba. Nearly 3,000 applied, 1,294 joined in person, 400 virtually. 6 days of AI research, debate, teaching & learning. From 300 in 2017 → to a pan-African Baobab tree. 🌳 #DLI2025 Deep Learning Indaba

Oh Tshidi! Why do the excellent ones leave us so soon? Rest easy Headgirl Ye Country. ❤️😭

A must watch. In his inaugural lecture, Prof. Vukosi Marivate 🇿🇦🚀📊 reflects on his research journey, developing techniques to handle data scarcity, advancing open datasets, and creating adaptable models that evolve with languages and communities.

Apartheid spatial planning continues to live with us. Requiring both municipalities and residents to work to undo this.

Interesting read. Is anyone else uncomfortable with Offshore ownership of these local businesses?

HAVE YOUR SAY The Ad Hoc committee to investigate allegations made by LT Mkhwanazi invites individuals and organisations to make written submission on matters pertinent to the scope of the enquiry

Hey Future Leaders! Don’t let money stand between you and your dreams. 🎓 The NSFAS 2026 applications are OPEN! 💡 If you’re planning to study at a public university or TVET college in 2026, this is YOUR chance to secure funding for tuition, accommodation & more. ✅ Apply

(1/3) The beleaguered Sundays River Local Municipality is now appearing before Parliament of RSA's joint oversight delegation and EC Legislature. For the past 7 financial years up to and incl 2023/24, the Auditor-General South Africa has issued disclaimer audit opinions. SABC News Radio eNCA

Just wrapped an insightful #WEF Global Future Councils meeting in Dubai with the Data Frontiers Council. Great to meet the team in person after months online & bring perspectives from Africa & low-resource contexts. Themes: synthetic data, AI governance & AI sovereignty.

Cape Town International. Public. Health. Emergency.