Inquiry-based chemistry training for west coast natural sciences teacher
/ 22 April 2026

Inquiry-based chemistry training for west coast natural sciences teacher

Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company (AK NPC) has continued its professional development programme for Natural Sciences educators in the West Coast Education District of the Western Cape. This initiative is supported through a partnership between AK NPC, the Garden Cities Archway Foundation (GCAF), and the Western Cape Education Department (WCED). The second-term CAPS curriculum for Natural […]

Right of Reply: Andile Mngxitama
/ 22 April 2026

Right of Reply: Andile Mngxitama

We buried a young black man with heavy hearts. The two collected prizes drenched in the blood of a black man. That is what stands out in our minds when we see them. Justice for our brother is still outstanding. As we say in isiXhosa, ityala aliboli!

Burkina Faso is right to regulate NGOs
/ 22 April 2026

Burkina Faso is right to regulate NGOs

The West does not have a moral claim over African security. African states retain the right to choose partners according to their own historical interests. A multipolar world means nothing if African states must still ask Western permission before selecting allies, building armies, nationalising resources, regulating NGOs or rejecting political models that serve foreign capital more than African people

Ocean Basket launches its most ambitious digital transformation: a behavioural platform that puts the customer at the centre of everything   
/ 21 April 2026

Ocean Basket launches its most ambitious digital transformation: a behavioural platform that puts the customer at the centre of everything   

Ocean Basket is launching a mobile app that redefines what a restaurant brand can know about its customers, and what it can do with that knowledge. The platform brings together direct delivery, a reimagined loyalty programme, and a real-time engagement layer into a single owned environment, built on first-party data and designed around how customers […]

Huawei makes the case for AI-ready optical networks at OptiX Club 2026
/ 21 April 2026

Huawei makes the case for AI-ready optical networks at OptiX Club 2026

As AI adoption accelerates, organisations are rethinking the network infrastructure required to support data-intensive workload. Against this backdrop, Huawei’s OptiX Club 2026, hosted in Johannesburg focused on the role of optical networks in enabling faster, smarter digital environments. The event brought together more than 120 customers, partners and industry stakeholders to explore how AI is […]

Black industrialisation needs a financing floor, not a ceiling
/ 21 April 2026

Black industrialisation needs a financing floor, not a ceiling

South Africa’s industrial policy debate often revolves around targets – ownership thresholds, localisation quotas, supplier development metrics and transformation scorecards. These are the ceilings of the system: visible, measurable and politically resonant. What receives far less attention is the floor. According to Thabo Moodie, chief operations officer at Oricred, the recurring fragility of Black industrial […]