Wits School of Governance
In the newsDigitising national identity is not the solution you think it is
Across Africa, digital identity systems are championed as remedies for public sector inefficiency. However, outsourcing biometric enrolment to private players risks reinforcing…
The ghost in the bureaucracy: When code and algorithms harm citizens
As African governments accelerate the automation of public services, algorithmic errors and biases increasingly harm citizens. State accountability cannot be outsourced to…
Atlehang Molefe
Atlehang Molefe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/atlehang-m-0bb553113/), 27, is part of a new generation of scholars challenging how power, policy and technology shape everyday life.…