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Digital Divide

Equity is needed in SA’s education system
Opinion
/ 21 January 2025

Equity is needed in SA’s education system

Congratulations to the matric class of 2024, but systemic changes are needed to create a fair and just education system

By Heloise Sathorar
e-Services in South Africa exacerbate inequality through digital barriers
Thought Leader
/ 20 October 2024

e-Services in South Africa exacerbate inequality through digital barriers

Challenges detract from technology’s potential to allow users to engage with structures of political and public life, leaving many without a say

By Mmabatho Mongae
How data analytics can transform Africa’s marketing landscape
Partner Content
/ 23 April 2024

How data analytics can transform Africa’s marketing landscape

The human touch is essential to bring an understanding of what is being analysed

By Idea Hive
Future-proof your career: Advice for school leavers
Partner Content
/ 26 January 2024

Future-proof your career: Advice for school leavers

Learn how technology impacts your sector, and how you can use it to advance your career

By Jamaine Krige
Free internet for over 300 schools
Partner Content
/ 20 June 2023

Free internet for over 300 schools

Cool Schools initiative provides fibre connectivity to hundreds of schools across SA

By Special Reports
South Africa must bridge digital divide to best benefit from 4IR
Opinion
/ 10 November 2022

South Africa must bridge digital divide to best benefit from 4IR

Most of SA’s youth will be left behind without investment in technology and infrastructure to support online learning from basic education up

By Naledi Ngqambela
All players need to work together to help girls cross the digital divide
Education
/ 6 June 2022

All players need to work together to help girls cross the digital divide

The hard lockdown imposed two years ago showed how difficult it is for girls and young women in poorly resourced areas to learn online

By Zoe Duby
OPINION | Education must invest in technology to future-proof the workforce
Opinion
/ 30 May 2022

OPINION | Education must invest in technology to future-proof the workforce

EdTech can provide badly needed return on money and resources country has put into education.

By Nyari Samushonga
South Africa gets R14.4 billion in spectrum sale to MTN, Telkom
Business
/ 22 March 2022

South Africa gets R14.4 billion in spectrum sale to MTN, Telkom

Sale of mobile telecommunication spectrum is ‘a significant milestone in our reform agenda’ — Ramaphosa

By Eunice Masson
Court rules matric results will be published in the media
Education
/ 18 January 2022

Court rules matric results will be published in the media

Court grants AfriForum’s application to compel the department of basic education to publish matric results in newspapers and online platforms

By Marcia Zali
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’: Everyone goes to the mall
Friday
/ 29 October 2021

‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’: Everyone goes to the mall

‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’, on show as part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme, hopes to alter the way art lovers view Johannesburg — and photography

By Thato Mogotsi
We owe it to our children to bridge the digital divide
Opinion
/ 2 October 2021

We owe it to our children to bridge the digital divide

Ubiquitous internet access will improve social cohesion and economic inclusion

By Simo Mkhize
Technology is a double-edged sword
Opinion
/ 12 February 2021

Technology is a double-edged sword

As the fourth industrial revolution and Covid co-conspire to flip the world of work upside down, technology has the potential to address our inequalities, or deepen them

By Saurabh Sinha, Angina Parekh and Tshilidzi Marwala
Africa’s digital transformation risks becoming trapped in geopolitical competition
Africa
/ 8 February 2021

Africa’s digital transformation risks becoming trapped in geopolitical competition

As China and the West battle it out for control of Africa’s physical and virtual digital infrastructure, the continent needs to assert its own voice

By Faten Aggad
Political parties move online but risk losing inclusivity
Opinion
/ 30 January 2021

Political parties move online but risk losing inclusivity

Did the Democratic Alliance’s 2020 virtual Federal Congress achieve equal access, and what does the move to digital politics mean for the upcoming elections?

By Zaakir Jardine
Teaching cannot live on technology alone
Opinion
/ 17 November 2020

Teaching cannot live on technology alone

The assumption of digital fluency for staff and students threatens a socially just education system

By Karin Wolff
How to create a new and better normal in the education sector
Education
/ 9 November 2020

How to create a new and better normal in the education sector

The education sector should use the opportunity of Covid-19 to address its challenges strategically

By Lance Katz
Leading others in a time of crisis
Opinion
/ 25 June 2020

Leading others in a time of crisis

Like other sectors, higher education should continue to respond optimally to the coronavirus and map out a new path

By Tshilidzi Marwala
Technology can uplift world’s ‘bottom billion’
Analysis
/ 23 November 2018

Technology can uplift world’s ‘bottom billion’

Technology is often oversold as either a panacea for the world’s problems or a curse inflicting disruption and displacement on the most vulnerable

By Staff Reporter
The council of Icasa: towards an inclusive digital society
Article
/ 16 March 2018

The council of Icasa: towards an inclusive digital society

The commodification of the internet is an infringement of poor people’s constitutional right to access information

By Sfiso Atomzo Buthelezi
​The digital age erases the divide between humans and objects
Analysis
/ 6 January 2017

​The digital age erases the divide between humans and objects

Africa, with its ancient conceptions of the relations between being and matter, is fertile ground for digital technologies.

By Achille Mbembe
Digital death planning for dummies
Article
/ 10 May 2012

Digital death planning for dummies

What happens to your life on the internet when you pass away? Qudsiya Karrim explores the options.

By Qudsiya Karrim
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Article
/ 30 March 2011

India’s digital divide worst among Brics

Indians are missing out on the digital revolution as the poor lack internet access despite having one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

By Rupam Jain Nair

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