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Online allyship: a broken game of do like I do

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 17 Jun 2020

The idea of displaying solidarity by posting a black square on Instagram hijacked the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag with a performative display of allyship

Quiet contemplation this Easter

Article Mail Guardian Online Reporter - 8 Apr 2020

From church services over WhatsApp to eating with family and listening to chilled music over Instagram, South Africa is going to have a very different long weekend, grounded in sharing and caring

Get your quarantine on — the best in virtual entertainment

Article Kwanele Sosibo & Zaza Hlalethwa - 30 Mar 2020

With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually represented but there, nonetheless.

Wear the weight of emotions

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 12 Mar 2020

With vulnerability being the work's primary reference, the ceramic jewellery made and designed by Githan Coopoo is more than adornment

Floods in Ireland: A postcard from the edge of the climate crisis

Analysis Sipho Kings - 28 Feb 2020

It seems that politicians aren’t paying attention to the floods, fires and droughts spinning our world out of control

A first step towards the future

Article Cayleigh Bright And & James Nash - 25 Oct 2019

5G, the Internet of Things, geospatial technology and what underpins smart cities

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Video stars: Russian child bloggers score millions of ‘likes’

Article Anna Malpas - 23 Oct 2019

Liza Anokhina was 11 when people started recognising her in the street. Now a year older, she is one of Russia’s most...

Beware the fake news soldiers

Africa Aliyu Dahiru Aliyu - 16 Aug 2019

As social media use rises in Nigeria, so does abuse of these platforms

Folau’s social media in mystery shutdown

Article Agency - 12 Aug 2019

The former Wallaby launched legal action against Rugby Australia earlier this month, demanding an apology, compensation and the right to play again

The age of the feminist influencer

Article Jessica Horn - 12 Aug 2019

One African feminist's view on how social media clout chasing has stalled progressive politics

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Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots

Article Amal Jayasinghe - 13 May 2019

Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said

WhatsApp: Cibiyar farfaganda a lokacin zaben Nijeriya

Africa Idayat Hassan & Jamie Hitchen - 18 Apr 2019

Kafofin sada zumunta sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a zaben Nijeriya da ya gabata.

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‘Long overdue’: Facebook bans white nationalism on its platforms

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Mar 2019

Social network extends ban on hate speech to prohibit promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism

Online nude, offline problem

Article Kagure Mugo - 18 Jan 2019

Send the pic, but take measures to prevent more exposure than you wanted

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Predatory Facebook is an illusory friend that uses you

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Jan 2019

It finds out all about you without your knowledge, to control you for its profit

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No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

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SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs