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​Bogosi Sekhukhuni: Mxit, mythology and new knowledge in the digital age

Sekhukhuni aims to amend the pan-African agenda and shift its focus to spiritual development.

Help’s at hand for connected moms

Simple phone services are stepping in to help women who can’t seek clinical advice in person.

Why social network surveys don’t necessarily reflect the views of SA’s youth

Do social network surveys accurately reflect the views of SA’s youth? And are the media being critical enough when electing to publish their findings?

MXit meets the movies

The producers of "A Lucky Man" hope that previewing the film on the social media app will encourage young people to discuss the issues it tackles.

Alan Knott-Craig is looking to Africa to build his company

Dream warrior on a mission

Avatars, warriors, wizards, whizz-kids, mavericks and dreamers, meet the man who is moving Mxit into emerging markets.

Searching for privacy

Searching for privacy

You could almost feel sorry for Google’s management team lately, writes <b>Alistair Fairweather</b>. Almost.

Is MXit worth the money?

Alan Knott-Craig Jnr is looking for attention. He wants so much of it, that he’s just bought the attention of 40-million people in 120 countries.

Naspers sells stakes in MXit

Naspers has sold its 30% stake in the mobile instant messenger, MXit, to technology investment firm World of Avatar for an undisclosed amount.

SA mobile ad revenue R1-billion by 2012

Vodacom, MXit and Google have predicted that mobile marketing and advertising spend in South Africa will grow to R1-billion by 2012.

Learning the MXit way

Grade 12 learners struggling to understand their teachers now have an unexpected lifeline — their mobile phones.

Mastering maths with MXit

Dr Math, first started in 2007 in North West, was recently upgraded at NMMU through the master’s studies of its inventor Dr Laurie Butgereit.

Digital content may seem harmless but children are being commodified and South Africa’s legal framework has not evolved to include the digital economy.

Children at risk of online bullying

Research shows that parents do not know how to protect kids using the internet.

WHO uses Mxit and JamiiX in disaster management

WHO has turned to mobile instant messaging and social networks MXit and JamiiX to prepare communities in southeast Asia for disaster management.

Young, urban and hooked on MXit

Forget about Twitter and Facebook. All you need is a phone and an app and you’re networked. <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> reports

MXit captivates young cellphone users

While South Africa’s teachers were on strike in September, volunteers used the country’s largest social network to help students prepare for exams.

Youth prefer Madiba to Obama as chat room buddy

More youths would prefer Nelson Mandela as their chat room buddy than United States President Barack Obama, a mobile social network said on Wednesday.

1 001 uses for a cellphone

Own up, if — high up among your cellphone’s utilities — you treasure its status as a fashion accessory.