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Fleeing: Media is urged to stop calling white South Africans who relocated to United States ‘refugees’.

SA’s moral, technical high ground upends unipolar narrative

The “white genocide” narrative works inside this wider machinery. It racialises South Africa’s internal contradictions for foreign consumption. It turns a country struggling with…

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Robots and real voices at upcoming Singularity Summit

15+ New Speakers announced highlighting the power of women in AI and explores robotics shaping the real world As the Singularity South Africa Summit 2025 draws nearer, the…

New modes of digital literacy are just as important as traditional literacy. Photo: File

Beyond the hype: How to prepare teachers for the coding and robotics era

Embracing new ways can be overwhelming for in-service teachers if adequate training and support are not provided

New modes of digital literacy are just as important as traditional literacy. Photo: File

Building the next generation: How coding and robotics can transform SA classrooms

The basic education department has announced the addition of coding and robotics to the school curricula but many have questioned whether under-resourced schools can effectively…

An open mindset towards continuous learning is essential says Ke Yu, Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg.

SA’s youth and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Adaptability is an essential strategy for success in a tech-driven world

Jeff, a robot programmed in English and Swahili to aid persons with disabilities in Africa. Photo : Sheila Mwalili

Self-taught Kenyan cousins invent bio-robotic prosthetic limbs

These young robotics wizards are on a mission to give limbs to the disabled

William Kamkwamba defied the odds by using technology to solve social problems that help eradicate hunger and poverty and raise living standards. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Africa America Institute)

The ability to solve social and economic problems in Africa using technology is real

Africa, which has millions of people using mobile financial services and a young population who are radical adopters and innovators in everything digital, has huge potential to…

Graphic: John McCann

OPINION| How can innovation and technology address social exclusion, equity and poverty?

The need for more research and teaching on innovation and not just research and teaching in innovation is gaining traction

Kasi kids who love to build robots

The JumpStart programme is giving primary schoolchildren a masterclass in artificial intelligence (and they’re loving it)

AI needs a body to develop a sense of self. (Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock)

Why AI needs a physical body to reach its full potential

Robots will have to learn from scratch, like babies, if they are to have a sense of self and proper social interactions

Mighty tiny: At 15mm long, the RoBeetle is the smallest and lightest crawling microrobot there is. It doesn’t require batteries and weighs in at just 88mg, but can carry more than twice its own weight. Photo: ASML

Beyond batteries: Beetle bots

A tiny robot is vaping methanol to power up its artificial muscles and punch above its weight

(John McCann/M&G)

Miss Rona’s teaching the 4IR lessons

Schooling is stuck in the 1950s, but technology must be blended with the basics of education

Graphic: John McCann

Cooper, the grocery assistant with AI, gives concierge service

The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that there is not a part of our lives that will not be affected by the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution.

Artist David Phume at his home/lab in Bryanston. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The Portfolio: David Phume

Animator, roboticist and artist David Phume is on a mission to show that technology is not just for the geniuses in Silicon Valley

Grant Bodley is MEA chief executive at Dimension Data

Dimension Data will be a monolithic company

The longest-standing ICT brand on the continent and South Africa is restructuring

Michaela Voller, chief HR executive at Dimension Data

Transforming for the Future

Dimension Data turns employee careers into worthwhile experiences with tools, technology and now robotics

Just like dung beetles

Ready, steady, navigate AI – like a dung beetle

Dung beetles use different directional sensors to achieve the highest possible navigational precision in difficult conditions

Travelmate designed the device to roll at a pace that matches that of the user

Robo-cases to roll travellers into the future

‘​Self-driving cars may take a while to arrive, but the self-driving suitcase is here now’

The future’s now: The shop floor robot has arms that are changed for different functions.

The continent enters the Robot Age

Robots are for the repetitive work where having a human operator adds no value to the process – but mass unemployment looms

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a cyborg in the Terminator movies.

​Nanotechnology may one day unlock a mind trapped in the body

Advances are slowly being made. But is it the machine or the brain making the connections?