Migrant labour in the digital age exploited
Brazil and India are starting to win gains for ‘platform’ workers such as delivery riders. Unions in South African must support similar struggles
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The classroom must adapt for Generation Alpha
Teachers must ensure mental health and create relevance for children of the digital age who know about identity diversity, global crises and an uncertain world
The classroom must adapt for Generation Alpha
Teachers must ensure mental health and create relevance for children of the digital age who know about identity diversity, global crises and an uncertain world
Unlocking Africa’s digital potential: Addressing challenges and charting a path forward
By addressing investment challenges, improving infrastructure, reforming regulations, and nurturing talent, we can unlock Africa’s digital potential
Kenya government’s digital tyranny is working – for now
With remarkable creativity, Kenyans used technology to organise nationwide protests. The state’s digital response has been equally remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons
Quantify news to ensure credibility in a disinformation age
Innovative solutions are needed to meet the rise and spread of fake news in Africa
Busting the myths about online schooling
If only the zeal that went into fighting Covid-19 could be applied to drug-resistant bacteria which pose a major threat on the continent
London’s changed – including the climate
The local shops have been replaced by chain stores, the skyline has new features, the digital age stops communication and the green parks are dry and brown
Achille Mbembe: The universal right to breathe
‘Modernity has been an interminable war on life. And it is far from over.’ We need to start anew; reclaim the oxygen that belongs to all on Earth
The Portfolio: ByLwansta
Hip-hop artist ByLwansta adopts a multidisciplinary approach to story-telling by making use of visual cues to reinforce the ideas that he puts forward sonically
Journalism in the era of influencers
The proliferation of sponsored content is streamlining ethics on social media platforms
France passes law taxing digital giants in defiance of US anger
The new law aims at plugging a taxation gap that has seen some internet heavyweights paying next to nothing in countries where they make huge profits.
Prepare for tax in digital economy
Foreign digital services and products have skirted taxation in SA — but that’s all about to change
Online site a new model for journalism
The Africa Is a Country website offers a rich mix of news, comment and analysis about the continent
What does blue-ticking mean for building trust?
How has our digital communication affected our relationship to the concept of seeing each other’s humanity?
Soundscapes of a war zone
Multimedia internet artist centres black, queer and trans youth in our post-apartheid imagination
Black? A woman? Read why you’re more likely to be a victim of online trolls
Are social media algorithms designed to prey the mental health of women and people of colour?
Ramaphosa floats the idea of an ‘African bitcoin’
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he fully supports calls for a single African currency— and that maybe it should be digital
How kids in a low-income country use laptop —lessons from Madagascar
Laptops have introduced the children of Nosy Komba in Madagascar to previously inaccessible tools
African governments leave women out of digital revolution
Despite governments having collected over $400-million to provide universal connectivity, women remain unconnected from the internet.
Letters to the editor: November 24 to 30
Readers write in about racism and digital education
@Noksangoma explains the five types of spirits you may not have known about
Sangoma Nokulinda Mkhize analyses the ancestors found in Southern African bloodlines.
YouTube sees its future driven by small screens
YouTube was, for the first half of its history, a service for watching online videos on your computer. What’s in store for the next 10 years?
Addressing hate speech in African digital media
Across Africa in recent years, cycles of xenophobia, ethnic hatred and homophobia have sometimes degenerated into deadly spasms of violence.
Tech-savvy tourists get a raw deal in SA
Country has to jack up its wi-fi connectivity and tourism businesses need to spruce up their websites if they hope to attract sophisticated tourists.
Teaching teachers technology
Teachers have been given the chance to to be behind a desk with the latest gadgets in hand – at a technology conference designed especially for them.
Mapping the future
Survey finds that small and medium businesses as well as corporates use digital mapping as one of the tools to drive smarter business decisions.
Digital death planning for dummies
What happens to your life on the internet when you pass away? Qudsiya Karrim explores the options.
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Media industry ‘failing’ on digital distribution
A global study shows nine in 10 executives of media and entertainment companies aren’t prepared to seize opportunities of digital technologies.
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Thinking outside the inbox
Charlotte Bauer’s best Digital Age experience last week was seeing the Google Maps car — cruising down her street as she came out of her driveway.
