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UP professor Vukosi Marivate appointed to UN AI panel
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University of Pretoria professor Vukosi Marivate has expressed pride after being appointed to the UN’s new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence.
The 40-member panel, created in February 2026, brings together experts from around the world to guide the future of AI and help countries manage its impact on education, work and society.
Marivate will draw on his experience leading the African Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and co-founding an Africa-centric AI research and product lab, which develops AI tools for African languages, to ensure the continent's perspectives are included.
He says he looks forward to sharing experiences from across Africa and learning from the insights of his fellow panellists.
The 40-member panel, created in February 2026, brings together experts from around the world to guide the future of AI and help countries manage its impact on education, work and society.
Marivate will draw on his experience leading the African Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and co-founding an Africa-centric AI research and product lab, which develops AI tools for African languages, to ensure the continent's perspectives are included.
He says he looks forward to sharing experiences from across Africa and learning from the insights of his fellow panellists.
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Dullstroom students gain hands-on robotics and coding lab
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Learners at a secondary school in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, are getting hands-on experience in robotics and coding thanks to a new laboratory donated by the Shoprite foundation.
Learners are building robots, writing code and experimenting with technology, discovering skills that could open doors to future careers.
Teachers say the students are excited, curious, and more confident, seeing how technology can turn ideas into real-world projects.
Shoprite Foundation Director, Maude Modise says the initiative intends to close the digital divide, and prepare learners and teachers for the evolving digital world:
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Learners are building robots, writing code and experimenting with technology, discovering skills that could open doors to future careers.
Teachers say the students are excited, curious, and more confident, seeing how technology can turn ideas into real-world projects.
Shoprite Foundation Director, Maude Modise says the initiative intends to close the digital divide, and prepare learners and teachers for the evolving digital world:
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WALKING the Talk Foundation completes 2 community projects in Durban
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WALKING the Talk Foundation in Amanzimtoti Durban, in partnership with leading manufacturer Macsteel, has completed two community projects since the start of the year.
Fourteen security gates were sponsored and installed at local schools to improve safety.
The foundation and Macsteel also donated a one-month supply of nappies to Shepherd’s Keep, which cares for HIV-positive babies.
The projects make schools safer and give vulnerable children the support they need.
Fourteen security gates were sponsored and installed at local schools to improve safety.
The foundation and Macsteel also donated a one-month supply of nappies to Shepherd’s Keep, which cares for HIV-positive babies.
The projects make schools safer and give vulnerable children the support they need.
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The Rand is trading at 16.79 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 5,150.28 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 71,467.00.
The Rand is trading at 16.79 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 5,150.28 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 71,467.00.
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