News Bulletin of 16 August 2025, 10am

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UP Ranked 1st in South Africa for AI Research
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The University of Pretoria has been ranked first in South Africa and second in Africa for artificial intelligence research, according to the latest EduRank higher education rankings.

The analysis is based on over 61-thousand-200 academic papers and 969-thousand citations from 24 South African universities.

The university’s professor Sunil Maharaj says the ranking confirms the institution’s role as a leader in developing AI technologies that are impactful, ethical and relevant.
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City of Tshwane invests R304 Million to upgrade its customer care centres
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The City of Tshwane has allocated R304 Million to upgrade customer care centres across the city.
The investment will be used to improve infrastructure, enhance staff training and customer services to reduce waiting times and fast track queries.

Municipality officials encourage residents to use the call centres for billing arrangements and other municipal services.

The City says the upgrades are aimed at strengthening service delivery and improve communication between the municipality and residents.
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Durban hosts 3rd Next Generation of Aviation Professionals Global Summit
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Aviation leaders from around the world gathered in Durban this week, for the 3rd Next Generation of Aviation Professionals Global Summit.

The summit comes in response to aviation’s growing need for a qualified, inclusive and future-ready workforce, in order to support long-term growth and resilience across the sector.

Through its role in the Single African Air Transport Market initiative, South Africa is expected to contribute to job creation across the continent, with nearly 600,000 jobs forecast to be generated in Africa alone.
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OpenAI Introduces GPT-5
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OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5, its most advanced AI system to date, engineered to deliver expert-level performance across a wide spectrum of tasks.

The new model boasts state-of-the-art capabilities in coding, mathematics, writing, healthcare, visual perception and more.

At the heart of GPT-5’s innovation is a real-time routing system that intelligently directs requests to either a fast-response model or a more powerful “thinking” model, depending on the user’s instructions.
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