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President Ramaphosa has announced the establishment of his Commission on the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). According to the press release “the 30-member Commission comprises eminent persons from different sectors of society and reflects a balance in gender, youth, labour and business including digital start-ups as well as digital entrepreneurships”. The members are: Prof Tshilidzi Marwala (Deputy…
In March the Cabinet approved the new White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). This new roadmap, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), identifies the fourth industrial revolution as a key focus, placing STI at the centre of the country’s development agenda. Last September, DST put out the draft policy document for public…
In the run-up to the SA Elections next month, concern has been expressed over the use of fake news and trolls to influence the results. After all Cambridge Analytica, before it filed for bankruptcy last year, admitted to the US Senate that it had experimented successfully on its ability to influence elections, testing in a…
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