‘Unlearning is vital for new teaching skills’20190705172502

‘Unlearning is vital for new teaching skills’

Rose Clemence Shayo A twist in how technology is taught in schools in South Africa, as well as a change in teaching methods, was suggested for teacher...
Call made to ease regulations for 4IR20190705171917

Call made to ease regulations for 4IR

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Jabulile Mbatha  Public sector strategy lead, George Tshesane and Kevin Govender, CIO programme leader led a summit breakaway session on regulation o...
‘Seize the moment to seize future jobs!’20190705165521

‘Seize the moment to seize future jobs!’

Ntombi Mkandhla People need to seize the moment to overcome the threat of unemployment brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.  Profes...
Summit takes SA ‘dreamers’ into the digital future20190705161117

Summit takes SA ‘dreamers’ into the digital future

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Amy Musgrave South Africa’s future as a digitally savvy economy got off to a rocketing start on Friday. The inaugural Digital Economy Summit, hosted...
Jobs will go, but many more will be created – Ramaphosa20190705144838

Jobs will go, but many more will be created – Ramaphosa

Anathi Madubela President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the keynote address at the Digital Economy Summit in Johannesburg today, July 5, in which he expressed ...
MAN vs MACHINE20190705144339

MAN vs MACHINE

What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? Futurists believe that if schools prepare pupils as technologies emerge, there is an opportunity to...
‘Low wages mean high opportunity’, Friedman tells DES20190705134019

‘Low wages mean high opportunity’, Friedman tells DES

Ntombi Mkandhla South Africans could benefit from the Fourth Industrial Revolution if they simultaneously embraced future technologies and the capital...
Huawei aims to help SA get smart20190705133505

Huawei aims to help SA get smart

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Lineo Leteba  Huawei board director Tao Jingwen spoke of the mobile company’s vision of creating a fully connected and smart world at the 4th Indus...
SA’s digital revolution gets under way in Johannesburg20190705131901

SA’s digital revolution gets under way in Johannesburg

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Jabulile Mbatha At the Digital Economy Summit in Midrand today University of Witwatersrand Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib spelled out the object...
4IR revolution ‘must not ignore the poor’20190705131321

4IR revolution ‘must not ignore the poor’

Ntombi Mkandhla Labour and civil society told the Digital Economy Summit today, Friday, July 5, that while they are not opposed to the Fourth Industri...