Tsakane Informer

  SHAHEEN KHAN | Senior Lecturer, Regent Business School | RESEARCH | 25 August 2026 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer an emerging technology confined to research laboratories or technology companies. It has become an integral part of managerial decision-making across organisations worldwide, including South Africa. According to PwC’s Africa Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey (2025), 91% of South African senior executives who used AI during the previous year reported that it had improved the quality of their work, while 64% of employees across Africa reported using AI in the workplace, exceeding the global average of 54%. These statistics demonstrate that AI has moved beyond experimentation and is becoming embedded in everyday business practice.   What has not kept pace, however, is the development of AI literacy, governance and critical evaluation skills required to ensure that AI-assisted decisions remain accurate, ethical and accountable. The public debate surroundi...

  KEAN BROOM , Headmaster of Treverton College | EDUCATION | 24 August 2026   There are mountain bike races, and then there is the Nuvo Wild Ride — an epic coastal mountain bike adventure that takes riders along the rugged and beautiful stretch of Eastern Cape coastline between Morgan’s Bay and Umngazi River Bungalows. Perhaps “race” is the wrong word. The Wild Ride is less about speed and more about spirit. It is an experience of cycling, swimming, carrying, pushing, problem-solving and persevering.  Riders cross lagoons with their bikes, haul them up steep dunes and hills, navigate thick sand, contend with tides, and face the ever-changing conditions of one of South Africa’s most spectacular wild coastlines. I have been fortunate to enjoy many adventures over the years — climbing big mountains, diving some of the world’s great reefs, and participating in a number of mountain biking, hiking and paddling trips. But the Wild Ride has earned a place among my m...

    PASCALE BAKOS | 24 AUGUST 2026 | NEWS    For many Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre owners and principals, registering their centres can feel like a complicated and sometimes overwhelming process. Afrika Tikkun Bambanani (ATB) is working to change this by bringing registration support directly into the communities in which ECD centres operate. Through its partnership with the Bana Pele ECD registration initiative, Afrika Tikkun Bambanani will host a series of registration drives at Afrika Tikkun centres during September, giving ECD owners and principals an opportunity to receive practical assistance, ask questions and better understand what is required to register their centres. Registration is an important step in the development of a sustainable ECD centre. It brings centres into the formal ECD system and helps ensure that they are working towards the standards required to provide young children with safe, appropriate and quality early learning environme...

  (Image : Freddy Mavundla - TIMESLIVE)  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS  SINCE 2024 , March and March an anti-immigration movement has had the vision of cleaning South Africa and restoring it back to its citizens. However it was in 2025 when the movement gained popularity especially nationally to the people of South Africa. It all began with the vision of the woman pictured in the photograph above, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma a South African Radio Broadcaster and Activist who to this day remains committed to restoring back South Africa to its citizens.  Ngobese-Zuma has been vilified a lot by some journalists as a Xenophobic woman and an enabler of violence against foreign immigrants in South Africa. Ngobese-Zuma has been documented in the media proudly saying that March and March is not about violence and xenophobia, but about illegal immigrants who are contributing highly on the problems that South Africa has as developing cou...

  Economic Freedom Fighters Leader, Julius Sello Malema sentenced to 5 years imprisonment Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso , Senior Reporter | POLITICS | 16 April 2026  After what has been a lengthy legal ride, Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Sello Malema has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment following his July 2018 Mdantsane Firearm case. In 2025, he was found guilty and convicted on five charges which include, unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a weapon in a public space.  In July 2018 the Economic Freedom Fighters had its fifth birthday celebration at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. In a video that circulated across all social media platforms, Malema was seen carrying an assault rifle and opening fire into the air in front of thousands of EFF supporters. Malema appeared before the East London Regional Court on April 16 for his sentencing after final remarks were delivered yesterday by his legal team led by Advocate Tembeka Ngc...

                                                    [Image : Shot by ActionAid SA Comms Team] Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | March,12 2026 On March 05 , ActionAid South Africa held its launch for its 6th CSP (Country Strategic Plan) at Constitution Hill, Women's Gaol in Braamfontein Johannesburg. As quoted, the ActionAid South Africa strategic plan for 2026 - 2029 sets a bold agenda for transformative change. Primarily through collective action and advocacy, ActionAid South Africa will continue to fight for a more just and equitable South Africa. ActionAid South Africa is also committed to social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication. This three-year strategic plan outlines key priorities, objectives, and actions to drive systematic change and empower marginalised communities in South Africa. This strategic plan sets a bold ag...