South Africa’s AI policy cited fake research, created by AI: what lessons need to be learned

Much of the public commentary has treated this as an embarrassment: the policy meant to govern AI was itself undermined by AI. As a senior lecturer in cyber law, including the regulation of AI, I argue that framing this episode as an embarrassment obscures what needs to be examined. It misses the main point of what is at stake.

TikTok users in Ghana and Zimbabwe enjoy making fun of government – why it can have a downside

We found that, generally, the entertaining discourses on TikTok were laden with insults and critiques of government. Though some of the content raised legitimate concerns, it seldom offered solutions to the identified challenges. This suggested that TikTok content that jokingly covered significant national development issues eroded reputational gains made by the two countries by framing them negatively.

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