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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Two officials under investigation for AI hallucinations used in national policy named by Rapport

    Two officials under investigation for AI hallucinations used in national policy named by Rapport Two men under investigation for using AI-hallucinated references in the draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy are reportedly seasoned Department of Communications...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Comms department suspends two officials over fake AI research in SA draft AI Policy

    Comms department suspends two officials over fake AI research in SA draft AI Policy South Africa's communications department placed two officials on precautionary suspension pending an investigation into artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinations in the country's draft National AI Policy...
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    • ai hallucinations artificial intelligence (ai) communications department dcdt draft ai policy nonkqubela jordan-dyani solly malatsi
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Expert weighs in on South Africa's draft AI policy

    Expert weighs in on South Africa's draft AI policy South Africa's Draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, published on 10 April 2026, comes with bloated governance structures and lacks regulations to fully protect South Africans. This is according to Chris Coetzee, founder of AI consultancy...
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    • afraica ai insurance superfund ai ombud office ai regulatory authority anthropic artificial intelligence (ai) policy boston it solution africa chris coetzee communications department
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    Elon Musk says Starlink was offered a pretend black owner “bribe” to launch in South Africa

    Elon Musk says Starlink was offered a pretend black owner “bribe” to launch in South Africa Elon Musk has alleged his satellite Internet company, Starlink, was given the opportunity to "bribe" its way to a telecoms licence in South Africa by "pretending" a black person ran the company's local...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Digital migration inches forward

    Digital migration inches forward The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) is determined to carry out South Africa's migration from analogue to digital television. The department said it has significantly ramped up its efforts to provide indigent households across the...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off

    E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off E-tv has launched an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court to block the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies from switching off South Africa's analogue television signals on 31 March 2025. The founding affidavit...
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    SA data centres must reduce Eskom reliance — Communications department

    SA data centres must reduce Eskom reliance — Communications department South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) wants data centre providers to reduce their dependency on the national power grid. This was revealed in its National Policy on Cloud and Data...
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    • africa data centres angus hay backup power cloud communications department data centres eskom off-grid private power
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