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Positive impact: AI can serve as a tireless tutor available 24/7 that adapts to each student’s pace and learning style and could even offer
explanations in their native language. Photo: File

Harnessing AI for equitable access in education, healthcare

It must be noted that the role of AI is not to tell the farmer that their ancestral knowledge is wrong but a tool to enhance that knowledge with information they couldn’t…

Killing it: Multimedia artist Nakhane has excelled in a range of creative activities, including music, acting, novel writing and directing a short film

Nakhane is a lot of things — but not a pop star

The acclaimed multimedia artist Nakhane continues to explore the themes that have made them a rare talent across many creative fields

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. (David Harrison/M&G)

GDP is stuck in the doldrums

The latest economic figures and the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy are bad news for South Africa’s already tepid domestic growth outlook

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Quilled or typed, it’s writ

If we are not thinking of a quill, when we say someone has “penned” a book, are we thinking of a standard ballpoint pen?

Harry Garuba took almost a lifetime to publish another collection of poems.

‘For 30 years, I kept running’

Harry Garuba wrote his first collection of poems in 1982. It’s taken him 35 years to do a second

Moses Sumney converses with the spirit of Nina Simone

United by an affinity with the blues

The pairing of Nina Simone and Moses Sumney raises questions at the epicentre of life and love

Get cooking: Lorna Maseko and friends at Maropeng

How Shakespeare fits our time

The bard has been dead for 400 years, yet he speaks from the grave as clearly and wisely as ever.

Get cooking: Lorna Maseko and friends at Maropeng

Rare Shakespeare folio worth millions turns up on Scottish Isle

Four hundred years after the death of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare, a rare folio of his work from the 1600s has been found.

Get cooking: Lorna Maseko and friends at Maropeng

Refugees get a boost from Shakespeare’s Hamlet

People holed up in a grim Calais camp could no doubt identify with the tortured Danish prince during a performance by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe.

Should Shakespeare be taught in Africa’s classrooms?

Is there a place for Shakespeare in African schools, or is his time long past?

After the remains of King Richard III were recently disinterred

A bone to pick: After life’s fitful fever, let the Bard sleep on

Should William Shakespeare’s remains be disinterred?

South Africans are clearly in love with the iPad

Shakespeare goes digital

William Shakespeare’s plays are getting a 21st century-style makeover in the form of new apps for tablets and smart phones.

Shakespeare behind prison walls

Shakespeare behind prison walls

READING REVOLUTION: SHAKESPEARE ON ROBBEN ISLAND by Ashwin Desai (Unisa Press).

Why does China love Shakespeare?

Wen Jiabao’s visit to Stratford was graceful cultural diplomacy — but reflects China’s real fascination with Shakespeare.

British writers stage takeover on the boards in SA

Patrick Marber and William Shakespeare, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, are this season’s unlikely headline acts in Johannesburg.

Of Shakespeare and detachment

At work a few weeks ago I began to see sudden flashes of light, which was strange for a cloudless day in Port Elizabeth…

Sci-fi stars do Shakespeare

It’s <i>Hamlet</i>, but not as we know it.

All’s well that ends well as lost Shakespeare is found

A man has been arrested after a worldwide search for a Shakespearean treasure stolen from a university library in Britain 10 years ago.

Tears and memories as hundreds bid Callie farewell

Hundreds of mourners arrived at the Johannesburg Country Club on Thursday morning to say goodbye to actress Ashley Callie, who died on Friday last week. Callie, who was known for…