DSE News Network This week on the DSE News Network Literature Series, we report that Ike Mthandazo Dube: co author, editor and co-ordinator of the Erudite team launched his much-anticipated book: Celebrating Unsung Heroes: in Yeoville Johannesburg. After weeks of anticipation, the Yeoville Library this week played host to the launch of “The Great and…
With the beginning of the New Year 2026: A bold new initiative aimed at turning motivation into measurable results this year has been launched in Johannesburg, South Africa. As millions of people prepare to set New Year’s resolutions, author and execution strategist Aubrey Mavhuli is challenging the status quo with the launch of his new…
By Professor Arthur GO Mutambara Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Energy, Water and the Environment. Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems need to be powered.They require compute resources, comprising hardware and infrastructure components – primarily Central Processing Units (CPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Neural Processing Units (NPUs), memory, storage, and networking – that provide…
Tinashe MushakavanhuAssistant Professor, Harvard University When it comes to African literature, translation has mostly meant translating work from European languages into African ones. Translation from African languages into English has been long overdue. Now it appears that a shift in the movement of stories across languages is underway. Works first written and published in African…
Good evening, esteemed guests, colleagues, and Professor Arthur Mutambara It is both an honour and a privilege to join you today for the launch of this timely and thought-provoking book, “Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.” This is more than research—it’s a wake-up call. A call to harness the staggering power…
An exhilarating collection distills the late writer’s thinking on power, exile and the importance of the mother tongue Simon Gikandi On 17 July 1979, the great Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o gave a speech in Nairobi in which he questioned the logic of an African literature in European languages. He had recently been released from…
